Diplomacy of the Skies: The 1971 Paris Air Show
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- Title
- Diplomacy of the Skies: The 1971 Paris Air Show
- Description
- At the 1971 Paris Air Show, the gleaming fuselage of a McDonnell Douglas jet serves as a backdrop to the era's international reach. A row of stewardesses, dressed in the sharp, mod silhouettes of the early seventies, stands poised alongside a corporate representative. This moment captures the intersection of heavy industry and the burgeoning glamour of global travel. While the man remains unidentified, his presence links the technical precision of McDonnell Douglas to the human elegance of the flight crews who operated these machines. The airline logos—KLM, SAS, and UTA—painted across the metal skin of the aircraft, represent a world increasingly connected by the very engineering the Haushalter family witnessed through their professional ties, turning the tarmac at Le Bourget into a stage for the modern age.
- Date
- May 5, 1971
- Spatial Coverage
- Le Bourget, Paris, France
- Creator
- Unidentified
- Format
- silver gelatin print
- Rights
- Courtesy of the Haushalter-Casler Family Archive
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