The Boeing 747 in the 1970s Was When Air Travel Was a Luxury
2014.01.20
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Before all that cramped up seating in a plane happened, air travel used to be a luxury. There was more space, classier interiors and bolder designs. You don't get that anymore today, but back in the 50s and 60s, the cabin interiors were awesome. Here's checking out the Boeing 747s in the 1970s.
The idea of the Boeing 747 started in the 1960s, when Pan Am asked Boeing for 400-seat plane. The design team at Boeing didn't think it was a good idea, and they favored a wide body design because it made more sense from an engineering and economical point of view. The Airbus A380 changed this decades later.
They built this prototype of their idea for a 400-seater's economy class:
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Looks extremely comfortable if you ask me.
The 747's economy class didn't end up looking like that, but it was pretty similar. Other planes of that era and later had similar headroom because they didn't have overhead bins.
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Here's another photo without bins (and with flight attendants):
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Check out a few more pics below:
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