Mandy Moore’s Dad Is an American Airlines Pilot — and She Finally Got to Go to Work With Him

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Actress Mandy Moore has become quite the travel sensation in recent months. After all, she has scaled both Mount Kilimanjaro and reached Everest base camp with ease. And now, Moore is sharing a bit more about her travels, only this time she made it a true family affair.

Over the weekend, Moore posted a series of images on her Instagram account of herself in the cockpit of a plane alongside the pilot. However, this wasn’t just any old pilot, but rather, it was her own father flying the plane.

“I was today years old when I finally visited my dad at work,” Moore wrote about her special time with her dad, who was celebrating a major workplace milestone with his famous daughter.

“He’s been a captain at @americanair since before I was born (he just celebrated his 40 year anniversary at the company- go dad!) and today was my first time ever flying with him,” she explained.

Moore also noted her stepmother is also an American Airlines crew member, who also happened to be working on the flight as well.

“I got some face time with both them on their breaks and took the requisite cockpit shots before we left London,” she said adding, “the landing was [thumbs up], dad. BEST TRIP HOME EVER.”

As proud as Moore was for her father, it appears the airline was just as proud of him too.

"We are truly proud of the American Airlines family, and Mandy is also a member of our family as well," Ross Feinstein, spokesman for American Airlines told USA Today. "Captain Don has been a pilot with American since 1979 – and is currently a Boeing 777 captain; you can see they are on a 777 in the photo. Mandy’s stepmother has also been a flight attendant with American for nearly 30 years.” Feinstein added, “We are thrilled they were able to spend the flight together from London to Los Angeles."

How to Avoid Paying Checked Baggage Fees (Video)

When you’re already spending on airfare, rental cars, and hotels, it can really feel like just too much to have to spend an extra $25 or $30 for a checked bag.

Airlines have long charged fees for extra heavy checked bags, but it’s only recently become standard practice to charge for simply checking a bag. The going rate is about $30 for the first bag, with prices rising for each additional bag.

But, there are ways to avoid these fees. Here are our tips.

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Book an airline that doesn't charge baggage fees:

There are still some airlines that don’t charge fees to check bags. That means if you’re looking at two flights of similar prices and one option is on a free-to-check airline, you can choose that option and save money (if you will need the service).

Southwest Airlines lets you check two bags for free, regardless of your ticket class or where you’re flying. Same goes for Ravn Alaska and Penair if you’re flying within Alaska, according to Kayak.com. Hawaiian Airlines has free checked bags for international flights, and many international carriers do not charge for checked bags, including Air France, Air New Zealand, Emirates and Korean Air, according to farecompare.com.

Book the right ticket:

In addition, some airlines offer airfare classes that include checked baggage. For many airlines, if you purchase a premium ticket (premium economy, business, or first class), you get free checked baggage, said Kelly Soderlund, a spokesperson with the travel planning website www.hipmunk.com.

You also get free baggage if you or the person with whom you're traveling hold elite status with the airline, Soderlund said.

Sara Rathner, NerdWallet’s travel expert, also recommends booking a ticket in a premium cabin.

“If you were planning to splurge on more luxurious travel anyway, you’ll get a free checked bag to go along with your more spacious seat,” she said. “Keep in mind that if you upgrade to a premium cabin after dropping off your bag, you may still be subject to a checked bag fee.”

Finally, Rathner recommends using “one airline faithfully and travel often.”

“If you travel enough each year, you can attain status on an airline, which would score a free checked bag,” she said. “On United, American, and Delta, you’d need to rack up at least 25,000 qualifying miles in the previous year to qualify for status in the next year.”

Get an airline credit card:

An airline-branded credit card for you or the person you’re traveling with also usually gets you free checked baggage, Soderlund said. Either that, or use a credit card that allows you to apply your annual travel credit towards baggage fees.

“The best way to avoid paying fees is to have a credit card that covers the expenses,” said Janice Lintz, a consumer education and travel writer. “Amex Platinum requires the user to select one domestic airline annually, which is frustrating. I personally like City National Bank's Crystal Visa Infinite Credit Card with rewards for my airline fees since I receive $250 a year for qualifying airline purchases. That includes domestic airlines, and each of my authorized users up to three people also receives $250 each.”

