V-Flyer

Posted: **29 Mar 2004, 21:26**

No BA 742 that I know of had PTV. Back in those days people didn't care if the screen was small - they were amazed they had their own screen!

Thanks,
Richard

Posted: **29 Mar 2004, 22:17**

I remember the days of being amazed I had my own PTV!

Posted: **30 Mar 2004, 00:42**

I only flew once on a BA 742, it didn't have PTVs. The interior was really shabby, faded and tattered 1970's airline chic. I seem to remember sitting on the upper deck which was all economy - I guess that was just a configuration thing with BA. There was almost a fight between the passenger to my left and the one in front of him, who insisted on reclining his seat before they'd even closed the airplane door. The only shabbier plane I've ever been on was a Northwest DC-10.

KB

Posted: **30 Mar 2004, 06:45**

hehe good ol` days with the PTVs ..ahhh memories

Posted: **30 Mar 2004, 09:24**

quote:Originally posted by LAX21
hehe good ol` days with the PTVs ..ahhh memories

Ahhhh....Vickers Viscount to Jersey, no PTV or even music, but bigger seats than current aircraft

Posted: **30 Mar 2004, 17:31**

It is amazing when you see old B&W tv footage of transatlantic flights in the sixties - just how much room they had in economy - BUT the relative cost of tickets was phenomenal. I have read somewhere that the cost of a ticket was as much as it it today - when average annual salaries were less than Â£2K !!

Nick