*shrugs* hope this hasn't been done before, if so than I apologize.
But I've been wondering what the world would be like if the Wright Bros. never succeeded in their attempts at controlled flight. Perhaps giving up after way too many failures, or perhaps became too hesitant to continue after one of them suffered a significant injury during one of their many tests, or something in the varied (and possible) randomness that could've occurred to them.
But the basic concept is this, without their achievements and subsequent contributions to the concept of airplanes, what would've happened to the world? Would someone have eventually come up with the same/similar concept? or would the world never achieve such flight? Doomed to rely upon balloons to fly us around, or water-bound ships to transport us.
What would the various wars to come be like without the airplane? The Travel/Transport industry?
Just a hopefully fresh idea. *shrugs* Hope this isn't too vague as well. >.>;;
But I've been wondering what the world would be like if the Wright Bros. never succeeded in their attempts at controlled flight. Perhaps giving up after way too many failures, or perhaps became too hesitant to continue after one of them suffered a significant injury during one of their many tests, or something in the varied (and possible) randomness that could've occurred to them.
But the basic concept is this, without their achievements and subsequent contributions to the concept of airplanes, what would've happened to the world? Would someone have eventually come up with the same/similar concept? or would the world never achieve such flight? Doomed to rely upon balloons to fly us around, or water-bound ships to transport us.
What would the various wars to come be like without the airplane? The Travel/Transport industry?
Just a hopefully fresh idea. *shrugs* Hope this isn't too vague as well. >.>;;