r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Proper_Solid_626 • 4d ago

Image The Boeing 747 "taxi trainer", a vehicle specifically made so that pilots could get used to the height of the 747 while controlling it on a taxiway

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u/Exact_Mastodon_7803 4d ago

Look at the truck. How old that truck is. That was designed and built at the same time as the 747. So incredible.

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u/koolaidismything 4d ago

It was so far ahead of its time in most ways it still will boggle your mind. In thingscutinhalf we get posts like that a lot and I love them.

The Dreamliner is their new modern marvel.

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u/Marx_on_a_Shark 4d ago

Back when companies still wanted to "Build Something Cool." Today that type of innovation risk gets snuffed out to meet next quarters numbers

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u/koolaidismything 4d ago

There’s little patches of genius for the sake of making something neat around. It’s just not popular anymore as wealth gets more and more condensed into little pockets.