Things we used to have...
 

This afternoon, I remembered the rigid orthogonal beauty case my mother used to carry on the short domestic legs we flew back in the 70's - which would be completely unacceptable on an airliner's cabin today. Full of liquid cosmetics it would make the day for the security.

What others items commonly found in the airliners cabin in the 50's to 70's are now banned never to be allowed again?

Hopefully those who caused the ban

I remember those.


My mother had short domestic legs, too.

Thanks for the answers both of you. Shy do I read a case of grammar police although it seems I am very economical with commas.

Flight Engineers?

:E

Ashtrays used as such!

Unlocked flight-deck doors.

Mattell Shootin' Shell Colt .45s and pocket knife
 

I actually dressed up cowboy style for a flight to visit grandparents farm. I had the Vigilante double holster set with boots, spurs, hat, chaps etc. that my dad had just brought back from a business trip to Tucson. Hey, I was six and thought it was cool. We touched down in Cleveland in quite a breeze. Hat flew off as I came out onto the air stairs and got hung up on the nose gear after nearly getting stuck on the port inner prop, mechanics and UAL ground staff running after it.

And yes, my mom had one of those hard case three level beauty cases on board. Wouldn't surprise me if it is still buried in the basement someplace.

At 5'2" my mother also had short legs and I can say she was domestic:)

b1lanc- I think it was in the "mother" job description in those days. Mind you I still find it hard to believe that my quite timid mother used to go round putting out incendiary bombs with buckets of sand

Caledonian Girls


A great start to holiday flights in the '70s!

Proper catering:

Adequate space?

respect.....

Those were the good old days when the airport experience and the flight were a pleasurable part of the holiday.

And the gentlemen had to wear a jacket and tie to fly.

Radio operators and navigators too.

and no tacky little plastic bags, and the car hire concessions were not miles from the terminal

Junior Jet Club badge and log book

And you could bowl in was it Queen's Building and go airside for coffee and not get shot

Log books , as mentioned by TCU.

Used to enjoy filling out the young'uns log books. Some of them had notched up a lot of miles, especially the school boarders.

Most interesting one was an 80 something American lady who loved flying and had about 6 logbooks all taped together. Earliest entries were on PanAm clippers across the Pacific. She had just about been everywhere and on just about every aircraft.

Emeritus

I really wish we still had those little sling bags with airline logos...those made of some plastic vinyl material with metal zips.

Anil

Well dressed and well behaved passengers.