The UNITED of today was formed when United Airlines and Continental Airlines merged. Both United and Continental had RICH aviation histories. We thought you might like a "look back" to see how airlines looked back in the day...
International First Class cabin on a Continental Boeing 747-200 (notice how the cabin gets smaller toward the front which is the nose of the airplane.)
B747-200 "Polynesian Pub in the Sky"
Logos used by Continental Airlines from the 1930s until 2011.
Continental billboard featuring "stewardesses" (flight attendants).
Continental's last headquarters building (at left) shown at dusk - Smith Street, Houston, TX.
Continental Coach Pub Commerical. (The video game in the commercial is Atari's "Pong". It was still on the DC10-10 "Pub" airplane when I started flying in 1984! Tony)
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