• merc@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    first airports (Auckland and LA) were 6 and 8h flights away

    It must have been a real pain in the ass catching those flights without an airport. Did people get shot out of a cannon and hope to grab onto the wing? Did their baggage also get cannoned?

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      11 months ago

      No no the flights are caught, but with giant butterfly nets, you have to jump on the back of the plane like it’s a rodeo and get in that way, it’s fine after the first couple times you get the hang of it.