She added that for international fees, cards like Citi or Chase Saphire Reserve will cover travel fees, “but I like to try to avoid using those cards for baggage since I can use them for airfare,” she said. “Capital One Venture and Spark Business will cover any baggage expenses as well.”

Tracy Stewart, the content editor of travel deal site Airfarewatchdog.com, said one of the easiest ways to avoid baggage fees is to book tickets using the airline's branded credit card.

“Cardholders are promised a slew of travel perks, including complimentary checked baggage,” he said. “Fly more than a couple of times a year and you can easily make up the annual fee requirement for many of these cards.”

When all else fails:

Stewart says one of the simplest ways to avoid baggage fees is also one of the most difficult for travelers.

“Pack sparingly and fit all that you need into just a carry on,” he said. “With the exception of United, basic economy tickets now allow passengers a free carry-on and small personal item such as a backpack or computer bag. Sure, it'll require a little editing but you may be surprised by little you actually need. For many, the real advantage in going carry-on only is that you eliminate the need to wait around at the baggage carousel on arrival.”

Related: Watch a Former Bond Girl Pack 100 Items in a Carry-on in 2 Minutes

Soderlund also notes that there are some items you can check for free: strollers, car seats, and wheelchairs, plus some airlines will let you bring home local delicacies free of charge.

“Say, a case of wine flying from California on Alaska, or pineapple from Hawaii,” Soderlund said. “American Airlines recently cut the fees for sports equipment like surfboards from $150 to $30, and United has also cut fees on California-bound travelers’ surfboards.”

Jen Ruiz, a lawyer turned solo travel blogger and author of The Affordable Flight Guide has an interesting trick to save money on baggage: She uses duty free bags as a catch all.

“You're usually allowed two of the white bags without question, in addition to your carry-ons,” she said. “If something is too heavy or just doesn't fit, put it in a duty free bag as a secret way to get past airline restrictions.”

How Pat Got a Free Business Class Ticket (and You Can Too!)

Last month, my friend Pat came to me with a problem: he wanted to fly Cathay Pacific business class round-trip from the US to a conference in the Philippines. He had only a few frequent flyer miles and was all like “travel hacking, what?”

He needed help.

In the words of Barney Stinson: “Challenge accepted!”

I had two months to get Pat the 110,000 miles he needed.

I’ve written about traveling business class for free before, but as with everything in travel, methods and tricks that worked in the past might not work now, especially when it comes to airlines. They change their rules all the time.

As you know, I am an avid travel hacker because I hate flying coach. To me, there is nothing worse than being in coach on a 10-hour flight — and if I can avoid it, I will. When you are up in the air as much as I am, you want comfort.

So I collect points in order to upgrade or redeem for business- and first-class tickets, have a lie-flat bed, and enjoy some luxury before staying in my $10 a night dorm room. (Yes, I’m a bundle of contradictions. I’m a Gemini.)

Pat was an easy test subject, since he spends a boatload of money on his business each month and has great credit. I used all this to his advantage:

Since Cathay is part of the Oneworld Alliance, their US partner is American Airlines, and so we worked on getting him American AAdvantage miles.

First, he signed up for an American Airlines Citi card, which offered a 30,000-point sign-up bonus when he spent $1,000 USD in 90 days.

Second, he signed up for the business version of the same card with the same deal. (Note: you don’t need to be a business owner to get a business card. I used to sign up for these cards as a sole proprietor. The credit card companies never seemed to care.)

Third, I made him open a Starwood American Express card, which offers 25,000 Starwood points when you spend $5,000 USD in 90 days. He then transferred those points to American Airlines. Since Starwood gives you a 20% transfer bonus on 20,000 points, in the end 35,000 points (30,000 from the bonus, 5,000 from the spending) were transferred to his AAdvantage account.

Pat met all the minimum spending requirements with his regular spending. It was money he was going to spend anyway. (Never spend extra just to meet one of these spending requirements!)

After it was all said and done, Pat had 97,000 frequent flier miles.

But how to get those last 13,000 miles? There were a couple of ways to do this:

Pat could have “faked” his spending (which he also could have done to meet the spending requirements). He could have sent $1,000 every month via Amazon Payments to his wife without any fees and then she could have cashed the money back into their bank account.

Or he could have walked into a CVS and bought Vanilla Reload cards with his credit cards, then loaded the balance onto his American Express Bluebird account (maximum of $5,000 per month), and then used that money to pay off his credit card balance.

