My brother-in-law is visiting for a few days and he brought with him this visit some letters written in 1963 from his father (and my husband's father). In an Oct. 29, 1963 letter their father wrote about his airplane trip from Sioux City, Iowa to Santa Maria, Calif., a plane ride that included stops in Omaha, Denver and Los Angeles!

But the food served to them during one of the flights caught my imagination.

They came around with a dinner menu and drinks menu. I had a dry martini. We first had an introductory course of crab meat salad, beets sliced in thin strips, tomatoes and lettuce with Thousand Island dressing. We also had a serving of Macadamia nuts. Then we were served filet mignon, American fried potatoes, spinach and a delicious mustard sauce with the steaks, rolls and Boston cream pie. Everything was excellently prepared and served. We were served two pieces of filet mignon. In our opinion, one would have been sufficient.

And remember, people once complained about airplane food!

(Photo from the S-R archives of three Eastern Washington women awarded stewardess wings by Northwest Orient Airlines after completing training course in Minnesota. They are, left to right: Patti Weitzman, Liberty Lake; Marion Gibson, Spokane, and Mary Straven, Colfax. September 11, 1953.)

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