The Golden Age of Air Travel
Instructions: Remember when flying was glamorous? Test your recall of the jet-set era of Pan Am, TWA, in-flight gourmet meals, and the dawn of the jumbo jet.
- 1.
Pan American World Airways was famously known by what shorter nickname that passengers used every day?
APan AirBPan AmCPacific AmDTrans Pan - 2.
Which Boeing jet airliner, introduced in 1958, is widely credited with launching the commercial jet age?
ABoeing 727BBoeing 707CBoeing 747DBoeing 737 - 3.
The Boeing 747, nicknamed the 'Jumbo Jet,' made its first commercial flight in 1970. Which airline operated that historic maiden voyage?
ATWABBritish Overseas Airways CorporationCPan AmDAmerican Airlines - 4.
In the jet-set era, female cabin crew members were commonly called by what title?
AFlight hostessBSky captainCStewardessDCabin director - 5.
Which legendary Italian fashion designer created the famously colorful, space-age uniforms worn by Braniff International stewardesses starting in 1965?
ACoco ChanelBEmilio PucciCYves Saint LaurentDHubert de Givenchy - 6.
TWA stood for Trans World Airlines, but what did the initials originally stand for when the airline was founded in 1930?
ATranscontinental Western AirBTrans World AirwaysCTranscontinental Western AirwaysDTrans-American Western Air - 7.
What was the name of Pan Am's exclusive, invitation-only airport membership lounge, where elite passengers relaxed away from the gates?
AThe Cloud LoungeBThe Clipper ClubCThe Horizon LoungeDThe Ambassador Lounge - 8.
In the golden age of air travel, coach-class passengers on long international flights were typically served meals on what type of tableware?
APaper plates and plastic cupsBFine china with metal cutleryCStyrofoam trays with wooden forksDCardboard boxes with no utensils - 9.
Howard Hughes was a famous controlling shareholder and visionary associated with which golden-age airline?
APan AmBTWACEastern AirlinesDUnited Airlines - 10.
The Concorde supersonic passenger jet began regular commercial service in 1976. Which two airlines initially operated it?
APan Am and TWABBritish Airways and Air FranceCBOAC and LufthansaDAir France and Swissair - 11.
What was the name of the glamorous airport terminal opened at New York's JFK in 1962, designed by architect Eero Saarinen, that became a symbol of jet-age style?
AThe Idlewild PavilionBThe TWA Flight CenterCThe Pan Am TerminalDThe Jet Age Hall - 12.
Airlines in the 1960s and 1970s often served a carving of roast beef or another hot entree to first-class passengers. Who typically performed this tableside service?
AThe captain, as a courtesyBA dedicated sky chef in a separate galley carCThe stewardess, using a cart at each seatDA white-gloved maitre d' hired from restaurants - 13.
Pan Am introduced an iconic travel accessory in the 1960s — a blue carry-on bag that became a pop-culture symbol. What was it called?
AThe Clipper ToteBThe Pan Am Flight BagCThe Jet Setter BagDThe Globe Trotter Bag - 14.
Before New York's airport was renamed JFK in 1963, what was it called?
ALaGuardia InternationalBIdlewild AirportCRoosevelt FieldDMitchell Field - 15.
Which 1960s term described the fashionable, globe-trotting wealthy class who made international air travel a lifestyle — and gave the era its glamorous reputation?
AThe Upper CrustBThe Jet SetCThe Flying EliteDThe Sky Society