| Airline travel is an accepted mode of
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| | numbers of people could fly. In the 1950s
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| transportation used by millions today.
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| | the public enjoyed the arrival of the
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| It's hard to believe that airplanes and
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| | jet, an airplane that could cross the
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| airports haven't really been around for
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| | American continent on a single flight.
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| that long. In this fast paced day and age
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| | One morning in the mid 1950s radio
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| traveling by plane is the only way to get
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| | announcers mentioned the first flight
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| business and pleasure accomplished in a
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| | across country by the TWA jet. It had
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| short period of time, but did you ever
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| | left Los Angeles, bound for the eastern
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| think about what it might be like if air
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| | seaboard. It was a little intriguing and
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| travel wasn't around?
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| | very frightening for many people around
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| Airline travel has been in the news for
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| | the world. In fact, it was such a new
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| quite some time. At first, newspapers
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| | innovation, many people on the ground
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| would report only about airplane trips
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| | were afraid airplanes might leap from the
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| taken by daring single pilots over long
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| | sky.
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| distances. Lindberg's flight was one
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| | Soon air travel became more and more
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| example. The tragic flight of Amelia
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| | common. This mode of transportation
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| Earhart was another such example. This
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| | enabled everyday people to visit place
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| mode of transportation was more of a lark
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| | that were unreachable for them before.
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| back then, no one could imagine that
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| | Vacations would take on a whole new
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| traveling by plane would become
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| | meaning as you were no longer limited to
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| commonplace in our society.
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| | where you could travel to by car or
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| Before World War II only a few wealthy
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| | train. Air flight became a popular mode
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| people enjoyed airline travel. Wealthy
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| | of getting from one place to another and
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| businessmen, such as Howard Hughes,
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| | still is today.
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| looked for ways to make money from
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| | It was an era of airline travel that
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| airline travel. Hughes' exploits led to
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| | continues today, although with a
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| the building of many airplane lockers on
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| | different perspective. The events of
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| the fields west of Los Angeles. Today, in
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| | September 11, 2001 placed airline travel
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| Culver City, CA, one can view what
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| | in a new and different light. The public
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| remains of those lockers by taking a
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| | found that it did not find satisfaction
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| short bus ride from the Los Angeles
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| | in all of the news about airline travel.
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| International Airport.
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| | Today however, there are few plane
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| The efforts of Hughes and other
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| | crashes and most air travel is very safe.
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| businessmen created an environment that
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| | In fact, the news on airline travel is
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| encouraged airline travel. Such travel
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| | typically non-existent or good news at
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| became more affordable, so that larger
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| | that.
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