The Planes Built to Keep Flying After a Nuclear Blast

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These flying bunkers are fully staffed 24/7, just waiting for the literal end of the world. They are built to withstand nuclear blasts and stay airborne for days, operating as a wildly depressing backup plan for humanity.

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Tony Jannus piloted the world's very first scheduled commercial airline flight in 1914, transporting a single paying passenger across Tampa Bay in a trip that lasted a mere twenty-three minutes.

French inventors launched the world's very first hot air balloon passengers in 1783, consisting of a highly confused sheep, a duck, and a rooster.

The pilot whose historic flight lost to the Titanic

Passenger airships utilized lightweight aluminum frames

Early pilots navigated strictly by looking at the ground

The pilot who climbed onto his wings midflight

A bigger world.
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