Here's footage from the first passenger flight from Detroit to Cleveland in 1928

Apr 27, 2015 at 10:18 am

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As we lurch headfirst into another workweek showered with status updates, Google alerts, and tweet after tweet all whizzing by us at lightning speed, take pause this Monday morning to look back on the triumphs of a different era, thanks to King Rose Archives who published this video of the first passenger flight from Detroit to Cleveland in 1928. It's quite remarkable stuff, and a gentle reminder of how far we've truly come.

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Alaina Nutile is a Web Editor who oversees all digital content and social media initiatives for Detroit Metro Times and Cleveland Scene Magazine. Previously, she interned at Business Insider in New York City, and at La Hora in Quito, Ecuador. Alaina is a graduate of Kalamazoo College where she double majored in...