http://www.ultraswank.net Retro Living and Design from the 50s, 60s and 70s Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:59:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/scandinavian-airlines-boeing-747-%e2%80%93-the-viking-of-the-1970s/ http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/scandinavian-airlines-boeing-747-%e2%80%93-the-viking-of-the-1970s/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:56:26 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3658 The Boeing 747 was introduced in 1970 as a answer to handle the demanding mass tourism boom of the late 1960s. Built by the Boeing Corporation and guided by legendary Juan Trippe of Pan American airways – it allowed almost 500 people in its biggest configuration to be elegantly whisked around the world in style [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/scandinavian-airlines-boeing-747-%e2%80%93-the-viking-of-the-1970s/feed/ 0 http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/the-concordes-maiden-flight-in-1969/ http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/the-concordes-maiden-flight-in-1969/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 05:23:16 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2742 The first Concorde prototype takes to the air in this British newsreel clip from 1969. The first flight with passengers took place seven years later in 1976. It flew successfully over the globe until it met its fate in 2003. However, there are plans to take it up in the air again for the 2012 [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/the-concordes-maiden-flight-in-1969/feed/ 3 http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/american-postcards-gone-wrong/ http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/american-postcards-gone-wrong/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 05:23:01 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2718 Here are a bunch of fine examples of postcards you probably won’t be sending to your friends and family.. or then again, maybe you might. If you want to see more fun-tastic, creepy, dodgy and simply plain weird examples, head over to Bad Postcards where you will have a whole collection of things gone horribly [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/american-postcards-gone-wrong/feed/ 0 http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/around-the-world-with-pan-am/ http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/around-the-world-with-pan-am/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:47:51 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2057 A somewhat kitschy promotion video from Pan American airways, made in the early 1970s that takes us around the world and back again in less than 25 minutes. The video was most likely produced to showcase how easy it was to travel around the world with Pan Am, take in the sights and then be [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/around-the-world-with-pan-am/feed/ 2 http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/on-board-a-747-with-pan-american-airlines/ http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/on-board-a-747-with-pan-american-airlines/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:00:15 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1948 Boeing 747, also known as the jumbo jet was first introduced in 1970. With Pan American airlines as one of its major investors they had the possibility to influence the design and development of the aircraft. It was deemed that the world needed a jet plane of massive size that could transport hundreds of passengers [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/on-board-a-747-with-pan-american-airlines/feed/ 2 http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/retro-airline-commercials/ http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/retro-airline-commercials/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:20:20 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1581 I am the mood to travel to some place warm and exciting so I thought, why not experience some vintage airline commercials from the the past for some inspiration? Here are a bunch of TWA, Pan Am and Braniff commercials produced in the late 1960s and the 1970s — the golden age of air travel [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/retro-airline-commercials/feed/ 0 http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/welcome-to-fabulous-los-angeles-jetport/ http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/welcome-to-fabulous-los-angeles-jetport/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:10:16 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1343 This is Los Angeles International Airport (Jetport), it was built in the late 1950s and was at the time one of the biggest airports in America. They first envisioned it to be even bigger in the anticipation of the “jet age” with lots of terminals and buildings connected through a huge steel-and-glass dome building but [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/welcome-to-fabulous-los-angeles-jetport/feed/ 9 http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/retro-photos-from-the-golden-years-of-flying/ http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/retro-photos-from-the-golden-years-of-flying/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:35:55 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1282 You love stewardesses don’t you? So do I. Flying today is not the way it was used to be, so to remind you all of how elegant, exciting and swank traveling by airplane used to be here are a bunch of photos taken from the golden years of flying circa 1950s to the 1970s. For [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/retro-photos-from-the-golden-years-of-flying/feed/ 7 http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/retro-airline-and-hostess-flight-bags/ http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/retro-airline-and-hostess-flight-bags/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:28:28 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1133 From online shop Inretro comes these lovely retro airline and hostess flight bags straight out from a relaxing intercontinental flight in the 1960s. Although reproductions, they look like the real deal and they won’t set you back like the Marc Jacobs designer Pan Am bags that arrived not too long ago. Inretro features both airline [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/retro-airline-and-hostess-flight-bags/feed/ 20 http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/new-york-to-london-in-6%c2%bd-magic-hours/ http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/new-york-to-london-in-6%c2%bd-magic-hours/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:49:02 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=905 Seeing it’s Friday – why not embark on a delicious weekend trip to Europe. Our friends at Pan Am will take us on a 6½ hours long transatlantic flight from New York to London on their new Boeing 707 – the biggest jet plane of the late 1950s – holding up to 150 passengers. With [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/new-york-to-london-in-6%c2%bd-magic-hours/feed/ 1 http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/fly-me-friendly/ http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/fly-me-friendly/#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:23:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/chic-today-article-fly-me-friendly/ The luscious collaboration with British lifestyle magazine Chic Today proceeds. Here is the fourth article by me, it is lovingly called Fly me friendly and continues my fascination of air travel and stewardesses in its golden age. The article can be found in their magazine available in a interactive form or as downloadable PDF-file (links [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/fly-me-friendly/feed/ 6 http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/skyline-new-york/ http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/skyline-new-york/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:49:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/skyline-new-york/ Join Trans World Airlines and Ultra Swank for a flight to the city that never sleeps, New York city! We will depart from Los Angeles and set down at New York, Idlewild airport (soon to be known as JFK airport). Our flying time is estimated at around 8 hours. Fasten your seat belts and enjoy [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/skyline-new-york/feed/ 3 http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/rendezvouz-in-paris/ http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/rendezvouz-in-paris/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:37:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/chic-today-article-rendevouz-in-paris/ Yet again the fabulous collaboration with British lifestyle magazine Chic Today continues. Yesterday the third article from me was published in their magazine. It is called Rendezvous in Paris and highlights two chic and design worthy hotels in Paris. I suggest that you head on over to the Chic Today website straight away and read [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/rendezvouz-in-paris/feed/ 3 http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/touchdown-in-london/ http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/touchdown-in-london/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:15:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/touchdown-in-london/ Remember what it was like? When jet travel was luxurious and exciting. When you dressed up in your best suit or dress before boarding the plane. When working as a stewardess was almost the same as being a astronaut. For you who doesn’t, let’s go back in time to 1970. When the first trans Atlantic [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/touchdown-in-london/feed/ 4 http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/more-jet-age-travel/ http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/more-jet-age-travel/#comments Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:34:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/more-jet-age-travel/ Here are some more swank retro air travel photos. Just look at the cool interiors and colors of those Boeing 707′s and 747′s! That groovy stewardess in pink looks like she is from outer space or something. All you need now is some lush jet set airplane music to play in the background (hint). That’s [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/more-jet-age-travel/feed/ 0 http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/jet-age-travel/ http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/jet-age-travel/#comments Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:11:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/jet-age-travel/ So far we have stayed on the ground, exploring the past. Now it’s time to take to the skies and go back 40 years or so when air travel was considered a privilege and the first travel choice for any international jet set person. My personal airline favorites are Pan Am and Braniff, seeing I [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/jet-age-travel/feed/ 8