A Pan Am flight attendant and a historian recall the glory days of the airline’s luxury Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, when fine food and drinks were just the start.

Boeing Stratocruiser: A Boeing Stratocruiser pictured in 1948. It was pressurized and spacious, seating 50 first class passengers or 81 coach passengers. R. Gates/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.

The Boeing 377, aka the Stratocruiser, was part of an optimistic picture of the post-World War II lifestyle. Its body was modeled on the heavy duty B-29 Bomber, but the interior left ...

The Beluga's origins can be traced back to the European planemaker's rival across the pond, Boeing, and the 'Guppy' aircraft derived from Boeing's 377 Stratocruiser.These outsize cargo planes ...

Boeing then took inspiration from the 377 Stratocruiser of the 1940s, turning this area into a bar and lounge. This was later replaced with additional passenger seating, often first class, as ...

Ogg carefully aimed the big Boeing Stratocruiser for a strip of white fire-fighting foam that Pontchartrain had laid to aid the pilot’s depth perception. He kissed the plane onto the hard waves ...

In 1946, Boeing hired Teague to work on the interior design of the Boeing Stratocruiser. Designer Frank Del Giudice came to the Puget Sound area on a three-month contract and never left.

Boeing was an innovative company and its military aircraft were second to none. Ed Wells, for example, ... the 377 Stratocruiser of which just 46 were built for a deficit of $13.5m.

A Pan Am flight attendant and a historian recall the glory days of the airline’s luxury Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, when fine food and drinks were just the start.

Boeing Stratocruiser: A Boeing Stratocruiser pictured in 1948. It was pressurized and spacious, seating 50 first class passengers or 81 coach passengers. R. Gates/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.