Air Hostess (1959)

Movie (1959)
Chinese title : 空中小姐
English title : Air Hostess
Starring:
Grace Chang (Lin Ke-Ping)
Julie Yeh Feng (Chu Hsin-Chuan)
Su Feng (Chen Huan)
Roy Chiao (Lei Tai-Ying, pilot)
Hong-Kong, Taipei, Bangkok, Singapore ... the selection and training of three young Chinese women and their debut through the whole South-East Asia till they found love.
Vickers 760D Viscount
Vickers 760D Viscount of Hong Kong Airways, a few months before the airline merged with Cathay Pacific and the Viscounts sold to Malayan Airways.
If the star aircraft is indeed the Viscount in HKA colours, the flight attendent suit is fictitious as are the logo and advertising for "IAL". More on the Discussion tab.





Reg. VR-HFJ Viscount 760D c/n 187 (till 1959; later VR-SEE then 9M-AMS and eventually VR-AAV).
Destroyed by a terrorist bomb at RAF Khormaksar, Aden on 30 June 1967.

The late Viscount's usual capacity was 75 passengers (row of 3+2) but the two 760s built have 40 or 44 seats (as seen here : 2+2) and (underwing) slipper tanks.


Bristol 175 Britannia
A desk model of a (BOAC ?) Bristol 175 Britannia.

Avro Tudor

Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas
Desk Commercial Model of a cutaway Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas on the Scandinavian Airlines System counter.

Douglas C-47 Skytrain
The two Douglas C-47 Skytrain of the Aviation Royale Khmere (Khmer Air Force) -today : Kingdom of Cambodia-.

Bristol 156 Beaufighter
The dark shape near the Vickers 760D Viscount ...


... taking off from Hong Kong Kai Tak International Airport.

Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando
B-??? one of the 47 Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando of CAT-Civil Air Transport.

Another one from a different airline is seen by reflection on the glass.

Douglas DC-3
Douglas DC-3 of Malayan Airways.

Lockheed L-1649 Starliner
Lockheed L-1649 Starliner seen in #Thailand, at Bangkok International Airport (now : Don Mueang International Airport (DMK/VTBD)).

Republic F-84G Thunderjet
Same airport... two Royal Thai Air Force Republic F-84G Thunderjets passe in the background. Strangely, they make little noise and the dialogue remains understandable without the stewardesses speak louder !


Douglas C-118 Liftmaster
Douglas C-118 Liftmaster, US Air Force on the apron at Bangkok International Airport, Thailand.

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