When flying was civilized....

[wsuffa]

Compare what IDL was to what JFK has become:

http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16750

Such a better experience back then... Fabulous pictures, too.

 

[Kelvin]

What a glimpse into the past...Thanks for posting!

 

[dmccormack]

My Aunt Lucy would fly down from Quebec, Canada to JFK, then take the NY Transit helicopter to Newark (did it stop at the Pan am building?)

Everyone was dressed in finery, smoking, and "rich."

 

[rottydaddy]

Great images... love the shot with the BOAC VC-10 in the foreground!

 

[Everskyward]

I can remember this... barely.

 

[Flyer522]

Amazing shots. Really makes me want to be flying then instead of now.

 

[Anthony]

Wow. BOAC, Pan Am. Amazing how things have changed.

 

[DutchessFlier]

Great pics and info. When we were kids, we used to go to the outdoor rooftop observation deck at the intl arrivals terminal and just stand there for hours watching the ops. Oh man, the noise, the smell of the kerosene, we would all fantasize about being pilots or passengers going all over the world from NY. When we got our drivers licenses, we could drive right up to the areas adjacent to the thresholds on 22 and 31 and just hangout under the approaches with the arrivals screaming in overhead. It was always a mix of props, turboprops and turbines. The most awesome planes were the connies..beautiful and a special deep rumble.

 

[SCCutler]

Nice stuff!

 

[woodstock]

Commercial flying was more civilized when less people could afford it.

 

[dmccormack]

Commercial flying was more civilized when less people could afford it.

Exactly -- only the right people could fly.

Today, it's bus service.

 

[RickH]

Great reminder of the days when the planes and the stewardesses were all beautiful and the airport restaurants were among the best places in town.

 

[wsuffa]

Great reminder of the days when the planes and the stewardesses were all beautiful and the airport restaurants were among the best places in town.

"I'm Kelly - Fly Me!"

 

[Pilawt]

Compare what IDL was to what JFK has become:

All together now,

"... There's a Scout troop short a child,
Khruschev's due at Idylwild ..."

 

[wsuffa]

All together now,

"... There's a Scout troop short a child,
Khruschev's due at Idylwild ..."

"Car 54, where are you?"

 

[Everskyward]

Exactly -- only the right people could fly.

Today, it's bus service.

But, guess what, as a consumer I would rather have it be cheaper and not as "special".

 

[dmccormack]

But, guess what, as a consumer I would rather have it be cheaper and not as "special".

Exactly right -- which is why I prefer SWA - Get me there without lots of hassles, k? Thanks, bye...

 

[TMetzinger]

The golden age still exists - it's called charter (with the right charter company). And you have to have the money to enjoy it, now just as then.