C'mon. an aeroplane isn't 'high-powered, serious, arse-kicking technology'.

The power plant, the jet, is a 'burning make air go big and make push' technology.

That's really only one step above banging the rocks together.

Agreed, some of the flight systems to stop the plane falling out the sky or make it go quite fast are clever, but the basic technology isn't.

It's a bit embarrassing really that this is the best we can do as a species. Not something to be terribly proud of.