It’s been an interesting week in aeronautics. Between “Jet-Man” Yves Rossy’s minimalist airplane flight . . .
. . . and an equally impressive 45 second glide by a flying fish somewhere off the coast of Japan.
Both feats look a lot more fun than my last flight to St. Louis. Coincidentally, today is the 81st anniversary of Charles Lindbergh’s solo flight across the Atlantic to Paris in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis. Lucky for him he didn’t have to wait in the St. Louis airport for two hours before take-off, and I’m pretty sure his luggage arrived on time. On the other hand, he didn’t have an in-flight movie to keep him entertained during the 33 hour trip.