Thursday, June 25, 2009

Lindbergh and Flight 447 - What Has Changed?

Lindbergh flew the Atlantic over eighty years ago. He had a single engine plane with barely enough room for himself and his small lunch in a brown paper bag. The plane was filled with gasoline tanks and weight was so critical he couldn't even see ahead and had to use a periscope. When he flew over the ocean he had to use dead reckoning to figure out where he was going.

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