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Inventions, Induction, Implications, Insinuations
1903 -- Man first flies in heavier-than-air plane
Approximately 22 years later, early 1920s -- propeller aircraft become practical. 1923 First nonstop transcontinental flight. 1927 First Solo nonstop Transatlantic flight
Approximately 20 years later, mid 1940s -- The propeller gets replaced. 1944, German Messerschmitt Me 262 is first production jet fighter. 1947, Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier in an X-1
Approximately 22 years later, mid 1960s. SCRAMJET practical application. The SR-71 Blackbird first flies 1966
Approximately 22 years later, invisible airplanes. the clunky F-117 stealth fighter in 1981 preceded the terribly dangerous B-2 in 1989
Approximately 22 years later, 2010. ????? -- What?
The last two advances were made under extreme secrecy. It took many years for the rest of us to catch up.
Maybe the next generation is invisible aircraft that require no pilots?
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/12/mysteries-surround-afghanistans-stealth-drone/