In the “I’m Jo. Fly me”, the 1972 “Fly National” advertisement for US carrier National Airlines, note that Jo speaks of her “friends”, not colleagues.

Come fly with me?

Society, safety and security are not in the 1960s any more

You could be forgiven for thinking that Virgin Australia’s latest advertisement was a tie-in with Mad Men, the decade’s most popular part-panegyric, part-philippic to the best and worst of 1960s culture.

A model with the cheekbones of Ian Thorpe, another who’s a ringer for Nicole Kidman riding to work on a ferry, and one reminiscent of Olivia Wilde pushing her hair back as she speeds along in a vintage drop-top convertible, simmer with a sultry wistfulness as Frank Sinatra sings Come Fly With Me.

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