This blog is from a blogger who asked her mom to blog about the good old days of flying back when there were no bloggers to blog about anything at all.
Mom Tells How Flying Used To Be
I am not quite as old as that mom, but my very first passenger flying experience was international. It was on the old Northwest Orient. I still remember that long flight as if it just happened yesterday. On days when I feel particularly nostalgic, I pull out the airline silverware that my father used to put into his briefcase after meals. He said he could never know when he might need a nice, sturdy spoon and fork.
On domestic flights, I miss TWA a lot. I remember taking it on a business trip once. There was smoke and the pilot decided to land - somewhere in South Dakota. Cell phones back then didn't work as well and I couldn't call the office. Anyway, I know that's not a story of how flying used to be, but it does bring back nice memories.