"Gogarty" wrote in message
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Wife and I have flown around the world a couple of times mostly on Pan Am's
Flight 1 and 2 but with side trips on local carriers. What a marvelous
feeling it was to be at the airport in New Delhi and see that big blue and
white plane come in and know we were home though still a zillion miles from
home. Wife used to carry knitting needles, scissors, ect., and do alot of
needlepoint and knitting along the way. Always a good conversation maker
with crew and other passengers. But that was all pre-9/11. We don't do that
anymore.


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You can still bring knitting needles and crochet hooks aboard and small
scissors. My wife brought Crochet along on this trip. Takes her knitting
on a lot of trips also. Pan Am was good airline to fly most of the time. I
used to take a Pan Am 747 SP to Hong Kong, business class during the 80's.
First trip was only 125 on board plane and I went back to coach and had 5
seats across to take about a 7 hour sleep on the trip. Problem these days
is they have jacked the Business class price absurdly! Used to be an about
50% kicker. Now a 4+ times kicker. We could upgrade our $1780 coach ticket
to Business for an extra $5800.