Modern Planes Vs. Old Planes

Travel by airplane is by far the fastest, but not the most comfortable way to go. It wasn’t always like this, though. Getting to lie down in a spacious bed-seat? Check. Full hot meals, bars, and even pianos on board? Also check. So what else has changed in the past 100 years of human flight?

The first airplane ever was the Wright Flyer made by the Wright brothers in 1903. It made just a few short flights, but those changed history forever. The first commercial airplane in history was the Model 14 Benoist airboat: it took passengers from St. Petersburg to Tampa in Florida, making the journey a dozen times shorter than by train or steamboat. But the true golden era of commercial flights began in the 1950s...

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SUMMARY:
- Let’s first take a look at one of the most typical airliners of the time: Douglas DC 6.
- With the size of it — 100 ft long and almost 10 ft wide — it’s a bit surprising that it only accommodated 48 passengers.
- The seats were big and comfortable, with plenty of leg room. They also had seat backs that could go all the way down, so you could take a hearty nap if you wanted to.
- There was a real menu and you could order whatever you wanted, be it a rib-eye steak or smoked salmon.
- The average price of a domestic ticket would cost you a month’s wages, and a Trans-Atlantic flight was a luxury for the richest.
- Passengers would dress up for the flight as if they were attending a social event — and in a sense, they were.
- But today’s airplanes have much more to offer in terms of entertainment: personal screens with lots of movies, TV shows, and even games, magazines to read, and of course, on-board shopping.
- Modern jet airplanes usually fly at about 480 mph, climbing as high as 39,000 ft above ground.
- Low altitudes of the old airplanes meant stronger and more frequent turbulence.
- The engines were also awfully loud: the propellers and engines roared together to create enough lift and push the aircraft forward.
- Another distinctive feature of the old airplanes were square windows.
- Even seat design has changed a lot towards safety.
- In the past, an accident could’ve torn the seats from the floor, so you basically traded safety for comfort.
- In older planes, long-haul flights often required them to make stops on the way for refueling and maintenance.
- Airplanes weren’t the only means of air travel, though. Don’t forget about airships! Those were slow, huge, and often dangerous.
- The real age of airships came in the early 20th century, when the German Zeppelin Company made their rigid passenger-carrying dirigibles.
- Compared to the most prominent airship of the time, even Airbus A380, the superjumbo jet that dwarfs other airplanes in size, is like a fly to an elephant.
- Airships couldn’t rival airplanes in speed or passenger capacity, but they were comfortable and luxurious.
- They could’ve become a tourist thing kinda like cruise ships, if not for the 1937 disaster of that same Hindenburg over New Jersey.
- Today, though, there’s plenty of talk about the return of the giant dirigibles. In about 5 years, for example, the first airship will take a hundred passengers on a North Pole expedition.

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[BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL]

Guys, would you like to live in the 1950s? :)

[guywholikesplanes]

5:38 Square windows fell out of use when pressurised aircraft became the norm. The round window doesn't have anything to do with speed, but, due to the repeated pressurisation and depressurisation cycles and aircraft goes through in it'd lifetime, the sharp edges concentrated the effort and led to metal fatigue that, unfourtunately led to some horrific crashes, most notably in the DH106 Comet.

[jimmygee]

To put this in comparison, 90% of people couldn’t afford to fly in the 1950’s or 1960’s. It wasn’t until airline deregulation that it became somewhat affordable. For how uncomfortable planes are it makes it affordable.

[brahmandsaraswat]

Finally, someone is talking about the airships.

[jasonhatt]

0:37 Must be a pretty good pilot to get that thing that high

[MSCH]

Modern air travel is combination of safety, economy, time and reasonable luxury. I would not have traveled to the places in 50's where I have gone now even if I had ten times more money.

[kyvwupm]

In the 1960s, if you did a transatlantic flight, folks would ask you if there had been anyone famous on the flight.

[robinharwood]

When I was a boy in the 50s I used to listen to a radio quiz show that offered a trip to London as a prize. I remember the announcer describing the route as "Sydney, Darwin, Jakarta, Rangoon, Karachi, Cairo, Rome, London."

[johnkean]

The new dirigible looks like a flying bottom - shall we call it: "Bumbo." 🤔

[I.am.Sarah.]

If the cost is the same I would prefer 4 days in comfort over 1 day in a sardine can.

[titanicbigship]

5:28 cough cough the crashing of the comet

[skorpius]

I flew transatlantic a lot in the '90s. Most of those flights were on L-1011 aircraft. They displayed airspeed, altitude and a moving map in the cabin whenever they weren't showing a movie. It was not uncommon to see an airspeed of 600 mph and ground speeds well over 700 with a tailwind. The reason for the reduction in speeds in the 21st century is all about saving fuel. They can still fly at mach .85 if they really want to.

[VernanJagunap]

Thumbnail: Today, planes fly slower than they used to

It was not discussed in the video. Dislike. Unsubscribed.

[McLarenMercedes]

"Great commercial success in 1914". Right. Only 2 were made. 2.
Before flying boats and the land based cargo/passenger planes in the 1930's flying passengers was at best a novelty adventure for a tiny amount of rich who both could afford to pay for this highly unusual way of transport and had the bravery to ride on something people (rightfully) didn't quite trust their lives with and often was "beneath their class". Only adventurers ever paid for a flight and most simply to say they've been on an airplane.

The Benoist Air-boat could only hold a single passenger meaning it couldn't be considered to be designed for travel since the passenger sat next to the pilot.
An early Italian pioneer in the 1910's tested flying boats he intended to fly around 15-20 passengers with but WWI arrived before he ever went beyond the prototype stage. Igor Sikorsky in Russia (also the inventor of the first practical helicopter) designed the first four-engined plane in 1912 and made an improved version in 1913 (the Ilya Muromets) which had intended to be used for passenger flights in 1914. Considering the vast *size* of the Ilya Muromets and that the the entire plane had crew and passengers in a fully-enclosed cabin (at a time all flight had both passengers and pilots exposed to the wind) he certainly was up to something had not WWI started in 1914.

[davidbugler]

I've done the 22-hour Sydney-London flight, and KLM tried hard to be nice, but it wasn't anything like fun. 4 days (including 2 overnights) would have been brilliant. As for the food...

[nickburns]

BRIGHT SIDE: Piston prop engines were awfully loud.

J57 Turbojet: Hold these earplugs.

[jasonhatt]

9:19 Ah that's gonna be so cool! I've always wanted Airships to return!

[SciFactsYT]

Random fact: The spiked dog collar was invented by the Ancient Greeks to protect their dogs from wolf attacks.

[machinema]

“The only reason modern planes are better than old one” you’ve just listed about 15??

[kiransays]

Wow.. airplanes were very old school. Life is all about always improving! Continuously improving in our lives is our key to happiness, prosperity, And Success! Wishing y'all the best! CARPE DIEM BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE 😊✌