Luxury flight in the seventies on a Boeing 747

Air travel has experienced its golden age. Once upon a time, airplanes had much more space, stylish interiors, and brighter designs. In the 1970s, Europeans could enjoy flying in an elite club setting aboard the Boeing 747.

This model began to be developed in the 1960s, when Pan Am ordered a 400-seat aircraft from Boeing. The head of the airline wanted to make the plane double-decker, but Boeing's design team doubted it was a good idea. The designers were in favor of a wide fuselage, which at that time was more justified from an engineering and economic point of view, as well as from a safety standpoint. Boeing built a prototype aircraft cabin that was then used on real planes by Pan Am, TWA, American, United, National, Continental, Iberia, JAL and SAS.

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The first class, as now, was upstairs. Here you could sit quite freely, as in a real living room.

A later first class design aboard a Boeing 747.

Comfortable sofas for the most demanding passengers.

A characteristic feature is the wide seats and the absence of shelves for hand luggage above your head.

Entrance to first class lounge.

Cozy corner, isn't it?

Lounge area with cup holders and ashtrays.

Cheerful and beautiful stewardesses.

Plenty of free legroom.

A prototype economy class cabin for a 400-seat aircraft with a wide fuselage.

Above the middle row of seats there are no shelves for hand luggage, and the side ones are not as big as they are now.

In the first class, all conditions are created for passengers to completely relax.

Here, even the luggage compartment looks like a scene from Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.