FEATURE
The evolution of IFE
IFE Services, the multi-award winning provider of inflight entertainment recently posted the history of IFE on its facebook page. We have re-created it here for your reading pleasure
1921, Chicago First inflight movie The first inflight movie Howdy Chicago premiered on an Aeromarine Airways flight as the amphibious airplane flew around Chicago.
1925, London First inflight movie on an international flight The film The Lost World was shown to passengers on an Imperial Airways flight between London and Paris.
1932, USA Inflight TV shown for the first time The first in-flight television called 'media event' was shown on a Western Air Express Fokker F10 aircraft.
1936, Germany The Hindenburg showed the way in passenger comfort
The airship Hindenburg offered passengers a piano lounge, dining room, smoking room and bar during the 2½-day flight between Europe and America.
1955 Movies played on projectors on some long-haul flights
After the Second World War entertainment was delivered in the form of food and drink services, along with an occasional projector movie during lengthy flights.
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1961, USA First inflight film system developed David Flexer of Inflight Motion Pictures developed the 16mm film system for a wide variety of commercial aircraft. This replaced the previous 30 inch diametre film reels. It was in the same year that the first ever feature film titled By Love Possessed, starring Lana Turner and Efrem Zimbalist Jr., was shown on a regular commercial airline flight.
1962, Pakistan
Pakistan International Airlines was the first international carrier to show movies in flight
1963, USA In-seat headsets arrive on board AVID Airline Products developed and manufactured the first pneumatic headsets and provided them to Trans World Airlines.
1971, USA Trans Com developed the 8mm film cassette Lonnie Webber was the key figure in the development of Trans Com’s 8mm film
cartridge projection system, the first IFE system that afforded multiple in-flight programming and films. Flight attendants could now change movies inflight and add short subject programming for the first time. An engineer by trade, Webber’s devotion to the project and his development of this innovative system played a key role in Trans Com becoming the major IFE hardware and programming supplier of its day.
1975, USA First video games
Braniff Airways introduced Atari video games onboard flights
1979, USA
Airline Entertainment Association formed The AEA (Airline Entertainment Association) was founded and held its first conference in Palm Springs, California.
Its name changed in 1985 to WAEA (World Airline Entertainment Association) and then again in 2011 to APEX (Airline Passenger Experience Association).
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