Long gone are the days of arduous journeys to get from one side of the country to the other. Where it once took days or weeks to cover hundreds or thousands of miles, travel time has been diminished to mere hours. Air travel has revolutionized the way we go about travel, and in turn it has allowed the world to get smaller and more accessible. On top of that, there is the added bonus of actually soaring through the clouds, just like the birds that our species once simply envied from the ground. We have the capabilities to fly, and that in itself can feel like a bit of a miracle.…