How Did The Invention Of The Airplane Affect Ordinary People

The invention of the airplane effected ordinary people in both positive and negative ways. The first public plane service only took one passenger at a time. It cost $5 for a one way trip across Tampa Bay which was called St. Petersburg. They provided the public with two trips per day and for four months. Compared with the two hour boat road the twenty three minute plane ride was much preferred by travelers. This being an exception commercial aviation was not very common before world war one as most people were scared of flying in machines. During the course of world war one people began to associate airplanes with the military planes that were used for surveillance, bombing and where commonly engaged in dogfights. This was obviously a setback
The trains were able to transport people at the same speed as an airplane at that point in time and being in a train was more comfortable than being in an airplane. After World War One the aviation industry turned into a government program that had nothing to do with the transportation of people but that was going to change in the future. The invention of the airplane also effected ordinary people in the way they posted and received. In 1917 the U.S. government organised the first airmailing trial. It was run by the Army and the post office. The first flight started in Long Island on May 14 in 1918 and landed in Philadelphia later that day. The same plane then carried on to Washington the next day. After this success the post office decided to invest in a transcontinental air service. In May 1919 an airplane was flown from Chicago to Cleveland. By 1920 the post office were delivering 14 million letters and covering an average 40 million kilometers annually. Due to the influx in deliveries by airplane the U.S. government decided to sell to private