Nowadays flying can feel a bit impersonal. Usually you climb into an airplane, stand in your headquarters and are surrounded by a sea of calm passengers, all of which are connected to your devices or browse the latest conversation.
You could even spend several hours next to someone without exchanging a single word, but not too long ago, flying was a completely different experience – one in which the passengers often recorded conversations and even dance over the clouds together.
In the 1970s, airlines ran to exceed each other with extravagances that seem almost unthinkable on a flight today. After the Boeing 747 in 1970 was put into service, airlines had access to a new, larger aircraft in which a number of new services could take place.
While some airlines decided to transform their upper decks into dining rooms or lounges, Air Canada decided to transform their dance floor for their passengers.
Air Canadas Boeing 747, which was put into service in 1971, had a fully functional dance floor with a mirrored wall. The idea behind the innovative addition was to attract more passengers for the transatlantic services of the airline between Canada and Europe.
About a year after the introduction of the aircraft, those who travel between Toronto and Europe were able to connect the Mile-High Dance Club. Heather Tregaskes, a 54-year-old flight attendant of Air Canada who worked in the lounge, remembered the experience in an interview with Toronto Star in 2004.
“Everything was so lovable,” she said at the time. “We even had a mirrored wall and a dance floor, and sometimes even stewardesses even danced with customers.”
Air Canada was not the only airline that went out everything with his 747 Oberdeck. In the 1970s, the golden age of the flight was agreed, and it was not just a matter of bringing them from point A to point B.
American Airlines, for example, presented her famous piano on the back of her 747-100 cabins. Technically speaking, the piano was an electric Wurlitzer organ, but gave the passengers the opportunity to enjoy some melodies while driving through the sky.
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In the 1980s, Continental Airlines (which later merge with United Airlines) offered a unique flight experience with its “pub flights”. In his DC-10 Breakbody aircraft to Chicago, Denver and Houston, passengers were able to mix in fully sorted bars.
You could also enjoy an electronic game called Pub Pong and see double films, news roles and cartoons. The pubs were occupied by flight attendants, the bartender, who mixed drinks for their high -flying guests in front of the plane.
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Qantas Airlines, Australia's flag carrier, contained a groovy upper deck on some of the first 747s, which were delivered as Captain Cook Lounge in the 1970s. The lounge behind the cockpit had enough seats for 15 passengers and a stand-up bar.
However, when the airlines all over the world found that these concepts were not the best use of the room, the airlines all over the world quickly replaced the lounge and bar areas with regular rows of seats, just a few years after the introduction of these areas of socialization.
While these experiences have passed in the past for a long time, it is quite interesting to think about that some passengers had the opportunity to blow up a movement on a dance floor that was literally far beyond the other.