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After the Wright brother's first demonstration of powered flight, I like to imagine all the pessimists in this thread would have said that commercial air transp

After the Wright brother's first demonstration of powered flight, I like to imagine all the pessimists in this thread would have said that commercial air transport would never be viable because wood and fabric don't have the material properties to carry a ton of steel.

jokteur 4y ago
Yes, try to imagine a London - Tokyo non stop flight in 1902. Would be pretty crazy to imagine, considering that the longest distance the Wright brother flew was 180m.
kahrl 4y ago
This is a false equivalence.