You Won't Believe What Airplane Food Looked Like In The '60s

By now, we're fairly used to airplane food looking like sludge and/or goo, sprinkled with unidentified foreign objects and maybe, if you're lucky, a free bag of legumes or two.

But OH, what it used to be.

Images surfaced online last week from the cabin of a Scandinavian Airlines plane in 1968, where passengers noshed on a literal smörgåsbord of delicious items mid-flight:

These images are indeed "from actual flights," a spokesperson from Scandinavian Airlines told HuffPost. They were re-released to celebrate the airline's 70th birthday this year.

Their commemorative website rounds up tales from former passengers, who recall a glamorous age in which everyone wore their Sunday best to board a plane and flight attendants sang real-life lullabies. On other carriers, lobster was a common main dish (with real silverware!), and free booze became the norm.

Of course, flying is a little less fabulous these days. Here's hoping history repeats itself very soon.

Happy travels!