100 years ago this week...

[Slartibartfast 153]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13294524

 

The first bombing raid was made by an Italian Airman over what is nowadays called Libya...

[JediMaster 451]

Just 8 years after the first plane!

 

We're also only 11 months away from the centennial of the sinking of Titanic...hard to believe it's already upon us.

[Capitaine Vengeur 263]

It took centuries to make the Chinese pyrotechnic powder a deadly weapon. It was just a matter of months to make the first large-scale controlled nuclear fission a doomsday weapon. The flying machine as a strategic weapon within 8 years lies just in the interval. For the best and the worst, Man is just no common animal.

[UK_Widowmaker 571]

Man is just no common animal.

 

More is the pity!

[JediMaster 451]

With a population of over 6 billion, I don't think you can classify man as "uncommon."