He also could have used online shopping portals to earn 3-4 miles per dollar spent (Christmas is coming!), meaning instead of spending $13,000 USD, he would have had to spend only $3,200-4,300 USD.

In the end, Pat used his business expenses as well as online shopping to get those final miles (he told me he found faking the minimum spending too time consuming).

Within a month, Pat had 110,000 miles he needed and I converted someone else to travel hacking (score!!!). He’s already set out to earn miles for a family trip to Hawaii!

“That sounds great, Matt, but I don’t want to open three credit cards nor can I spend that much money! Is there another way?”

Good question! What if you don’t want to open three credit cards? What can you do that doesn’t rely so heavily on credit cards?

I’ll tell you.

But first this point: you should open at least one rewards credit card because credit cards are the best way to jump-start your balance, and if you’re going to put money a card, you might as well get points for it. I mean, I bet you already have at least one card, right? Why not get free trips from it? Use your everyday spending to gain points for travel, even if you aren’t traveling until next year!

Moreover, you get a big sign-up bonus. My American AAdvantage card gave me 40,000 miles just for joining. That’s a free round-trip domestic ticket or miles I can use for an upgrade. United Airlines gives you 30,000 miles for signing up. Lufthansa is offering a 50,000 miles sign-up bonus right now!

I charge everything because of the miles it gets me. I am like Ryan Bingham from Up in the Air — I don’t spend any money without earning miles from it.

Non–Credit Card Ways to Earn Miles

But what else can you do to get miles that doesn’t require a credit card? Here are a couple of ways:

Shop with an airline’s preferred partners — All major airlines have a preferred shopping partner where you can get 3-20 points per dollar spent. If I am going to go shopping anyway, I might as well do it online and get four points per dollar spent than just the one I would have earned if I walked into the store. Do your shopping online, avoid crowds, get more points, fly quicker.

A good site to find which shopping portal is offering the best deals is Evreward.

Use your family — My parents might fly once a year. My sister might fly twice. They don’t really need or use their miles, so they give them to me. My parents use my credit card to purchase all their tickets, and when they fly, they transfer their miles over to my account. There is a small fee for the transfer, but it’s worth the extra miles. After they visited Israel last year, the miles they both earned ended up in my American Airlines account.

Sign up for newsletters — I sign up for all the airline newsletters as well as those for their credit cards so I can stay up-to-date on special fares, deals, and offers. Many of the best deals in the world are only sent via a newsletter, and if you don’t sign up, you’ll never know. Recently, I got triple miles on purchases on my Citi American AAdvantage card through an alert sent via e-mail.

Take surveys — Every little bit counts. And for signing up for surveys, liking Facebook pages, and more, many companies offer 250-1,000 points. I always participate in these stupid online contests because they add up over time. Airlines usually send this via their newsletters, but I also follow companies on Twitter and Facebook just to make sure I don’t miss anything.

Stay up-to-date on bonus offers — Be sure to constantly check for bonus offers on airline websites. Many brands, especially airlines, offer bonus offers on selected flight routes, fare classes, and dates. By flying during these times, you can maximize your miles for future redemptions. You can stay up-to-date via newsletters or following some of the sites listed in the resources section of this blog.

Airlines love when people actually fly to earn their miles, and they treat those who do with extra special care. However, they make it so easy to earn the frequent flier miles that it’s silly to not take advantage of the situation while it lasts. Business class is no longer out of reach for even the most infrequent flier.

Even if you only fly once or twice a year, why not put in a couple of extra hours a month to ensure that when you do fly, you fly in style, like Pat!

How to Spend 24 Hours in an Airplane

I’m an aviation geek, which means I love all things related to planes (even if I’m terrified of flying). Planes fascinate me. They have like 8,000 parts and weigh multiple tons but still manage to stay up in the sky without falling apart! I mean have you ever seen one of those bolts holding up a wing? It boggles my mind how such a tiny thing can hold so much weight. Thank you, aerodynamics, engineering, and the workers at Airbus and Boeing!

In March, I was invited to the Boeing plant in South Carolina for the delivery of Singapore Airlines’ new 787-10, the first 10-series Dreamliner plane. As part of the invited media crew (including some other AV geeks, like Brian Kelly, Ben Mutzabaugh , Zach Honing, and Kendis Gibson), we spent a few days at the plant (in my next post, I’ll take ya behind the scenes at the Boeing plant and in the flight simulator) and then flew the delivery flight from Charleston to Singapore.

