Thursday, January 14, 2010

White-Glove Service


White-Glove Service
Fifty years ago, flying had a certain glamour: the luxurious seats, the doting (and beautiful) flight attendants, the gourmet meals... Today, most of the majesty of commercial air travel has been scrapped thanks to cutbacks and tight security. Miss the old days? LIFE looks back at what it used to mean to fly commercially. Pictured: In 1968, two Pan Am flight attendants embrace before their first transatlantic flight from New York to Moscow.

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