By
1968, Braniff International airlines was a bit impatient for the
21st century and decided to jumpstart things by dressing
their stewardesses to look as if they'd just stepped off the set of
Star Trek.
Not content with this, they even
lumbered the ladies with this improbable space helmet; ostensively to
protect the stewardess's hairdo while walking across the tarmac,
though the Mark II version rumoured to incorporate a rocket pack made
people suspicious.