It was truly one of the coolest experiences I’ve ever had. For those other guys, it’s par for the course. They go on these all the time. But, for me, this was brand new! I mean, getting invited to the factory and then to fly on the first flight? Woah! So cool.

But South Carolina to Singapore is a long flight. The total flight time is 22 hours. The total time on the plane for us? 24.5 hours, as we weren’t allowed to leave the airplane during our refueling stop in Osaka.

That’s right. I spent a little more than an entire day inside an airplane.

And how does one spend a full day on a plane? Here’s how:

Hour 1
We board the plane (Boeing has their own gateway at their plant), where we are greeted by the crew and Singapore Airline executives. I sit down in my business-class seat, get my pre-flight champagne, and marvel at the new in-flight entertainment (IFE) system. It was the best I’ve seen. The screen is huge and super sharp, and the system saves all your information and preferences so you can get back to your movies quickly. It also minimizes the back-and-forth between menus by keeping options open at the bottom of the screen while you scroll and loads them without having to toggle. Compared to the crappy IFEs we have in the states, it was like magic.

Hour 2
After takeoff, I start to watch Justice League. It’s terrible, so I move to the galley to get drunk…I mean sample the wine selection. OK, we got drunk. There’s no other way to put it. Those flight attendants pour heavy glasses.

Hour 3
Continue to drink in the galley.

Hour 4

After getting sufficiently toasted, I bid everyone good night and go back to my seat. While the other AV geeks pick apart the seat for length, angles, cubby access, and everything in between, I am just happy to be able to sleep in such a wonderful seat. The seat is 26 inches wide, which is plenty long enough for a guy like me. The padded interior muffles noise and is set back enough so that you can create a little cocoon hidden from the rest of the cabin.

Hour 5
Keep sleeping.

Hour 6
More sleeping.

Hour 7
Counting sheep.

Hour 8
Dreaming of Batman. Wait? Am I Batman?

Hour 9
Still out like a light.

Hour 10
Eventually, I come to and pound some water to get rid of my hangover. I feel pretty good for someone who got just six hours of sleep. I wander the cabin quietly as most of the other passengers on the plane are still asleep. I have the dinner I missed and begrudgingly finish Justice League (seriously, it’s terrible).

Hour 11
I spend an hour writing blog posts and working on my upcoming memoir about my decade as a nomad. (More on that in the future!)

Hour 12
Now, I’m going stir crazy because I’ve been in this plane for 12 hours and still have another 12 more to go! I drink another glass of wine and keep on writing. It’s pretty unexciting. I’m at the point where the novelty has worn off and start to fidget around.

Hour 13
Work some more while watching Geostorm (another terrible movie). I’m not sure what is with me and terrible movies but I seem to gravitate towards them on planes. I think it’s because it’s good time to just get lost and not think. I just want to see cheesy plots and stuff blow up.

Hour 14
Time for another nap!

Hour 15

I wake up and notice everyone is also getting up so I go chat with people. It was really interesting being on a plane with journalists. Here I am under no deadline (I mean this article is for something happened two months ago), and these guys are furiously filing stories for when we land so they can all be the first to report on the plane. Here are some of the articles they wrote:

Singapore Airlines New 787-10 in Photos (Flight Global)
Boeing Delivers the World’s First 787-10 Dreamliner to Singapore Airlines (The Points Guy)
The New Singapore Airlines Boeing 787-10 (Sam Chui)
That New Airplane Smell (USA Today)

Hour 16
The cabin lights finally come on and we get ready to land. There’s a light snack, I write some more, and then get to reading a book.

Hour 17
After 16 hours, we’re in Osaka. By now, you’re probably wondering how the plane made it so far? I mean this plane is only supposed to be able to go fly around 8,055 miles and Osaka is 7,255 miles away. Simple: without a fully loaded cabin of people and luggage, the plane was extra light and can make it very far on a very full tank of gas!

Hour 18
While on the ground, they refuel the plane, switch out the crew, and bring in some new food (catered by Singapore Airlines this time and not Boeing). I watch all journalists make videos and do interviews then chat with the CEO of Singapore Airlines, who gives me some sushi recommendations in Singapore (I never got to eat at them but he recommended Kuiiya and Chobei). The most I did was take some photos.

