On my very first trip to NYC, October 1986, several bonus'.
- LGW~EWR on VS Upper Class.
- This being the original fit as the service was still very new, the seats were nothing like the pods of today, or even the J-seat (which I rather liked) so. Upstairs was still a lounge fit out. So, you went up there for the bar and there was a big semi-circular sofa seat, that had it's back to the bulkhead. Not much space as it was a -100 or -200 (Someone will be along in a minute to tell us!)
- We landed in the late afternoon at EWR on the approach that took us parallel to Manhattan and flew down the length of it on finals. As I was in the 'A' seat, I got a ringside seat of the island and (as I said, my first trip there) it looked just like it did in the movies.
Sweet.