May 12, 2026.   Not Your Average Joe.

Who looks cooler in a 727, me or Joe Strummer?

Okay, don’t answer that.

I’m unsure where Joe was headed, but I’m on a Northwest Orient flight from Boston to Orlando, Florida. It’s April of 1980.

This was only my fourth or fifth time on an airplane, and my first time sitting in first class. It was a morning departure. You can’t quite see it, but I’m eating a cheese omelette.

Strummer Photo courtesy of Bob Gruen.