Hour 19
Takeoff time again.

Hour 20
After another breakfast (delicious eggs with spinach and seaweed), I move to economy class to see what it’s like back there while trying not to wake up all the Singapore Airlines employees trying to sleep. There’s a lot of legroom and the seat has a steep recline (which is good when you recline but bad when the person in front of you reclines since it cuts off a lot of your space). The seats are also really comfy and with a soft padding. After Qatar’s A350 economy, they might be my favorite economy seats.

Hour 21
I take advantage of having my own row in economy to go for another nap.

Hour 22
Dreamland.

Hour 23

I wake up and go back business class for breakfast. The sun is coming up and we’re getting ready to land. I’ve given up on movies and just started writing. Before we land, I take some photos, chat to some folks, and see who wants to get dinner. (We ended up a terrible place. It’s best not spoken of but let’s just say this person got their recommendation off TripAdvisor and it further cemented my view that TripAdvisor sucks!)

Hour 24

Time to land in Singapore. I’m always awed by the fleet of cargo ships off the coast of Singapore. As far as the eye can see, the denizens of global trade go to and fro as we land and pull into the gate, we are welcomed with water cannons and a celebratory event.

***Spending 24 hours in a plane was an experience I’ll (probably) never have again, but surprisingly, it wasn’t as bad as I had thought it would be. The Dreamliner is pressured at only 6,000 feet compared to other planes which are pressured at altitudes around 8,000 feet. feet. So, walking off the plane, I felt pretty refreshed and less fatigued. I never really noticed it before but after spending 24 hours in a tube, that science Boeing was talking about does really hold up to snuff.

Spending 24 hours in a plane was an experience I’ll (probably) never have again, but surprisingly, it wasn’t as bad as I had thought it would be. The Dreamliner is pressured at only 6,000 feet compared to other planes which are pressured at altitudes around 8,000 feet. feet. So, walking off the plane, I felt pretty refreshed and less fatigued. I never really noticed it before but after spending 24 hours in a tube, that science Boeing was talking about does really hold up to snuff.

I didn’t feel as jetlagged or that normal gross feeling I have after a long international flight. (Who else loves to shower right away after a long flight? Anyone? Makes me feel refreshed!)

This new Singapore 787-10 will be a regional craft so, at most, you’ll be in this plane for only about six hours. They are only going to fly it around Asia and Australia to start. I would say this will be one of the nicest six hours you’ll have on a plane, no matter what class you are in.

I have a new favorite plane to fly around Asia, which, thanks to Singapore’s partnerships with Chase, American Express, SPG, and Citi, as well their partnership with United means I can use points to do it for free! I already was a huge fan of Singapore Airlines and this plane just makes me love them even more!

But, the next time I get on this plane, I’ll be happy it won’t be for another 24 hours. That’s a little too long for me.

Note: I was part of the press core for the launch of this plane. Singapore Airlines covered my hotel, flight, and any meals I had during official events. I was not compensated monetarily for this.

10 Interesting and Helpful Travel Websites

Every day, a dozen new travel websites start up in hopes of making your trip planning easier, help you meet locals, crowdsource your advice, or save money. And with equal speed as many travel websites fail each day. A lot of travel start-ups try to fill a void where none exists. There are just some things that people don’t want, need, or desire. There many are with innovative ideas but are poorly executed and end up floundering.

Then there are the ones that stick around, grow, and catch on because they are truly useful and not some fad. I want to share 10 websites that can (or have the potential to) help make your planning easier and help you save money:

Busbud is a unique website that makes bus travel a lot easier, especially in developing countries where information is not always online. You can search routes, compare prices, and book tickets online. According to the website, Busbud lists routes for 10,463 cities in 89 countries. I don’t know of another website as comprehensive as this one. They do a really good job. I highly recommend this site.

One of the downsides to TripAdvisor and other crowdsourced review sites is that everyone can leave reviews. We’ve all heard about people who threaten to leave bad reviews or complain their shower couldn’t fit multiple people. Throw in businesses who buy favorable reviews, and it’s no wonder hardly anyone I know trusts TripAdvisor reviews.

One site that is aiming to change that is TripExpert. This site aggregates reviews from dozens of guidebooks, magazines, and other trusted travel media to give the hotel property a score based off the average. Of course, it works on the assumption that travel experts are better judges of quality, but I think this site has a lot of potential. The site is relatively small right now, but if it grows and catches on, it would be a better alternative to TripAdvisor.

