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  • Seats of an airplane, 1930

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 29 19:04:24 2023
    Seats of an airplane, 1930

    PIC
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FtdJc_UX0B04Vlv.jpg

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Tue Aug 29 21:12:46 2023
    On Tue, 29 Aug 2023 19:04:24 -0500
    JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

    Seats of an airplane, 1930

    PIC
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FtdJc_UX0B04Vlv.jpg

    Wow, sweet. Look at all that great legroom, definitely an upgrade from
    your average coach class experience these days, for sure! Pretty
    certain if you flew on that plane you wouldn't have to deal with some
    loser taking his sock off and picking his toenails next to you, either.

    Well folks, the good old days are gone.

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  • From Mike Spencer@21:1/5 to Retrograde on Wed Aug 30 19:49:09 2023
    Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com> writes:

    On Tue, 29 Aug 2023 19:04:24 -0500
    JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

    Seats of an airplane, 1930

    PIC
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FtdJc_UX0B04Vlv.jpg

    Wow, sweet. Look at all that great legroom, definitely an upgrade from
    your average coach class experience these days, for sure! Pretty
    certain if you flew on that plane you wouldn't have to deal with some
    loser taking his sock off and picking his toenails next to you, either.

    All of that. But wait! If it has a "RIPPING PANEL", isn't it a
    balloon or lighter-than-air craft of some kind? Why would an airplane
    have a ripping panel?

    Well folks, the good old days are gone.

    --
    Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere on Wed Aug 30 18:40:04 2023
    On 30 Aug 2023 19:49:09 -0300, Mike Spencer
    <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:

    If it has a "RIPPING PANEL", isn't it a
    balloon or lighter-than-air craft of some kind? Why would an airplane
    have a ripping panel?

    It does say emergency exit: Ripping panel - In case of emergency pull
    end sharply.

    "The plane is made of canvas and the chairs are made of wicker" https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/comments/8e8rfa/the_interior_of_1936_imperial_airlines_airplane/?rdt=47769


    RE: RIPPING PANEL

    "But what was more interesting and worthy of query was a board written
    'Ripping Panel' which seems to be what we now know as 'Emergency
    Exits' on our modern day aircrafts. "


    https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/anand-mahindra-uk-commercial-airline-wicker-easy-chairs-relax-air-travel-1936-4637354.html

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere on Wed Aug 30 19:04:10 2023
    On 30 Aug 2023 19:49:09 -0300, Mike Spencer
    <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:

    RIPPING PANEL

    It reads "in case of emergency, pull ring sharply". which would open
    up the canvas roof for escape.

    https://thenetletter.net/?view=article&id=2916&catid=196


    The ripping panel, invented in 1844 by America's foremost pioneer
    aeronaut, John Wise, is a simple and an excellent practical device.
    This is a long patch running longitudinally above the equator[8] of
    the balloon, feebly sewed to the envelope, and having a cord, called
    the "ripping cord," extending down to the car along the outside or
    inside of the bag, so that the pilot on coming to earth can let out
    the gas quickly by tearing a rent in the balloon, thus flattening it
    promptly on the earth's surface, so as to avoid dragging and bumping
    if any wind prevails.
    https://www.clipart-history.com/picture.php?/8787

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  • From D P Ingram@21:1/5 to Retrograde on Thu Aug 31 07:59:14 2023
    On 30. Aug 2023 at 4.12.46 EEST, "Retrograde" <fungus@amongus.com> wrote:

    Wow, sweet. Look at all that great legroom, definitely an upgrade from
    your average coach class experience these days,

    I am glad, in a perverse way, that due to health flying is not a viable
    option. It seems from anecdotal evidence to only be getting worse and worse as a customer "experience", and even the higher-tier cabin is not immune from the delights of the average person-in-the-street nowadays.

    I despair the way society in general is going, and wonder what expletive it will be when my daughter is of my age, and maybe I am clinging on [if natural life expectency is to be, err, expected].

    --
    D P INGRAM [FI]

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 31 06:46:19 2023
    On Thu, 31 Aug 2023 07:59:14 -0000 (UTC), D P Ingram <di@invalid.fi>
    wrote:


    I despair the way society in general is going, and wonder what expletive it >will be when my daughter is of my age

    Royal Marine corporal: "Winston is Back"

    Churchill: "And so he bloody well is!"

    The Gathering Storm

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