The most significant impact that aviation has had on our world in the
first one hundred years of flight, in my opinion, is travel. Travel has both positive and negative impacts
on our world. First, think of a world where
the only form of travel was by land—cars, trains, and boats, if you are
travelling overseas. Not only would this
take so much longer, but the effects on the economy would be huge. Not as many people could travel and be in
different places so quickly, so the economy wouldn’t move as fast as it does
today. If I wanted, I could be in Vegas
in five hours, spending money on obviously the plane ticket, but also at the
casino, the bars, the tourist attractions, and whatever else I could get myself
into. If airplanes did not exist, I
would be in a car for three to four days, maybe spending a few dollars at a gas
station for some snacks. Air travel has
allowed great advantages on the economy and has made a lot of opportunities for
people to spend money to stimulate the economy.
Even the world of music and performing would be different—it would take
your favorite artist twice as long to come to town for a concert if air travel
did not exist! On the negative side,
disease can travel faster with air travel.
Diseases could travel overseas before with travel by boats, and it did,
but now, just as I could be in Vegas in 5 hours, a major flu could travel in
the matter of hours as well. Obviously,
whether good or bad, air travel has made a huge impact on our world.
2. What do you think the future
holds for aviation in the twenty first century?
I believe that the future holds a lot for aviation in the twenty-first
century. Just as aviation has grown so
much within the first one hundred years, I believe it will continue to grow
just as much. Specifically, I think that
space aviation will expand greatly.
There has been so much advancement lately, such as the Felix Baumgartner
jump, photos of light on Mars, and much more.
Hopefully we will be able to explore a lot more of space in the near future,
as we have been able to explore a lot, but the bounds of space are
endless. In addition, I think that
military aircraft, specifically drones, will be developed a lot more also. Though controversial, I believe that drones
have a lot of potential to be grown and tested in the next few years. This form
of aviation specifically is very fascinating because of the technology that
comes with operating unmanned aircraft.
With the way technology is headed now, I believe that anything is
possible with the future of aviation.
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