Show I 1 FAST AT LIVING I 1 T aw e big goal adiong aviators is to fly around the world m orld in JEL IL 15 days daysja of actual flying time tinie ten a from now such an achievement will be so commonplace that no oneill one will pay much attention to it bert acosta recently hew more than miles an hour at that rate ho toe could fly around amund the world at the die equator in fi five e da days S wh whoa en andrew jackson went to washington to become president it took him 30 3 davs to make the trip from fron tennessee Coni compare pare an andys speed with the modern airplane and the tiling thing that strikes you most is the terrifically fast fust speed at which we moderns line the first men inen to sail around the world were in the magellan the trip took roughly three ears and a month and the goal was reached in 1522 exactly four 1 ian en bunc ago jules verne in 1873 wrote around the world in 80 da das willi with notebook and Cat camera nera such sub speed seemed visionary 3 InI impossible pOssible at the tile time but 16 ears later nellie bly circled the globe in 72 das 6 hours 11 minu lec cc in 1913 john jolin henry mears made the trip in 35 das 21 hours 35 minutes now bhe ala aviators tors confidently set forth to fly around the parth in 15 das would be 75 limes as fast fut ll 11 as the tile Magel lantrip trip in aery say uy we ic constantly live faster by conquering space and partially el the time dement element we WC are able to cram inore and more into our lifetimes that is equi equito tl lent to prolonging life measuring suring life in terms of or victual we compared with ith our ancestors live 1000 3 |