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polaroid pictures

Family holidays are all about making memories. But the flight itself? That’s usually just a formality. Unless, of course, a resourceful Cabin Host arms a snap-happy daughter with a Polaroid camera on the eve of her mother’s birthday.

Thanks to our VistaJet crew, on a recent journey one mother enjoyed an on-board photoshoot that Vogue themselves would have swooned at.

On the flight back — returning sunkissed and smiling from a week in the Caribbean — the family were surprised to discover that the crew had put together a montage of their daughter’s pictures. Complete with family memories provided by the husband, too, the compilation was projected onto the jet’s cinema screen to rapturous applause (and perhaps a few damp eyes). We hear that Anna Wintour’s been in touch...