Friday, August 18, 2006

bombs <-> aeroplanes <-> people/mail

1919, Jan 16th:

"It is perfectly certain that we are on the eve of a tremendous development in commercial aviation... It is true that the machine designed for war is not the best type for commercial purposes, but it is equally true that the one designed to carry a large number of passengers or a heavy weight of mail or goods is quite capable of carrying a corresponding weight of bombs"

- Editor's comment, Flight magazine, the first journal of the aircraft community (hooray!)

1 comment:

Stationary said...

Well well well. I'd never have believed it.