I think about this a lot and when I bring it up in friendly conversation most folks seem oblivious or just don’t see the relevance.
My last grandparent past away a little over a year ago at age 91.
She spoke of being (I assume) a teenager the first time she saw an airplane fly over. Can you imagine the amazement having never seen that before?
This generation saw more change than any generation before by far and I can’t imagine any change in the future that would be as shocking to us or any of our descendants as what people born around the turn of the 20th century saw happen in their lives.
@76zimmer post a lot of stuff about planes which is a fascination of mine and a great place to start.
First in flight was the Wright Brothers December 17, 1903.
The first flight of the SR-71 was December 22,1964.
That’s only 61 years almost to the day. 2025 will be 61 years since the first flight of the SR-71.
It just seems like with all of the advances in technology and sharing of information we would be zipping around the galaxy Star Trek style by now.
My last grandparent past away a little over a year ago at age 91.
She spoke of being (I assume) a teenager the first time she saw an airplane fly over. Can you imagine the amazement having never seen that before?
This generation saw more change than any generation before by far and I can’t imagine any change in the future that would be as shocking to us or any of our descendants as what people born around the turn of the 20th century saw happen in their lives.
@76zimmer post a lot of stuff about planes which is a fascination of mine and a great place to start.
First in flight was the Wright Brothers December 17, 1903.
The first flight of the SR-71 was December 22,1964.
That’s only 61 years almost to the day. 2025 will be 61 years since the first flight of the SR-71.
It just seems like with all of the advances in technology and sharing of information we would be zipping around the galaxy Star Trek style by now.