When KLM started flying Amsterdam-Batavia in the 1930s it was dangerous but people preferred it to spending weeks on a ship.
Preferred like people today prefer their private jet? It cost more than your typical annual salary at the time.
I just read that the trip was still a 5 day journey, involving 20+ stops and spinning that takeoff and landing roulette wheel quite a bit..
The novelty factor might have been just as big a deal as time savings. It was something cool to try as an ultra wealthy globe trotter.
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Preferred like people today prefer their private jet? It cost more than your typical annual salary at the time.
I just read that the trip was still a 5 day journey, involving 20+ stops and spinning that takeoff and landing roulette wheel quite a bit..
The novelty factor might have been just as big a deal as time savings. It was something cool to try as an ultra wealthy globe trotter.