Few travelers have any idea about their airline rights (and there are actually a few). Airlines like it that way because it reduces the compensation they have to give. AirHelp seeks to change that by helping passengers secure compensation from delayed, cancelled, or overbooked flights. Most people who try to get compensation simply get tired of the airlines dragging everything out and give up. AirHelp does everything for you. For a small percentage, they will work on your behalf to secure you the legal compensation you are owed. For anyone with something better to do than argue with the airlines (i.e., all of us), this website is for you. Highly recommended.

It seems every blogger has a Trover account these days. I find them on everyone’s website, showing all their photos. Trover is yet another website that lets you capture and share stories about your favorite restaurants, landmarks, sights, and adventures. You can geotag places you discover so others can go there too (it also helps in remembering where the heck that pizza shop was!). I think it’s a pretty interesting website, but there are a lot of travel photography websites out there at the moment. I’ll be curious to see if Trover stays around.

So, I love apartment rentals. They are an inexpensive alternative to hotels and the next step up from hostels. The problem? There seem to be about 10 million rental websites out there. It’s hard to search them all. The solution?: Tripping. This website searches about 18 apartment rental sites, including HomeAway, FlipKey, Housetrip, Interhome, Roomorama, and Booking.com. It is a huge, huge time saver. I highly recommend it. The only downside? It doesn’t search Airbnb. You have to do that on your own.

There’s a airline ticket booking trick called “hidden city ticketing.” Basically, if your flight from LA to NYC is $300 but a flight from LA to NYC to Boston is $280, you book the second flight, get off at NYC, and never get the last flight. (This only works if you have a carry-on and are going one way.) Of course, airlines don’t like passengers doing this and have specific language in their terms and conditions against this. You won’t go to jail but, if caught, it can result in your frequent flier account being terminated.

But it is hard to find these hidden routes, and this is where this website comes in. They find the routes for you. This website (and method) have been around for a while — but doing it, and doing it often, will get you on an airlines radar really quickly! That’s not a place you want to be.

Use at your own risk.

Another similar site is Skiplagged. They are a good hidden city fare finder and one worth checking too. (They are also site #10 on this list for those counting!)

This is the best travel news website on the web. They break a lot of travel industry news and have detailed reports and stories about various trends. If you’re looking to learn about what is going on with your favorite travel companies, what is happening in the industry, or what the future might hold, visit Skift. I read it daily.

This is a good UK-based website that finds all sorts of travel deals. They search a ton of routes and fares looking for mistakes in airline pricing that score you cheaper flights. Though most of their deals are for flights and holidays out of the UK, they also find good deals around the continent. They have a German and American version too. Highly recommended.

One of the best recent deal websites in the United States. The find a ton of hidden deals, mistake fares, and cheap flights. I’m constantly looking at this website to see what they find. They find a lot of amazing fares. If you are looking for cheap, last-minute flights, use this website. I highly recommend it.

Got a different website that does something amazing? Leave it in the comment section and I’ll check it out.

12 Photos That Make Us Miss the Golden Age of Flying

With so many complaints about airlines today from baggage fees to limited in-flight service, it seems nearly impossible to imagine a time where flying was luxurious. But in honor of Scandinavian Airlines’ 70th anniversary, the company has released select images showing off the Golden Age of plane travel.

Taken in the 1950s through 1980s, these photos reveal the lengths they would go to provide a fine dining experience—a far cry from the microwave meals we have today. The pictures show smiling guests as they are greeted by flight attendants who are carting everything from caviar and lobster to a whole leg of carved ham.

The cabin crew is seen using real knives, clearly a sign that these flights were before the days of constant security threats. And there would even be a chef in formal garb, down to the toques, preparing a seafood platter for the passengers.

Other features of this nostalgic time included the use of porcelain teacups, and guests were offered a wide variety of drinks including beer, wine, and champagne to complement their trips. In addition, many of these photos were taken before there were different classes on the airplanes, so everyone got the royal treatment.

Menu items (yes they had menus) at that time featured things like consommé, roast chicken, crepes with mushrooms and bacon, and Bavarian cream with rum.

More images are set to be released closer to the anniversary, but take a look through these incredible images of the Golden Age of flying in the meantime.