Tickets, Please! - How Airline Tickets Have Evolved
Airline tickets have changed dramatically over the roughly hundred years of passenger air travel, transforming from a simple paper “proof of purchase” modeled on railroad passenger tickets, to today’s...
24 Jan 202533min
Food Fight! The Great Transatlantic Sandwich Scuffle
Before large jet airliners accelerate air travel growth in the late 1950s, flying between continents is an exhausting experience, requiring fifteen hours or more for the flight to New York from Europe...
21 Jan 202517min
The U.S. Local Service Airlines - Air Service Everywhere!
The growth of the oldest U.S. Trunk or Mainline air carriers after 1945 drives demand for air travel, and new, larger airliners to meet that need. But as the airlines and their aircraft grow, many s...
7 Jan 202540min
Above It All - America’s Helicopter Airlines
In some of the largest U.S. urban areas, road traffic congestion can be one of the biggest challenges to moving between the downtown area and the airport. Imagine, though, being able to get from Manha...
26 Dec 202428min
America's First Black Flight Attendant
During some of the most exciting developments and innovation in a young and emerging U.S. airline industry - from the 1930s through the late 1950s - two of the most sought-after airline career paths a...
2 Dec 202415min
Boeing 367-80: The Aerobatic Maneuver That Launches a Titan
The early 1950s is an exciting time in the airline business, and - more specifically - the airliner business. Airliner manufacturers are developing new planes that fly faster, farther, and with more p...
22 Nov 202424min
Let's go to the CTO - Airlines And Their City Ticket Offices
Beginning in the 1930s, many airlines maintain large networks of City Ticket Offices to conduct business with their customers in high-traffic shopping, office and hotel neighborhoods, far removed from...
13 Nov 202420min
Concorde, Collins & Live Aid 1985
Tens of thousands of airline flights operate daily around the world, but every now and then one stands out because it helps make history, even though it was just another flight, on just another day. ...
8 Nov 202418min
