Love Is In The Air - The Mile High Club

09/10/24 • 14 min

There’s a long history behind the “mile high club” lore, dating back to the 1780s. Stories of romantic interludes while at altitude hit the news pretty regularly over the years, but usually because of police involvement, and legal charges being filed.

With this episode of the Airline Time Machine podcast, I’ll look at how people “getting romantic” in the air came about, the challenges that are created for airline crews and other passengers, and notable incidents that likely resulted from “love aloft.”

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Not too long ago, cigarette smoking was widespread, and permitted, onboard most passenger airliners worldwide.
A lot of travelers boarding flights today who don’t remember that era would likely be surprised by how prevalent inflight smoking was, by the way the process was managed, and by the smell of aircraft cabins and the damage that lit cigarettes caused to airliner cabin furnishings.
With this podcast episode, let’s take a look at the history of smoking onboard airliners, how that smoking was gradually regulated out of existence, and a few traces of that smoking past you can still find on your next flight.

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Whatever name you choose, an airliner’s onboard personal comfort facilities are seen by a lot of travelers as an essential resource to have on their flight.
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