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[badgerpdx.livejournal.com]

Oy... I love the idea of that drinks lounge in heavy turbulance...

[bzul.livejournal.com]

You could drive a golf cart or a team of ponies down the aisle between the abundantly broad seats of the passenger cabin as depicted. We know we've been pressed into ever tighter air travel confinement across the decades, but were there ever really such measurements, such elbow-room riches for ordinary flyers?

[jakari.livejournal.com]

Yes, but not for the "ordinary."

The plane shown was a Boeing 377: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_377

It was very expensive to fly and maintain, and so the whole deal was likely only affordable by the wealthy. It's a shame there aren't any at least on display though.

Figure that first-class flights with comparable space and amenities, from say New York to Tokyo, run $10,000-12,000 today if you pay full price. I'd guess the adjusted prices were not all that different 60 years ago.