• rdyoung@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Remind me again how long we have had powered flight? Pretty sure it’s just over a century. Not sure if plural fits here.

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            8 months ago

            If you’ve known something for 11 years, would you say you’ve known it for 2 decades?

            Check, mate.

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              8 months ago

              You would say you have known it in 2 decades.

              Double checkmate

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          8 months ago

          the first powered blimp was built in the 1850s so it’s only 26 years away from being a 200 year old technology, first hot air balloon flight was 250ish years ago though and as long as someone couldn’t tell what it was then that’s technically a UFO from over 200 years ago.