Though airplanes have been around since 1903, only about 5% of the world’s population has ever been on one. A man named Tom Stuker holds the world record for the most consumer miles logged, coming in at over 13,000,000 miles!
The internet is filled with aviation facts and statistics. Some of them are really interesting and some … well, just down right weird. (Who knew taking one olive out of each first-class salad would save an airline $40,000 a year?) Whatever experience you’ve had with flying, whether as a passenger or as a pilot, your opinions and knowledge were probably formed while your feet were still on the ground.
The Wright Brothers first started tinkering with the idea of flying in 1899. Neither brother had High School degrees, but were marked as being people who loved learning and would seek out as much information as they could about any subject that interested them. Their first attempts at designing airplanes failed, but finally in 1903 they were able to launch and fly (albeit limitedly) an aircraft.
Amelia Earhart became the first woman pilot, and the first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. Her love of flight is evident in the many books she authored. Unfortunately, she also disappeared during one of her trips in 1937. You can imagine the surprise when one day, Diane Brown was cleaning out her storage unit and found several envelopes with personal and original photographs of Amelia! Each photograph fetched an astounding $1000 each at auction.
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