Air Travel & Aviation Time Machine

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls of all ages, gather around. For you may have discovered this being one of the most unique books ever compiled in the annals of aviation and air travel. The book in your hands offers a unique Periscope view, some might call it a wormhole glimpse backwards in the sands of time, to a world that in most realms has long since been forgotten.

In a world rife with fake news, and ever-increasing political perversions, the extent of which the world has not seen for many generations, some may claim it never existed. But this collection of unique chemical lab image creations from more than half a century ago offer a fascinating time machine within the palm of your very hands, to view the wonderful world of airlines, air travel, and aviation in its early days of postwar advancement. You are about to experience 288 pages of glorious Kodachrome colour, showcasing air travel and aviation during its post-War Golden Age.

This was an era before the creation of modern tele-communications, computers, the internet, wi-fi networks, illogical crypto currencies, and other so-called “advances” of present day. A time machine in its truest sense may not necessarily be a mechanical creation that must physically transport one back to a different era, atom by atom, to a different plain on the time-space continuum. Instead, it can be a medium for the subconscious, or dream states, or awakened senses of awareness of how things may have been in past eras, that few are aware of in present day.

The author has made it one of his life missions to assemble a growing collection of unique and fascinating Kodachrome images created in the mid of the last century, that were spontaneous photographic captures of every day air travels, at a time when the vast majority of the population were still travelling this great world by ocean liner.

This was a time when manners, elegant dress, and decent conduct and respect for fellow man and woman, were the rule and order of the day. The abominations of grotesque public conduct played out aboard aircraft and at airports across this sad world in the year 2023, and shared through the twisted lenses of present day social media, could have never been anticipated by our descendants depicted in these pages.

It’s hard to believe that mankind, in many respects has taken a massive leap backwards over the past 50 to 70 years, despite surface level advancements in technology. The near 300 pages that are presented in this volume will offer a look back to an era where people travelled in style to the four corners of the globe by modes of air transport that were very much still in their infancy. Pay close attention to the small details that lurk in the backgrounds of the pictures of the pages that follow, and you will revel in amazement of how good things were on this planet so many decades ago.

Between the close of World War II and 1960, air travel went from the piston banger era to the jet age. This was a short period of barely 15 years. Between 1960, and the publication date of this book 2024, some 64 years have passed. Although commercial aircraft have become somewhat larger, there have been no real advancements in air travel technology that can compare to those after the post World War II era covered in this volume.

Dear reader, it is hoped that you will sincerely enjoy this fascinating time machine look back to the early days of postwar air travel, as much as the author enjoyed compiling this fascinating archive over the past 30 years. Thank you for your support in purchasing this book. It is the author’s sincerest wish that you may always travel in comfort and safety, and enjoy the decency and respect of your fellow passengers.