11-30-2007, 04:20 PM
[quote spearmint]Amazing what a leap in technology so long ago and now grounded forever.New faster and better planes? No. Instead we get that horrifying Airbus A380 with 550 seats and potentially 850 which is no faster than the original jet airliners in 1952, the BOAC Dehavilland Comets.
I was just thinking that, reading an article about the Airbus in Air & Space. Still, it's moving more people at a time; the trade-off is speed.
What about progress on the car? A Model T got 25 mpg; the average auto is still below or at that, with a few exceptions.
An old article on that: http://www.wanttoknow.info/050711carmileageaveragempg
I was just thinking that, reading an article about the Airbus in Air & Space. Still, it's moving more people at a time; the trade-off is speed.
What about progress on the car? A Model T got 25 mpg; the average auto is still below or at that, with a few exceptions.
An old article on that: http://www.wanttoknow.info/050711carmileageaveragempg