Seriousness 90 years of air travel

GeoffC · 08-25-2009, 04:45 AM

In a few 'photos Courtesy BBC web site ....

warning - some images are in black/white and shades of grey .....

Sweetpea · 08-25-2009, 05:02 AM

And people these days complain about the long flight time if they go to the other side of the world (it took my little brother about 24 hours)

It took 12 1/2 days in 1935!

Nice pictures!

Donnageddon · 08-25-2009, 06:12 AM

From what I've read in Jules Verne's time it took 80 days!

Donnageddon · 08-25-2009, 06:21 AM

I love that last picture with Maggie Simpson staring out of every seat.

alecE · 08-25-2009, 01:20 PM

Love the photo of the car ferry - we went on holiday in one of those, Lydd to Le Touquet and drive down to Spain. Best thing was watching my Dad's face as he saw his precious Morris 1000 being stormed up the ramp in first gear!

krisk · 08-25-2009, 01:31 PM

car ferry? you mean the car carrying plane?

alecE · 08-25-2009, 01:36 PM

That's right - took about three cars and their passengers - cars loaded into the belly, passengers sat in the top third of fuselage. Roughly 20 minute flight, complimentary boiled sweets to help pop your ears.

krisk · 08-25-2009, 02:19 PM

coming from Washington State I immediately associate the term "car ferries" with boats, not planes. I would think they would call it something like flying car container or something.

meh never mind.... sleep deprived today

pshrynk · 08-27-2009, 04:28 PM

The first commercial flight was 90 years ago today. The first delivery of lost baggage was 89 years, 11 months, and 30 days ago today...

08-25-2009, 04:45 AM	#1
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alecE Evangelist Posts: 412 Karma: 546196 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UK canal boat Device: sony prs505, prs650, kobo Glo HD liseuses	Love the photo of the car ferry - we went on holiday in one of those, Lydd to Le Touquet and drive down to Spain. Best thing was watching my Dad's face as he saw his precious Morris 1000 being stormed up the ramp in first gear!

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krisk Wizard Posts: 2,148 Karma: 8229 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: on the road again Device: kindle	car ferry? you mean the car carrying plane?

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alecE Evangelist Posts: 412 Karma: 546196 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UK canal boat Device: sony prs505, prs650, kobo Glo HD liseuses	That's right - took about three cars and their passengers - cars loaded into the belly, passengers sat in the top third of fuselage. Roughly 20 minute flight, complimentary boiled sweets to help pop your ears.

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