Aeroflot: You'll Never Forget It!
Check out these great advertisments from Aeroflot's 1968 News for Travellers.
Back in 1966, I flew Aeroflot between Moscow and Leningrad with my parents, and it was indeed a most memorable, if not exactly enjoyable, experience: we suffered through terrifying turbulence that caused the borscht to slop out of our bowls and into our laps, and ugly Babushka stewardesses covered with hairy moles, who looked like wicked witches straight out of fairy tales (except for their pillbox hats and white gloves). And yes, they really did have wooden tables like those shown in the ad.
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[Link: Moscow Postcards: 1966]
Comments
A friend of mine once flew to the Ukraine, shortly after the fall of communism and said that the space on either side of the landing strip was littered with rusted out, broken and derelict planes, some dating back to the war.
Posted by: Skipper Bartlett | February 4, 2008 7:08 AM
I spent a fair amount of time in Eastern Germany after the wall came down, and I was amazed at how much damage from WWII had never been repaired.
Workers Paradise, my ass.
Posted by: MrBaliHai | February 4, 2008 12:17 PM
I would NEVER fly this airline ... it has a very bad reputation ...
Posted by: orangeguru | February 4, 2008 9:50 PM
Deservedly so.
Posted by: MrBaliHai | February 4, 2008 9:57 PM