Leaving out of New Orleans International Airport this morning & taking a maybe last look at some of the artwork. This could be our last trip out of this terminal. A brand new terminal is set to open across the runway sometime this fall, unless it gets pushed back again. It was originally scheduled to open in 2018. #neworleansairport #louisarmstronginternationalairport #neworleans #travelblog #slowtravel #traveltips #moisant (at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1QxyqEBZPo/?igshid=1u9z9sh0uk26k
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Heart of Louisiana: John Moisant
Since it opened more than 70 years ago, Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans has kept a strong tie with one of America's early aviation pioneers.
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New Post has been published on https://www.monkeyandelf.com/air-travel-back-in-the-1960s/
air travel back in the 1960s
If the Mad Men era is famous for anything other than grotesque displays of male chauvinism, it might be the incredible level of service in its airplanes.
Whereas air travelers today generally loathe every minute between waking up at 4 AM to rush to a crowded airport, to flying in a cramped plastic chair in an overcrowded pressurized room, and finally coming out the terminal doors on the other side, travelers back then seemed to equate the experience to a day at Disneyland. Of course, this could just be a product of the advertising agencies, but look at the photos of airport terminals, interior designs, and gourmet airplane food from the period and tell me you do not wish that some elements of 1960s air travel had lasted.
First, let’s admire the elegantly designed airport terminals of yore before they became a maze of duty-free shops and security checkpoints.
TWA Flight Center at JFK, New York City
Photo: James
Vaughan
PanAm Terminal 3 at JFK, New York City
Photo: MidCentArc
Moisant International Airport, New-Orleans
Photo: 1950sUnlimited
Sure, dealing with harassment probably defined every day at work, but at least flight attendants had outfits if they ever found themselves at a Halloween party in space.
Photo: Archives New Zealand
Photo: Archives New Zealand
Yes, the DC-6 Mainliner had seats facing each other.
Photo: 1950sUnlimited
Now we have to bring up the food, which could include a rack of lamb…
Photo: James Vaughan
Or an entire cart of cured meats and five glasses of complimentary beer at a time.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
If you are feeling like you wouldn’t mind stepping back in time, let these racist and sexist advertisements from the era remind you that at least some things have changed for the better (sortof).
Photo: Classic Film
Photo: Glen.H
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c. 1960s Business travelers walking through the main lobby of Moisant International Airport | New Orleans, Louisiana - Via
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