Yes, first a DC6 and then a Caravelle (pictured) daily except Saturday between Newark and Chicago.
There was also a West Coast Executive DC6 between LAX and SFO, same service, also men only. How times have changed! Bob Distler From: Jack Keady via Mifnet <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 09 September, 2025 11:05 To: David Wardell via Mifnet <[email protected]> Cc: Jack Keady <[email protected]> Subject: [Mifnet 🛰 74043] Fw: United Airlines Banned Women And Kids From Flights For 17 Years—With Cigars And Booze, Branded “A Club In The Sky” - View from the Wing Sent from the all new AOL app for Android <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aol.mobile.aolapp> Keady - this has been covered before To: Cc: Sent: Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 20:51 Subject: United Airlines Banned Women And Kids From Flights For 17 Years—With Cigars And Booze, Branded “A Club In The Sky” - View from the Wing <https://viewfromthewing.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/flight-attendant-lighting-cigar.jpeg> viewfromthewing.com United Airlines Banned Women And Kids From Flights For 17 Years—With Cigars And Booze, Branded “A Club In The Sky” - View from the Wing For 17 years - from 1953 until 1970 - United ran daily flights that didn't allow women. Marketed as “a club in the sky—For Men Only,” the service featured first class seating, steak dinners, cocktails, complimentary cigars, slippers, teletype business news with closing market quotes, and a “last‑minute message” service before pushback. <https://viewfromthewing.com/united-airlines-banned-women-and-kids-from-flights-for-17-years-with-cigars-and-booze-branded-a-club-in-the-sky/> 🔗 https://viewfromthewing.com/united-airlines-banned-women-and-kids-from-flights-for-17-years-with-cigars-and-booze-branded-a-club-in-the-sky/
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