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September 28, 2014
By Sophie-Claire Hoeller September 26, 2014 Original Story If the idea of re-enacting the glory days of air travel (but in a fake plane that never leaves the ground) appeals your sense of nostalgia for an era that you have no recollection of, well then, insert the metal belt fittings into one another and tighten by pulling on the loose end of the strap. That’s right, buckle up, because we’re about to tell you about The Pan Am Experience: an immersive $297 dinner and movie event (set inside a perfectly recreated, 1970s Pan Am 747) that promises to recapture that aforementioned glamor. While the famous airline hasn’t existed for 23 years, some superfans are still weirdly obsessed with it. Enter: […]
September 26, 2014
By Cheryl K. Chumley September 26, 2014 Original Story Who says you can’t go back in time? A Pan Am memorabilia collector is offering those who recall the golden age of flying — as well as those who want to experience it for the first time — a retro Boeing 747 setting, complete with 1960s-styled seats and uniformed flight attendants and top-of-the-line dining. The only glitch: The plane never leaves the ground. So-called “passengers” can taste the good old days of flying, minus the flight, for $297 for a first class ticket or $197 for a clipper class ticket, the Daily Mail reported. The ticket buys access to the Los Angeles-based Air Hollywood sound stage, where crew members dressed from […]
September 25, 2014
Written by April Fulton September 25, 2014 Original Story People who fly coach on domestic carriers these days don’t expect much from the in-flight service beyond watery soda and maybe a salty snack. Or if they’re in the air for a few hours, they might get the option to buy a “meal” that looks like a cross between hospital food and school lunch. But that’s not how it used to be. Back in the 1920s, just a few adventurers took flight — think Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh — and they usually brought their own sandwiches, according to the History Channel blog, Hungry History. As air travel attracted more pleasure passengers in the 1930s, i.e. the wealthy, flight attendants began […]
September 24, 2014
By Ashley Collman September 24, 2014 Original Story * The ‘Pam Am Experience’ will put on four dinners inside a plane sound-stage over the next three months * Tickets to dinner cost $297 for first class and $197 for clipper class For the price of an actual plane ticket, you can experience what it was like to fly in the golden age of air travel. The ‘Pam Am Experience’ will be conducting four four-hour ‘flights’ over the next few months, in a reconstructed Boeing 747. And while the plane doesn’t actually take off, passengers get a round-trip ticket to the past with a four-course airline meal and a tour of the perfectly reconstructed jet from the Sixties. Passengers can buy […]