When Travel was Genteel…

BySteeljawscribe

Lockheed C-121 Constellation

If ever there were an example of art brought to life, the Connie has to be it. And just as a reminder of what air travel USED to be like (before generic widebodies crammed like sardine tins, like the one I’m headed off in tomorrow…)

-SJS

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