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If you do a lot of
overseas air travel for work (or any other reason), this en route time map from
a 1950 issue of The Saturday Evening Post magazine might give you a bit
of cheering up. Compare the length of time in the air back during the day of
propeller-driven airliners versus what you typically experience today. United
Aircraft published that a trip from New York to London took 12-½ hours (with
favorable winds). The same flight today takes around
7-½ hours, a 40%
reduction. From Seattle to Tokyo was 28-½ hours, and is now
10-½ hours, for a 63%
reduction! Those shorter flight times are due to both faster jet-powered
airplanes and an ability to climb to and cruise at altitudes where jet stream
winds are highly additive. Of course having to endure 10-½ hours crammed
into a narrow seat with the back of the front seat mere inches from your face,
while existing amongst the ilk of passengers aboard these days, might make you
dream of flying for 28-½ hours in a quiet, comfortable environment with plenty
of personal space, good food, pleasant company, and attentive service from the
flight crew.
United Aircraft Corporation Advertisement
 The air is yours ... use it to "see the world" on a two-week vacation
This map shows you only a few of the many overseas spots you can reach quickly
when you travel by air. Any airline office or travel agent will gladly show you
how simply and economically you can visit almost any place in the world on a vacation
you'll never, never forget.
United Aircraft
Corporation
East Hartford, Connecticut
Makers of Pratt & Whitney Engines, Hamilton Standard Propellers, Chance Vought
Aircraft and Sikorsky Helicopters for the U. S. Armed Forces and the Finest Airlines
in the World.
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