Carl Tyler's Blog

100 years ago today, the Wright brothers demonstrated a technology that for ever changed the world.  This technology was off course the airplane.   Without them, great achievements like Concorde would not have happened (hey it's been a few weeks since I moped about Concorde so had to get it in again)

This is one of the greatest inventions ever, and by them doing this I completed one of my most fun challenges, learning to fly.  With all inventions, there are upsides and down sides and side effects, so for a bit of fun I thought I came up with some of mine:

Plus side

• Families, friends and countries are brought closer together
• Overnight shipping
• Mile high club
• Around the world in 80 Days, well on commercial flights you can do this in less than 48 hours now so you have time for a long holiday in the middle.
• Air shows
• Discovery Wings (TV channel)
• Scaring you mother by doing victory roles over the house with smoke pouring out the back of the plane, OK my brother and I are evil we admit it.
• Renting the British Airways 747 Flight Simulator at Heathrow for your Dad and Brother
• Getting your brother an 1 hour lesson in a PITTS special
• Air miles - Great for getting your relatives over to see you.

Down side

• Families, friends and countries are brought closer together, now my parents can visit me with a minimum of 7 hours notice, which is hardly enough time to tidy my place (Australia is starting to look very appealing), also some countries are better off left unvisited.
• Sick bags
• Check- in lines
• Mile High Club - nothing worse than a club where you're not a member ha ha
• Flight Attendants, OK once upon a time these people may have been fantasy symbols, but has anyone travelled lately?
• Pollution, noise etc. etc.
• Blue ice
• Air Traffic Controllers
• Flight Medicals - for pilots that is

Anyway  thank you Wilbur and Orville, hhm don't their names sound like they should be a cookie brand? The Wilbur and Orville Chocolate chip cookie.