LukeV-2 Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 Can't quite figure out if this is a joke, or if the guy's really trying to be serious! Its 100% for real... But this is funny.. Robert Lofthouse 1
TNT1 Posted June 20, 2012 Author Posted June 20, 2012 Who's clever enough to work out what 246 '60's quid is in 2012's ZARondts? About R25k, as near as I can figure. Used an American inflation table, but near enough I guess?
SwissVan Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 (edited) Dunno. Aren't most of the 747's and *** like that flying today from the 70's and 80's anyway? 74's mostly all from last century but Boeing are making a new version now 747-8 Most of the airliners nowdays dont seem to have improved much for passenger comfort since the 60's...compared to the brochureOk so we got IFE, less noise now and probbaly better air levels but seats and leg room narra...Those seats in the brochure of the 707, wonder if they really were like that? Edited June 20, 2012 by SwissVan
davetapson Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 Well, all the old timers say that they bought their first car for 160 pounds and the equivalent price of a cheap car is R100k +. So a flight would have cost R100k + in modern day cash?
TNT1 Posted June 20, 2012 Author Posted June 20, 2012 Well, all the old timers say that they bought their first car for 160 pounds and the equivalent price of a cheap car is R100k +. So a flight would have cost R100k + in modern day cash? No, inflation isn't straightforward like that. I get what you are saying, but that's simply anecdotal, not real.
Kranswurm Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 Looks just about the same today... Nope...the cooling towers are gone :-(
Purnjap Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 By the way, that exact thing parked on the runway, still sporting the orange tail with springbok on it, made about 20 land-and-take-offs here at the military airbase in Centurion yesterday, love the sound of it, can't believe they kept one in its original colours
SwissVan Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 By the way, that exact thing parked on the runway, still sporting the orange tail with springbok on it, made about 20 land-and-take-offs here at the military airbase in Centurion yesterday, love the sound of it, can't believe they kept one in its original colours You mean the SAA 707?
Stretch Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 damn we were cheesy growing up! http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-do-the-robot-2 http://www.inthe80s.com/80sdance.shtml
Slowbee Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 DF MALAN any history to the pic ? what year possibly ? a USAF plane at DF Malan .....
Tumbleweed Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkwP8wE4GZQ&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fresults%3Fsearch_query%3Dchina%2Bmushroom%2Bsex%2Btoy%26oq%3Dchina%2Bmushroom%2Bsex%2Btoy%26aq%3Df%26aqi%3D%26aql%3D%26gs_l%3Dyoutube-reduced.3...1622433.1631635.0.1631885.24.18.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0...0.0.
Big H* Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 any history to the pic ? what year possibly ? a USAF plane at DF Malan ..... No there was a time when they frequented our skies regularly in marked aircraft. That looks like a DC 6 standing there with a De Haviland Viscount in the back. Same as the Rietbok that disappeared into the sea near East London, I think. Pic was taken mid sixties I guess.
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