My quick internet research identifies … | Mitch's Other Blog

November 17, 2024

An dark, grainy black-and-white vintage photo of the interior view of an early passenger airplane cabin, shot from the rear, featuring two columns of seats on either side of a narrow central aisle. ChatGPT says the seats are upholstered, but they look to me like wicker lawn furniture. At the far end, the cockpit door is visible.

My quick internet research identifies this as a 1929 photo of the interior of a Soviet Tupolev aircraft.

Tupolev was the name of the government aerospace department, founded in 1922, which was later privatized and is now still doing business as a corporation.