http://www.ultraswank.net Retro Living and Design from the 50s, 60s and 70s Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:56:26 +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/design/pan-am-boeing-747-cabin-recreated-in-garage/ http://www.ultraswank.net/design/pan-am-boeing-747-cabin-recreated-in-garage/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:55:22 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3578 Anthony Toth’s home in California holds a hidden treasure unknown to most of the world. From the outside, his garage looks like any garage – but step inside and you are transported back in time to a first class Pan Am Boeing 747 cabin, circa 1979. Anthony, who works as a global sales director for [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/design/pan-am-boeing-747-cabin-recreated-in-garage/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/compilation/space-age-lounge-volume-3-love-at-first-flight/ http://www.ultraswank.net/compilation/space-age-lounge-volume-3-love-at-first-flight/#comments Sat, 25 Nov 2006 14:35:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/space-age-lounge-volume-3-love-at-first-flight/ As hinted in a previous post, here is my latest custom made compilation! The theme for this one is jet travel in the late 60s / early 70s – which basically means lots of delicious strings, brass and soft bass lines in every form. This is the kind of music you would listen to when [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/compilation/space-age-lounge-volume-3-love-at-first-flight/feed/ 39 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