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Do you want to see how airplanes, ships and space shuttles have changed over time?
Come look at the cospace.
Come look at the cospace.
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Points of view are also seen in history. When airliners were invented, a lot of people felt excited because they could now travel faster to different countries. Before airliners were invented people travelled to far away countries ocean liners, slow but large ships that would travel across the ocean.
The invention of the airliners made a lot of people very happy because it meant that they could travel overseas faster. But it made a lot of ship captains very sad, because it meant less people were travelling the world by ships. Read the two diary entries below:
The invention of the airliners made a lot of people very happy because it meant that they could travel overseas faster. But it made a lot of ship captains very sad, because it meant less people were travelling the world by ships. Read the two diary entries below:
Captain's log of Captain Fredrick Eugen - Captain of the SS Marina.
For the past few years, a lot more people have been travelling by airplanes. As more people travel by airplane, less people are travelling by ships like my ship. People say that ships take too long. They say that they want to arrive at their destination in a few hours, not a few weeks. I still enjoy the ocean, but I wish that more people would enjoy the ocean too. |
Journal of Edna Fudge - passenger on the first commercial flight.
I am feeling very excited today! My family and I are travelling on an airplane to Tampa, Florida. The year is 1914, and we are travelling from St Petersburg which is just east of Florida. The flight will take one hour and a half, which is really fast. The last time that my family and I travelled to Tampa, we took the ferry. The ride on the ferry wasn't good, it was slow and my brother felt seasick. |
What do you notice?