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 the scenery. If you have any questions, our delightful stewardess will take care of all your needs. Footage taken in 1954 and made available through the lovely people at The Travel Film Archive.

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 on (links attached at the bottom). The magazine is free and features over 70 pages of interesting articles about fashion, design and lifestyle elements. Comments are as always much appreciated.

Chic Today Issue 20 – Lost in Translation (Online version)
Chic Today Issue 20 – Lost in Translation (PDF version)

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 flight to London was made with the Boeing 747 by the great Pan AM airline. Ultra Swank will also be heading off to London with a lady friend for a couple of days on Thursday. We will sadly not be traveling in a 747, but as a globe trotter and man about town, I always keep up the style anywhere I go – and so should you.

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 right, keep an eye open for more custom made compilations on this site very soon.

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 really like the Pan Am logo and the cool airplane paint schemes Braniff used. In fact I really love the whole Braniff concept with their colors, design, clothes, air strip and what not. On with the photos, look how neat and cozy everything was back in the late 1960s, early 1970s. That was back in the days, when you could get free layovers if you scored with one of the stewardesses. Oh, well… Sadly, both airlines had problems during the strikes and high oil prices in the late 1970s which ultimately lead to their decline and downfall. (Via) (Via)