VIDEO: Flying With The Jet Set Back When Travel was Glamorous

  • June 19, 2014
VIDEO: Flying With The Jet Set Back When Travel was Glamorous
Leading the charge was the so-called Jet Set - celebrities like Frank Sinatra, Jackie Kennedy and Elizabeth Taylor - who made Europe their playground. But ordinary Americans were climbing aboard the sleek new jetliners as well, ushering in the age of mass tourism.



William Stadiem's new book, Jet Set: The People, the Planes, the Glamour, and the Romance in Aviation's Glory Years, tells the story of the aviation pioneers who introduced Americans to groundbreaking aircraft like the Boeing 707 and of the people who traveled in their luxurious cabins.

Photo: Delta Airlines winter uniforms, 1965-68