If you're a nervous flyer today, you probably wouldn't have stepped foot on a plane 85 years ago.
如果今天的你一坐飞机就紧张,那么也许你根本不会踏上85年前的飞机。
Back then aircraft would drop hundreds of feet randomly - no wonder there were motion sickness bowls beneath seats - and were almost loud enough on take-off to make passengers permanently deaf.
那个时候,飞机会毫无计划地下坠几百英尺,难怪座位下放着呕吐袋。而且,那个时候的飞机起飞时的声音响得都可以导致乘客永久失聪了。
HOW NOISY WAS FLYING IN 1930
20世纪30年代的飞机有多吵?
Normal conversation: 60 decibels
正常对话:30分贝
Busy street traffic: 70 decibels
交通繁忙的街道:70分贝
Vacuum cleaner: 80 decibels
吸尘器:80分贝
Loud music through earphones: 100 decibels
耳机中传出来的高音量音乐:100分贝
Front rows of rock concert: 110 decibels
摇滚音乐会的前排:110分贝
1930s plane during take-off: 120 decibels
20世纪30年代飞机起飞时的噪音:120分贝
Threshold of pain: 130 decibels
声音导致痛感:130分贝
Military jet take-off: 140 decibels
军用飞机起飞:140分贝
Instant perforation of eardrum: 160 decibels
可以瞬间刺穿耳膜的声音:160分贝