And 22 years after THAT, we were standing ON THE MOON. As a cadet, I saw a newsreel of a (very old) Orville Wright talking about powered flight while standing on the tarmac next to a 747. Pretty amazing.https://twitter.com/GenChuckYeager/status/942640687341649920 …
Orville Wright died in 1948. First 747s were after 1965
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LOL! Well, I just remember one of the Wright Brothers in front of a big commercial jet. But you're right, obviously--and Wilbur died even EARLIER. So we DO have a mystery--since '48 is before the first commercial jet entered service!
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Maybe they superimposed film of him discussing EARLIER aviation advances, over an IMAGE of a 747. This was in the early '80s, so that would have been possible--with a decent budget--and this was a government film. Thanks for the correction, Sir!
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