stackyFACTSBefore computerized flight physics, getting on a plane was basically a trip to the deli counter. In the 1920s, commercial airlines demanded that passengers step onto a scale with their luggage before boarding, charging them strictly by the pound to ensure the weak engines could actually achieve liftoff.
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The modern stereotype of the graceful female flight attendant completely ignores history. The original commercial cabin crews were strictly men, hired largely…
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