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Clockwise from top: seatback airline literature predates the days of the inflight magazine, offering information about the aircraft, crew, route maps, and more; an ad from the 1950s promotes the Golden Jet fleet's service to five cities; pilot Ed Ferris shows off a jet trainer mock-up in Los Angeles, in the days before the flight simulator; Continental employees review a message sent over the office teletype machine in the early 1960s.