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color: #fff\">Flying in the 1920s\u201330s: Expensive, Loud &amp; Uncomfortable!<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"2524e652-4abe-43a2-90ca-0fbf52750d86\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-e43d5700-e282-458b-8cdc-cc2aacae2984 [data-leaf-element=\\\"true\\\"]\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)\",\"translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)\"]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)\",\"fill\":\"forwards\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-6f2e40e5-26b2-4a8e-86af-eb7776c9fb0d\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-f94fe45a-02b2-43dc-b1cb-af4af83edee1\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)\",\"translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)\"]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-26cc2409-0bda-4585-8b07-db4ae3371ef0\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":5000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\" style=\"background-color:#545047\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:-9.25926%;width:100%;height:118.51852%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-e43d5700-e282-458b-8cdc-cc2aacae2984\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-7ec753c9-5bc5-44e2-b35f-563364c2238e\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;width:142.22222%;height:100%;left:-21.11111%;top:0%\" data-leaf-element=\"true\"><amp-img layout=\"fill\" src=\"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/inside-airplanes-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" disable-inline-width=\"true\"><\/amp-img><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:69.25566%;width:100%;height:22.16828%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-6f2e40e5-26b2-4a8e-86af-eb7776c9fb0d\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div id=\"anim-f94fe45a-02b2-43dc-b1cb-af4af83edee1\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-5afe7652-d802-4da2-bc83-1b1cb5eb90eb\">\n<div class=\"fill\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.6);will-change:transform\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:8.98058%;top:71.52104%;width:81.79612%;height:17.47573%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-26cc2409-0bda-4585-8b07-db4ae3371ef0\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.5934718100890208% 0.5934718100890208% 0.5934718100890208% 0.5934718100890208% \/ 1.8518518518518516% 1.8518518518518516% 1.8518518518518516% 1.8518518518518516%\" id=\"el-f7884bb4-e2c7-4621-b6fd-90fceeb85df0\">\n<h3 class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.5581602373887241% 0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.355987em;line-height:1.19;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; 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color: #fff\">Planes weren\u2019t pressurized yet.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #fff\">They flew low, often through wind and storms \u2014 making passengers cold and very air sick<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"69b1bf52-6464-442a-8aaf-669df691c926\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-bd2a7b31-9c9d-43c8-a748-0f981015f375 [data-leaf-element=\\\"true\\\"]\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)\",\"translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)\"]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)\",\"fill\":\"forwards\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-9afd6457-6222-49f7-bf94-c5c15e034d3a\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-b5e693d5-c997-454b-adc6-a9d04f9f83be\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)\",\"translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)\"]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-0be6ea7f-50ff-4292-9d98-d8b9eaaad9a4\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":5000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\" style=\"background-color:#d7d7d7\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:-9.25926%;width:100%;height:118.51852%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-bd2a7b31-9c9d-43c8-a748-0f981015f375\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-e2e74775-2df6-4aaa-a8c4-589459673158\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;width:142.22222%;height:100%;left:-21.11111%;top:0%\" data-leaf-element=\"true\"><amp-img layout=\"fill\" src=\"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/inside-airplanes-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" disable-inline-width=\"true\"><\/amp-img><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:69.25566%;width:100%;height:22.16828%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-9afd6457-6222-49f7-bf94-c5c15e034d3a\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div id=\"anim-b5e693d5-c997-454b-adc6-a9d04f9f83be\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-9754f13b-de7e-4c96-b626-4366fd3d73c3\">\n<div class=\"fill\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.6);will-change:transform\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:12.62136%;top:71.68285%;width:75%;height:17.47573%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-0be6ea7f-50ff-4292-9d98-d8b9eaaad9a4\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.6472491909385114% 0.6472491909385114% 0.6472491909385114% 0.6472491909385114% \/ 1.8518518518518516% 1.8518518518518516% 1.8518518518518516% 1.8518518518518516%\" id=\"el-3a481994-9a4c-45aa-bedb-23505e387caf\">\n<h3 class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.6087378640776699% 0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.355987em;line-height:1.19;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #fff\">Some passengers even suffered permanent hearing loss.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #fff\">Attendees used megaphones to be heard!<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"b68a5631-407c-460a-bd85-664f83e64f46\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-b3f4a3fe-7e30-4e36-9a58-356c50e93053\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-cf3a3a03-d5ec-44ec-9931-8e7658a9eb3a\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)\",\"translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)\"]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-4e740dae-ebba-4da6-bfdb-f3de31eda73e\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":5000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-2cbb1c17-7f07-4c22-9132-85384b2ffde5 [data-leaf-element=\\\"true\\\"]\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)\",\"translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)\"]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)\",\"fill\":\"forwards\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\" style=\"background-color:#c6c6c6\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:-9.25926%;width:100%;height:118.51852%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-2cbb1c17-7f07-4c22-9132-85384b2ffde5\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-6f951a43-306c-45f7-b425-bab9c28d6917\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;width:142.22222%;height:100%;left:-21.11111%;top:0%\" data-leaf-element=\"true\"><amp-img layout=\"fill\" src=\"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/inside-airplane-3.jpg\" alt=\"Inside Airplane (3)\" disable-inline-width=\"true\"><\/amp-img><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:69.25566%;width:100%;height:22.16828%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-b3f4a3fe-7e30-4e36-9a58-356c50e93053\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div id=\"anim-cf3a3a03-d5ec-44ec-9931-8e7658a9eb3a\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-936deb4a-c61e-4b20-8ee9-a55aa8beb57d\">\n<div class=\"fill\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.6);will-change:transform\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:10.19417%;top:71.68285%;width:79.85437%;height:17.47573%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-4e740dae-ebba-4da6-bfdb-f3de31eda73e\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.60790273556231% 0.60790273556231% 0.60790273556231% 0.60790273556231% \/ 1.8518518518518516% 1.8518518518518516% 1.8518518518518516% 1.8518518518518516%\" id=\"el-e9ba0175-9751-4c5f-bec9-bf4430797310\">\n<h3 class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.5717325227963527% 0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.355987em;line-height:1.19;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #fff\">In 1930, the first stewardess was hired. 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