[FatherofFive]

What I find amazing is how few controls in those old machines. Like John Glenn’s capsule in the Smithsonian - orbited the earth with only a few gauges

[jagusafr]

My dad (USAF Fighter Pilot ‘54-’75) started bitching about “too many black boxes” when they upgraded the F101 Voodoo in about ‘67.

[al_c]

What I find amazing is how few controls in those old machines. Like John Glenn’s capsule in the Smithsonian - orbited the earth with only a few gauges

And now they have touch screens.

[doorgunner69]

Glenn was Spam in a Can and just expected to lie there.