Vintage photos show how flying first class has changed over the past 70 years

Vintage photos show how flying first class has changed over the past 70 years

The first class section of a passenger plane in the 1950s.Authenticated News/Getty ImagesModern commercial air travel pales in comparison to the pampered flying experience of the 1960s.Luxury air travel is still alive and well in the first-class cabins of the world's leading airlines.Brands like Pan Am have given way to Singapore Airlines, Emirates, and Etihad. Flying these days can be a slog.For most of us, it's something we tolerate as a means…