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Posted: 11 May 2019

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My lame offering for the Vintage Photos Theme Park theme of "Flying". SO many photos - and this was all I could find for the theme!
I took this out the window while flying home, London to New York, from my first visit back to England at 18 years old, May, 1972.
Those were the days of flying! Enormous planes, half empty planes, and several great meals.
This plane (whatever it was), had three rows of seating. 4 chairs on one side, 8 chairs in the middle and then 3 chairs on the other side. So, 15 chairs across. That's my memory - can that be right?
What a contrast to today's flights - although I'm sure it's far more pleasant for the flight crew not having to serve full meals.

buonacoppi, Smiley Derleth, Alan Mays have particularly liked this photo

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 Deborah Lundbech
Deborah Lundbech club
Thank you, Alan. - It was pretty darn luxurious!
I would have really loved to have done the trip Phil mentioned though - Concorde out, Queen Elizabeth back!
5 years ago.
 Deborah Lundbech
Deborah Lundbech club
hmm - just looked at when the Concorde started commercial flights (1976) so it wasn't a Concorde that we flew in, after all.
I do remember some excitement about what we were flying on, and the luxury of the flight - but perhaps a plane expert might have some ideas about what it really was..
5 years ago.
 Phil Sutters
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Sorry Deborah. I was busy getting the photos in the right order and stringing the commentary together. I had got on top of that - then last Tuesday I got a nasty viral throat infection and had several very miserable days with no voice. The bug is on the way out now, which is just as well as the talk is on Tuesday.
5 years ago.
 Phil Sutters
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It clearly wasn't Concorde with the round jet intake. Your seating arrangements sound rather a lot to fit in. I have just looked up the 747 Jumbo jet seating plans and the most they seem to accommodate is 3-4-3 and they must have been the widest planes at that time.
5 years ago.
 Deborah Lundbech
Deborah Lundbech club
Thanks for the correction, Phil. Such is memory. : (
Guess it must have been a 747 - and much less wide than my recollection!
Good luck with your talk - glad you'll be healthy for it!
5 years ago.

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