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A Century of Commercial Flight

Posted June 02, 2014 3:46 PM

From CNN.com - Technology:

It's 100 years since a "flying boat" made the first scheduled commercial flight. Here's how times have changed.

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Rixter Guru Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: About 4000 miles from the center of the earth (+/-100 mi) Posts: 9923 Good Answers: 1143	#1 Re: A Century of Commercial Flight 06/03/2014 10:55 AM
	It was probably a lot more fun back then.
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lyn Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 42355 Good Answers: 1694	#2 In reply to #1 Re: A Century of Commercial Flight 06/03/2014 11:23 PM
	It was a LOT more fun. No TSA. I flew from Kansas City MO to Hot Springs AR on a C-47 in the mid 50's. Steak and baked potatoes? Yep. On a Delta 707. Real glass dishes and metal knives and forks. Now wait in line, pay a fortune, to fly on cattle cars.
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