The Airplane Before the '20sOn December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers showed the world that man could fly. Their invention of the airplane astounded everyone; poorp people, rich people, and especially the middle-class people. At first it was not as great a hype as some other inventions during its time because of how dangerous flying still was. But through various twists and turns, the airplane was a ble to become a great success in the 1920s and even gaining the rank of being one of the most important inventions of the 1920s.
During the decade preceding the 20s, airplanes had been used in World War I for reconnassance and attacks, but its high instability and poor control made it less glamorous as other weapons of World War I. So it was tossed aside as an impractical invention. After World War I, the airplane started to become a hit again. At local carnivals and fairs, airplane pilots would fly around in the air doing various tricks and stunts to entertain an audience. Gradually, the airplane stunts at local carnivals became commonplace throughout America.