Summary: Illustration shows the new year, “1911″, arriving by airplane, while on the ground Father Time looks aghast at the airplane overhead and the wreck of his automobile labeled “1910″.
Cover of Puck, December 28, 1910. Illustrator Bryant Baker.
Library of Congress image.
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How would you like a flight in that old dear, Mike? I’m glad I didn’t put it on my list yesterday for 2013!
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The early planes certainly were for the adventurous, weren’t they?
I scheduled this post over a week ago, so didn’t remember at all what was going to appear today. Odd thing is, I just woke up a short while ago from a dream that end with an “adventurous” flight in a small modern commuter plane — it didn’t crash, but ended up flying short of the runway just meters above city streets. And I haven’t been in a plane in 10 years.
Mike, that was some coincidence. You keep your feet on the ground and your eyes on the sky!
Grannymar recently posted..Grrr!
Not to worry. Just an odd coincidence
I’m wondering how high an aircraft in year 1911 could fly. Did they use pedals to fly those aircrafts? That must be tiring. Whew!