1923 Polar Airline Prediction

waste. A new Polar airline is opened making flights across the north pole from Chicago to Hamburg possible in 18 hours.

A cropped historical newspaper clipping announces that a new polar airline will make flights from Chicago to Hamburg possible in 18 hours. The joke comes from presenting an old futuristic prediction as surprisingly plausible, while the surrounding context highlights how some 1923 forecasts were accurate and others were absurd. EN: A cropped historical newspaper clipping announces that a new polar airline will make flights from Chicago to Hamburg possible in 18 hours. The joke comes from presenting an old futuristic prediction as surprisingly plausible, while the surrounding context highlights how some 1923 forecasts were accurate and others were absurd.

• @beobanka / 21853 2023-01-04