Why airplanes have changed people’s lives?
Airplanes are primarily the most important
kind of transportation which has changed people's lives to a great extent.
Before the invention of airplanes, people
used to travel by ship to reach far off places located across the oceans and
seas. This mode of travel was slow and took days to complete one journey.
As man explored different nations, trade and
other diplomatic exchange started to grow. Trade used to be slower because of
long duration of the journey via sea/ocean. But with the advent of the
airplanes the journey time has reduced drastically --- from days to just hours!
With the reduction in travel time, the
countries have come closer on the globe, in that it has become easier to reach
another country in much lesser time. Hence, the international trade flourished
much faster. All the related diplomatic decisions which required travel across
the oceans and seas, could be made faster. The global economy on the whole
improved. Development of anything in one part of the globe could be easily and
quickly made available to the other parts of the world. This was specially true
in the field of Technological development. For example, in the software
Industry the major technological development has taken place with the quick
exchange of manpower within nations. All of this was possible bacause of faster
travel between the nations located miles and miles apart.
Since the travel time across the oceans was
reduced (and hence the travel made faster), different nationalities with
different religions, customs, cultures etc could come closer and mix together
by frequent visits to other countries. Airplanes have also helped in reaching
to some of the forlon picturesque islands, which otherwise would have been left
behind in terms of economic development. With the help of airplanes, the
tourism has flourished in such places and hence contributed a lot to their
source of income.
In short I would say that the phenomena of
airplane invention has evolved a global overview in terms of trade, economic
development, mixing of different races, cultures etc.
