Take to the skies of yesteryear with these 17 unexpected airline rules from the glamorous 1960s—an era when flying meant cocktail lounges, in-flight dancing, and decorum more rigid than cabin ...

What began as the world's first aerial crop-dusting operation in the Mississippi Delta in 1925 has survived mergers, recessions and bankruptcy to become a global carrier with 5,000 flights a day.

The airplane experience has changed a lot since the 1960s, when tickets could cost up to five times more than today's prices, passengers could smoke on the plane and have as much booze as they could ...