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Airline Broschures from the 60s and the 70s

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SAS På hemmaplan till 5 kontinenter

Göteborg-Landvetter Flygplats

When I was working at a Travel Agency in the seventies I used to collect timetables and brochures and pamphlets and information material from airlines and airports. I still do.

Here is a small collection of some material from the sixties and seventies.

I will upload more as soon as I have scanned it. Check back for that.

SAS - Pa hemmaplan...

First out is as it should be, is a SAS brochure. It's in Swedish and it presents SAS as the concept of Scandinavia as well as the natural choice for the Scandinavian traveller when going abroad with its Scandinavia customed timetable and Scandinavian speaking crews.

It headlines: "On Home Ground to 5 Continents". SAS used to be a major World airline at the time with several pioneering routes.

BOAC:s new Boeing 707

A small pamphlet with aircraft specifications and images of the "Elegant, spacious interiors - armchair relaxation - impeccable BOAC-style service".

Let's Take a Plane

Many, many amazing posters from the airline world that used to be.

Boeing 747 Cabin Interiors from the 1970s

YouTube video showing just that.

Finnair Blue & White Service

Finnair presenting their intercontinental First Class service (to USA). A cold blue tone and a white service provided by the Finnish graceful, attractive and effective stewardesses. "FINNAIR helps You get forward" (?)

Timetable Images

A massive display of images (only front page or whole) of Airline timetables from all over the world. All my collected timetables are on display (as far as I can tell).

Airliners.net
Classic airliners

Search result for Classic Airliners.

Lufhansa Bordbuch/Logbook

Lufthansa inflight magazine "Bordbuch/Logbook" from 1973. Only introduction pages and a special section called: "Aufgabe: Fliegen / Assignment: Flying". With typical advertisments of the time.

British Nostalgia

A photo display of old or even older British airliners.

AirChive

Memorabilia, Timetables & Routemaps, Museums and more...

SAS Presentation from the 70s

Here is a lavish product from SAS from the early seventies. Cut-throughs of their DC-9, DC-8 and Boeing 747 and thorough descriptions of maintenance, the brand new computerbased reservations system, the cool, efficient and elegant SAS service, "the Captain tells You", about air freight - time saver, a little bragging about the unique SAS route network and about Kastrup, Copenhagen airport, the main hub of SAS at the time.

AIRD Aviation Archives

Classic Airliners on YouTube

Search result for videos of vintage Airliners, real and Flightsim

Panam 747 - Castle in the Sky

Introducing the Panam Boeing 747, a Castle in the Sky. About what Panam plans for the future, Spaceport at JFK, Panam's Orly in Paris, "Look Who's Coming to Dinner" and why Panam choose the 747.

Sabena Magazine December 1970

The Boeing 747 introduction issue with a thorough presentation of the Boeing 747 and things to come at Brussels National airport and what to expect onboard. Centerfold cut-through of the beast, too.

Aeroflot - New Planes Helicopters and Airports

Postcards with Aeroflot equipment from the Soviet era

KLM - Fly the Difference

KLM presents themselves and their service in this small pamphlet, incl Schiphol, Amsterdam Airport. "...a good way to go places..."

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Fellowship - skreddersydd JET!

Braathens S.A.F.E. and their new Fokker F28 Fellowship. A perfect plane for their route network. Route map included.

Qantas - Flight Guide

In those days all onboard was presented with this massive Flight Guide, even the simplest Economy passenger, including stationary, Diploma for passing the Equator and a small Kangaroo lapel needle.

Interflug

Interflug of East Germany shows off the development of civil aviation in the German Democratic Republic.

SAS i New York J.F. Kennedy Airport

A small guide from SAS what to do, and how, when you arrive at Kennedy in New York, step by step.

One Minute of Swissair

The ongoings around the world for a major airline like Swissair between 17:00 and 17:01. This is more of a little book, very extensive.

Lufthansa Boeing 747

The West German airline presents their new Boeing 747 with the compulsary seat map plan.

Göteborg-Landvetter Flygplats

A little pamphlet made for the opening of Gothenburg's new airport Landvetter in 1977.

Brussels - National

A small broshure on Brussels - National, the Belgian intercontinental airport and Sabena kingpin.

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More to come...