December 17, 2003 marks the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers’ first successful airplane flight – the first time a heavier-than-air vehicle with an engine successfully propelled itself into flight.
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The Wright brothers demonstrating their plane in France in the early 1900s
Aviation has come a long way since 1903. We’ve broken the sound barrier. We can fly more than 500 people on a single jumbo jet – indeed, millions of people fly in commercial passenger liners every day. We’ve landed on the moon. All in less than a century.
Of course, there have been a few bumps along the way.
More than 46,000 people worldwide have been killed in plane crashes and aviation disasters in the last 100 years.
What do you think about the Future of Air Travel? What destinations humanity will reach in next century? would Air Travel be there or will be replaced by Space Travel
i say in next 50 years .... ppl will have there own flying cars / aeroplanes with vertical take off facility .. and highways in the sky where these machines would fly ..
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*Originally posted by manitoon: *
i say in next 50 years .... ppl will have there own flying cars / aeroplanes with vertical take off facility .. and highways in the sky where these machines would fly ..
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why do you need highways in sky? esp with vertical take offs?
