I remember my first airline flight. It was an American Airlines Boeing 707. My brothers and I all wore our suits with neckties. If you wear your good clothes on the airplane you don’t have to stuff them into your suitcase. The short pants tee shirts and swimming suits go into the suitcase.
Those were the days. If I didn’t know better I’d think You were Me! And You had My suitcase;)
I remember when the 747 came out Mom and I took one from LAX to IAH to check it out. Very impressive for an 11 year old kid, even one that grew up in the heyday of air travel. I remember sitting backwards in the front of DC-*’s, getting tours of the Cockpit, the Stewardess giving out Metal Wings. I always thought that the service on 707’s was nice but WOW!!! That 747 was “the bomb” the Lounge up in the hump, one could have pitched a Pup Tent in Coach and First Class - heck you could have played football in it.