What was flying like back in the past? Piano Parlor at 35,000 ft! “You won't believe you're on an airplane!” ― that could’ve been the slogan of American Airlines. They pulled 50 seats out of each Boeing 747 and used the space to create a passenger lounge with armchairs, cocktail tables, and even a Wurlitzer electric piano. Their passengers could sing their favorite songs to the tickled ivories during long flights across the country. Or how about luxury in economy? In the early 1980s, Continental Airlines installed so-called “Polynesian Pubs” in some of its DC-10 jets. It was a small bar with snacks and drinks, round tables, and swivel chairs. There was also a video pong console. Continental took an approach worth appreciating ― this kind of luxury was for economy class passengers. Imagine what First Class was getting! Let's find out what it was like to fly in those days compared to flights today. #brightside TIMESTAMPS:
Piano Parlor at 35,000 ft! 0:01
Luxury in Economy 0:27
Fine Dining and Flying 0:54
Flowers to prove a point 1:12
Full-sized beds 1:37
Wacky Colors 2:03
The Flying Barrel 2:36
9-Winged Super Boat-Plane 3:04
A Wingless Plane 3:32
The Spruce Goose 3:57
The Flying Umbrella 4:23
The Flying Pancake 4:52
An Inflatable Plane 5:15
The Super Guppy 5:47
The Antonov An-225 6:16
Miniature Aircraft 6:37
Backward Wings 7:03
The Chopper-Cycle 7:34
The Boomerang Plane 7:59 Combo-Craft Airship 8:31
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Grumman X-29A: By Clemens Vasters, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50405631
AirVenture 2011, Oshkosh WI: By Ken Mist, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19538790
Hughes H-4 Hercules Interior looking aft: By Clemens Vasters, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28076269
An original Atari Pong video game console: By ProhibitOnions, CC BY 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1332137
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The Tacit Blue (Whale) aircraft: By S Kaiser/Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15279794
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Wurlitzer Electronic Piano model 112: By Wurli112, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35197377
Clipper Spreeathen at Zurich in 1985: By Eduard Marmet, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4632989
Dornier Aerodyne E1: By Baier, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15629447
Cargo bay Super Guppy: By Duch.seb, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7855119
Burt Rutan at the 2011 EAA Airventure fly-in in Oshkosh, Wisconsin: By Steve Paluch, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20140150
Rutan Model 202: By FlugKerl2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15906634
Groenhoff in the cockpit of the Lippisch Storch V, probably in 1929: By Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-13690, CC BY-SA 3.0 de https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5481139
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DORNIER Do 31 E3 and VFW-Fokker VAK 191 B: By GraphyArchy, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76637326A
Vought V-173 "Flying Pancake": By Michael Barera, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45613460
Three-view image of XF-85 Goblin: By Kaboldy, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48702916
Rutan Boomerang: By FlugKerl2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4188085
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