6 1/2 Magic Hours
A 1958 commercial for PanAm's first Trans-Atlantic flight in the jet age.
For those of us who fly regularly there is absolutely no similarity with what we have to endure today,except for the fact that we have to get on an airplane.
Air travel was pleasant once...Sigh....
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Added: Aug-4-2012 Occurred On: Aug-4-2012
By: 3verygoodreasons
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By: 3verygoodreasons
In: Other Entertainment
Tags: PanAm
Location: United States (load item map)
Marked as: approved
Views: 1365 | Comments: 15 | Votes: 1 | Favorites: 0 | Shared: 4 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 2
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you can still fly like that just pay $8000 dollars and go first class.
which is basically what every one of the people in the vid had to shell out before flying was opened up to everyone via cheapo seats
Posted Aug-4-2012 By7ShadesofSunday (494.32) 
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Just to put things into perspective a bit.
In 1958 the average middle income was $4,650.00 a year.
Airfare from New York to London was $453.00.
Here is the price of a few other things.
House: $30,000
Average income: $4,650
Ford car: $1967-$3929
Milk: $1.01
Gas: $.24
Bread $.19
Postage stamp: $.04
Chef Boy-Ar-Dee spaghetti, 15 1/2 .oz can.: $ .19
Corned Beef: $.59 lb.
Swiss Steak: $.75 lb.
Libby Tomato Juice, 5 (46 .oz) cans: $1.00
Kraft Carmels, 1 lb pkg: $.37
Milk: $.42 half gal.
Uncle Ben’ More..
Posted Aug-4-2012 By3verygoodreasons (330.18) 
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@3verygoodreasons Excellent comment!
Posted Aug-6-2012 Bydownhill2400 (1314.78) downhill2400 View Channel Send Message
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Nice post, thank you for putting it up!
Posted Aug-5-2012 Bybgwrkr (1764.58) 
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@bgwrkr
Welcome ;)
Posted Aug-5-2012 By3verygoodreasons (330.18) 
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6.5 magic hours? More like 6.5 hours of boring!
Posted Aug-4-2012 ByTheMonkeyOnYourBack (124.70) 
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sweet. smoking on an airplane:]
Posted Aug-4-2012 By85cmorning (3164.20) 
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Air travel has progressed little since 1954. I flew coach to Australia in 2007 for about $3400 rountrip. It was such a miserable, cramped experience that I looked into flying business class ($15,000) or first class ($20,000). Looks like I won't be visiting down under asgain anytime soon.
Posted Aug-4-2012 ByDing_Jianwen (200.78) 
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Those were the days.
Posted Aug-4-2012 ByZumbee (291.58) 
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Holy cow... Flying sure ain't what it used to be....
Posted Aug-4-2012 Byskorne14 (35.24) 
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like all good things to be invented it is quickly stripped of all that was good about it and left baron with only its necessity's
Posted Aug-4-2012 ByQwak Qwak (91.10) 
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Concorde did it in 3 hours 30 minutes
Posted Aug-4-2012 ByChris6900 (1326.00) 
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Nonstop smoking. No thanks.
Posted Aug-4-2012 ByTheSarge (21.16) 
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"hardly any noise and vibration" .. hah
Posted Aug-4-2012 Byw00ty (62.50) 
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Takes that long to get through security now.
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