I felt Wolfgang
Langewiesche really enjoyed the flight by reading American Air. Everything he
looked, experienced are written in dramatic way. I can imagine how amazing it
was to see the view from the sky. Nowadays, we have many chances to see the
landscape from above. We have much more opportunity to get on a plane and see
the view from the sky. We google places and see the places as aerial photos. Flying
must be an amazing thing too. In his article, he writes he always felt a strong
sense of fear whether the engine stop working. I am sure that airplanes’
technology was not developed that much back in 1920’s or 30’s. It is
interesting to see how technologies had developed in last few decades. Now
airplanes are said to be the safest machine to go aboard. Special things became
normal in these days. I am glad to live in this super convenient society, but
sometimes I feel some kind of fear that we forgot something we must not forget.
It is incredible to realize how far our technology has brought society in such a short span of time. The first airplanes to ever fly were built only around 100 years ago, yet we already have reached to the moon, and have additionally flown nearly every inch of the earth's airspace. Flying is now drastically less dangerous than it was in those days. Yet, as the author pointed out, we must not forget, we must not ever take for granted all the modern marvels our society has.
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