19th Century Wooden Daimler Motorcycle Pictures

In addition, in August 1888 Daimler received investment from William Steynveya, who proposed to begin mass production of motorcycles in the U.S. Since 1891, the Daimler Motor Company, owned by Steinway began producing internal combustion engines for various types of vehicles, including boats. Some of this started the whole auto industry.

Airline passenger facts and the Steven Slater effect See: Airline passenger facts and the Steven Slater effect

Major airlines are required by law to employ flight attendants for the safety and security of their passengers. Passenger safety is the flight attendant’s first priority. Seeing to the comforts and whims of passengers is a secondary priority for the the flight attendant. A challenging task, in the least, considering the needs of the 2 billion passengers – 800 million in United States airspace – the 2000 airlines transport in their 23 000 aircraft in 28 million flight departures to the 37 000 main airports every year.
Apart from just having to look their best all the time, flight attendant serve about a billion meals – 500 million of which are provided by Gate Gourmet and LSG SkyChefs – to the cramped passengers (coach seats are 19 inches wide, about the same as your standard office chair – the seat in a cheap car is 22 inches wide). No need to serve meals on short flights (almost 60% of flights are domestic travel), in case you’ve been wondering about the other billion passengers.