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21.3.2019

The Golden Age of Aviation

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A soaring start to our new series as our experts discuss the unrivalled era of aviation from the 1950s to the 1970s. We meet the man responsible for the savvy marketing of one of the most prestigious airlines of its time: Pan Am. Plus, learn what it was like to fly into Hong Kong’s notorious Kai Tak international airport and hear from a woman in Japan whose collection of 1960s airline cups tells the design stories of many countries.

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Ready for take-off
21.3.2019
33:41
A soaring start to our new series as our experts discuss the unrivalled era of aviation from the 1950s to the 1970s. We meet the man responsible for the savvy marketing of one of the most prestigious airlines of its time: Pan Am. Plus, learn what it was like to fly into Hong Kong’s notorious Kai Tak international airport and hear from a woman in Japan whose collection of 1960s airline cups tells the design stories of many countries.

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Ready for take-off

The Golden Age of Aviation

Flere episoder fra "The Golden Age of Aviation"

Is the future golden?

Is the future supersonic?

Design icons

Selling the aviation dream

In-flight fashion

Taking flight

Soaring in Seattle

Ready for take-off