Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/12/12

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Subject: [Leica] Constellation planes
From: lrzeitlin at aol.com (lrzeitlin at aol.com)
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 10:37:32 -0500
 
 In the late 50s the Constellations flown by United were renamed 
?Jetstreams? to fool the public into thinking that they were competition for 
the real jet aircraft used by some other airlines for travel between NY and 
Los Angeles. Most of us frequent flyers didn?t mid too much. In the days of 
free cocktails a tired businessman could board in LA at dusk, recline in his 
seat and drink to his heart?s content, and awaken eight hours later in New 
York ready for a day?s work. Albeit with a considerable hangover. I have a 
walnut plaque on my wall with a lot of stars on it, each one representing 
50,000 miles of drunken air travel.
Larry Z