Great post over at Everywhereist: 10 Things Kids Today Would Never Believe About Flying in the 1980s. I’m in my mid-30s now and I remember (vaguely) flying when I was around 5 or 6, so right around 1980 or so. I was invited (or asked to go, I forget which) to go and visit the cockpit and saw the pilots flying, and I also distinctly remember the smoking section in the back of the plane.