They kind of “quit” a bit early with that; at the start of WW II pilots were still being trained in open cockpit, bi wing planes and by the end of that war, jet aircraft were in use. Prior to WW II, there were planes like the DC-3 and the 1st Lockheed Electra starting to fly across the continents and even the oceans; by the end of that war planes had much greater range and power, making intercontinental flight safer and more cost effective. The dirigibles had been “crashed” with the Hindenburg disaster in ’37 at Lakehurst. But the fixed wing aircraft was just coming into its own and our skies.
Sandra Lee Smith
March 16, 2019 at 8:10 pmThey kind of “quit” a bit early with that; at the start of WW II pilots were still being trained in open cockpit, bi wing planes and by the end of that war, jet aircraft were in use. Prior to WW II, there were planes like the DC-3 and the 1st Lockheed Electra starting to fly across the continents and even the oceans; by the end of that war planes had much greater range and power, making intercontinental flight safer and more cost effective. The dirigibles had been “crashed” with the Hindenburg disaster in ’37 at Lakehurst. But the fixed wing aircraft was just coming into its own and our skies.