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Air travel is in a rut – is there any hope of recapturing the romance of flying?

  • Written by Christopher Schaberg, Director of Public Scholarship, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
Air travel is in a rut – is there any hope of recapturing the romance of flying?The high-risk adventure of air travel has been subdued, yet today's long flights can paradoxically feel torturous.Christopher Schaberg, CC BY-SA

Amelia Earhart broke a transcontinental speed record 90 years ago, in July 1933, by flying her signature red Lockheed Vega from Los Angeles to New Jersey in just 17 hours, seven and a half minutes. Earlier...

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