ü@Economic growth meant that for Japanese of 1970, overseas travel was no longerjust a dream; it was becoming accessible. The Douglas DC8 (model) in thephotograph is a typical jet liner of that period. It is likely that many people traveled overseas in this jet. But one year earlier in 1969, the so-called Jumbo Jet was completed, marking the beginning of the age of giantpassenger aircraft. The year 1970 was part of the transition period to thepresent era of high capacity transportation.