Super Testnet on Nostr: TIL the US built its first air force in 1860 for the Civil War. It had a fleet of hot ...
TIL the US built its first air force in 1860 for the Civil War. It had a fleet of hot air balloons, an aircraft carrier, telegraphs for sending info down a tether, and huge spotlights. The air force commander was an inventor named Thaddeus Lowe. Why is there no movie about this?
Published at
2026-01-20 18:44:12 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "fc06c5af062d923171cddb8b64c29693f2d320fee04435d11d0c35c0e646775e",
"pubkey": "2183e94758481d0f124fbd93c56ccaa45e7e545ceeb8d52848f98253f497b975",
"created_at": 1768934652,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"alt",
"A short note: TIL the US built its first air force in 1860 for t..."
]
],
"content": "TIL the US built its first air force in 1860 for the Civil War. It had a fleet of hot air balloons, an aircraft carrier, telegraphs for sending info down a tether, and huge spotlights. The air force commander was an inventor named Thaddeus Lowe. Why is there no movie about this?",
"sig": "b071fe06ce47d0e026b10d8bacad429b9a2aa524c0bb158b5077dfadffe80a8df59e8f24d9febb79aa49e97e7a6e837bed8647072048314918aefb77d227e9b6"
}
