By
1968, Braniff International airlines was a bit impatient for the
21st century and decided to jumpstart things by dressing
their stewardesses to look as if they'd just stepped off the set of
Star Trek.
Not content with this, they even
lumbered the ladies with this improbable space helmet; ostensively to
protect the stewardess's hairdo while walking across the tarmac,
though the Mark II version rumoured to incorporate a rocket pack made
people suspicious.
You
may be wondering why Braniff was so generous as to shell out for four
different frocks for their stewardesses. The answer is that it
was actually one frock with four layers: one for getting to the plane
in foul weather, one for greeting passengers and getting them settled,
one for meals and drinks services, and one for seeing the passengers
off. Just strip each one away as the flight progresses
From the look of the pantaloons, I suspect that
in-built flotation devices were incorporated as well.
