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But First, This is Today’s Enigma
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When news reports change, it’s essential to report those changes.
This is one of those moments.
The supposed breaktrough in the mysterious disappearance (well, reappearance) of Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan was the focus of a recent blog post on Jimmy’s Daily Planet. So, when this new revelation concerning the content of the aforementioned blog was revealed TODAY today, I wanted to make sure to update this developing story with the most current and accurate version.
Interestingly, the identification question in this photograph as to whether Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan are two figures among a group of people featured in the now famous picture, isn’t being totally refuted. It really looks like them. Until the Japanese blogger recently pointed out the critically important publishing date, the facial and body recognition seemed like the biggest hurdle in this 80-year mystery.
Instead, another giant hurdle of mystery has been put in its place.
For now, it appears the world has returned to not knowing the official whereabouts of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan after their plane went missing during their attempted flight around the world back in early July of 1937. All that can be done now is to wait for The History Channel’s expanded response to the claim made by the Japanese blogger and to continue to search for clues and answers.
Think about this turn of events:
A blogger potentially provided history-altering insight.
Maybe more people will recognize that there really is something to this whole “blogging” thing after all…
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Tags: airplanes, Amelia Earhart, flying, Fred Noonan, Japan, mystery, The United States of America, Today Show
The Evidence Was Sitting Right There
Posted by jimmy11lentz
If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words is the photo in the video below worth?
To many, the photograph’s value at the center of the following video is of historic value.
It may be safe to presume that this ground-breaking discovery, and subsequent documentary this weekend, will be an equal substitute to coffee this morning. The jolt that the photo presents in the video above, which is the focus of the newest speculation regarding Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan’s famously mysterious disappearance, could very well be enough to change history and give credence to stories that were, until now, just considered rumors.
While not 100% proof (how often is there ever 100% proof?), anyone with common sense will and should reach the conclusion that Amelia Earhart is sitting on the edge of the dock with her back to the camera in the aforementioned photograph with Fred Noonan nearby in Japanese territory.
Absolutely surreal.
Stay tuned for the full documentary premiering on the History Channel this Sunday at 9:00 p.m. ET.
Doesn’t this incredible revelation concerning Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan seem like the springboard for a future film by either Steven Spielberg, Kathryn Bigelow or Clint Eastwood? This recent photographic discovery and analysis is likely not the end of Amelia Earhart’s harrowing story, but instead just the beginning.
In this case, history isn’t so much repeating itself as providing the world the first reputable replay of a tragically mysterious event.
And that’s priceless.
United’s PR Has Been Grounded (Sorry, “Re-Accommodated”)
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Re-accommodate?
That word should be discussed in every communications class in every college this week. Everybody has seen the shocking video of a passenger, who bought a ticket like you and I would for a flight, aggressively and violently removed from his seat on a United Airlines flight while preparing to take off from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport to make room for a United Airlines employee. However, what was almost equally as disturbing as the incident was the response from United Airlines. Among the many curious phrases used, the one that elevated above the rest was “re-accommodate.”
That tone-deaf sentiment, rightly so, sent people’s reactions to this situation to levels of anger they didn’t imagine was even possible.
Re-accommodate!
Once again, a leader of a major institution proves to be detached from reality. Many have said that major institutions are failing. False. People leading major institutions are failing. Institutions have always existed and will always exist in some form or another. Institutions are constants. People are the variables. And United Airlines CEO Oscar Muñoz (and his PR team) are the latest examples of this modern societal problem. What’s more is that people in high positions of authority don’t seem to realize that while their power may remain above ours, the checks and balances on them, through social media and major influencers on TV, is flatter than its ever been.
The outrage from the United Airlines disgraceful act of aggression is actually an extension of the populist rage engulfing the world. No, this populist anger is not directly tied to anything Donald Trump or Nigel Farage. Instead, this populist anger rises above to something very non-partisan. People in all ideological corners are beyond exhausted with leaders in high authority not listening to them, being tone-deaf and, quite frankly, reacting with no elementary sense of right and wrong.
The crisis management by United Airlines perfectly illustrated how everyone (yes, everyone) is fed up with this lack of responsibility nonsense.
Look at that, United Airlines united us after all.
You tell me who won the PR battle here: United Airlines or Jimmy Kimmel/America?
This Cabin Has Everything, Except a Fever
Posted by jimmy11lentz
Nearly six years ago, Airbus conceptualized a vision for air travel in the year 2050.
With that being said, the following blog post will be equally awe-inspiring and depressing.
Air travel, as many might conclude, may have already experienced its “golden age” in terms of comprehensive comfort and luxury for all passengers. The 2002 film Catch Me If You Can by Steven Spielberg and the short-lived ABC television show Pan Am visualized this “golden age” of flying during the 1960s. While the “golden age” time-frame is debatable (then, now or sometime in between), travel is contingent on myriad factors. Typically, these factors are personal to each traveler, so it’s difficult to pinpoint an exact decade or time period to draw such a definitive conclusion.
To add fuel to this debate, Airbus decided to, back in June of 2011, imagine their ideal “golden age” of air travel…way, way into the future.
What do you think?
One thing is for sure: Airbus is quite savvy at creating demand, it’s just that whole “supply” part of the equation they’re missing. And, unfortunately, by the estimates predicted by Airbus, they won’t be delivering this post-modern flying experience for quite a while.
“Our research shows that passengers of 2050 will expect a seamless travel experience while also caring for the environment. The Airbus Concept Cabin is designed with that in mind, and shows that the journey can be as much a voyage of discovery as the destination. Whichever flight experience is chosen, the passenger of 2050 will step out of the Airbus Concept Cabin feeling revitalised and enriched.”
–Charles Champion, Airbus Executive Vice President Engineering in June of 2011
For now, air travelers will just have to settle for those spectacularly low fares, spacious and comfortable seating, sharp-dressed and considerate passengers, extra-large overhead compartments, on-time departures and arrivals and a bevy of complementary services that enhance the flying experience.
On second thought, how long is it until 2050?
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Tags: Airbus, airplanes, flying, imagination, innovation, technology
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