Glory of Early (commercial) Aviation

[CurlSnout]

An interesting pictorial at the Dark Roasted Blend site:

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2013/05/glory-of-early-aviation-1900s-1960s.html

 

[stiz]

only glory if you could pay for it though, it wasnt exactly average joe flying as a passenger back then

 

[SeanTK]

Hmm...that DC-4E is a new one for me. Tri-tail DC-4 with an enlarged cabin. Interesting....

 

[robert41]

Cool site. Thanks for the link.

 

[TeiscoDelRay]

Very nice, thanks. I only wish there was more interest in classic airlines in the FSX world.

As for other side of commercial flying back then; I was a teen when I took my first airplane flight from Cedar Rapids to Chicago. We flew in an Ozark DC 3 and it was loud, a bit dirty and I spent most of the trip looking out the window and worrying about the oil coming out of the right engine and down the wing.