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To: BenLurkin

He needs to round up an appropriate bevy of stewardesses to man the thing.


5 posted on 03/02/2013 8:48:30 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

Amen, brother. I was stationed in Spain from 68-72..and often flew Pan Am home from Barcelona. Back then, they had a great flight..154 outbound from JFK...Lisbon, Barcelona, Nice, Rome, and it was 155 home bound. I dated a Pan Am stewardess for 2 years, they were all gorgeous, classy, and I loved those powder blue uniforms with the little bowler hats.

When they finally put the 747 on the 154/155 flight..I think it was in late 1969..there were about 20,000 people at the airport in Barcelona to watch it land and then take off.

Flying then was still classy..not the cattle car it is these days. I often got upgraded to first class, and it was absolutely spectacular. Booze, food, all the amenities..I did get to play the piano a few times, but as I recall, they were all removed fairly soon.

154 would leave JFK about midnight, and when I was leaving on a Saturday night, I’d pick up several early editions of the Sunday NY Times, and 2 dozen fresh bagels, along with cream cheese and lox, and bring it back with me...


18 posted on 03/02/2013 10:30:06 AM PST by ken5050 ("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
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