United Airlines Flight from Felts Field, Spokane, Washington
to Pasco, Washington on July 6, 1937
Since the airlines have been gradually going to the
electronic kiosk the ticket jacket is fast becoming a thing of the past along
with a good airline meal.
The featured ticket jacket from United Airlines in 1937
highlights the memory of a flight that took place approximately 75 years ago.
The flight that a Mr. Finch took so impressed him that he wrote his
observations on his ticket jacket and kept the paper/cardboard eating utensils
that he used for that meal.
Mr. Finch comments on the ticket jacket are as follows:
Left Felts Field Spokane at 12:35. Arrived Pasco at 1:30. Air bumpy at low levels – Ok at 9,700 feet.
Enjoyed the trip. At
first – somewhat nervous. Marie and Jo
pick (ed) me up at Pasco. Sorry we could
not all travel by air.
The flight lasted 55 minutes according to the times provided
by Mr. Finch.
By looking at the meal that was served on that short flight
of approximately 100 air miles he would need all that time to eat the below
meal as detailed inside the ticket jacket.
Meal as follows:
Butter Bun
Sandwich – Brown Bn Meat
Fried Chicken – 3 pieces
Celery
Fruit Salad
Potato Chips
Jelly
Mints
Good Coffee – 2 Cups
Served by hostess at 9,700 feet elevation
Good, Yum-Yum
Next time you are flying on a short flight and are enjoying
your soda and bag of peanuts think back to Mr. Finch on his 55 minute flight
from Spokane to Pasco.