sepiachord:“Cruise the World in a Flying Hotel!” Goodyear ad 1945 “Imagine cruisin
sepiachord:“Cruise the World in a Flying Hotel!” Goodyear ad 1945 “Imagine cruising the world in a flying hotel, thousands of feet above the ground passing through the clouds at a gentle pace floating as much as flying” teased the headline of a Goodyear advertisement that ran near the end of the war in 1945. The Goodyear ship was designed to carry 133 passengers in the same elegance and comfort of a deluxe ocean liner at three times the speed. It would fill a new niche luxurious, hotel-like comfort in long, sustained flight.“Some day you can go to Europe in a giant 950 foot airship just like this picture in the ad,” Goodyear promised the war-weary reader. “You’ll soar along quietly, smoothly at comfortable altitudes. Your crossing will take about 40 hours- glorious hours of entertainment, delightful cuisine, luxurious relaxation.”…[source] -- source link
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