I was there when the DC-8 went supersonic

Re:I was there when the DC-8 went supersonic by unnouinceput on Sunday August 22, 2021 @03:52AM (#28263673)

Quote: "And John Londelius, VP of Flight Test, gave us each a $1,000 bonus, so that was rather nice. That was back when a thousand dollars was worth a thousand dollars."

That got me curious and got that in today's dollars that's ~$8750. Indeed back then a thousand dollars was worth a thousand dollars :).

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Re:I was there when the DC-8 went supersonic by zhte415 on Sunday August 22, 2021 @05:44AM (#28264135)

10% of the median price of a house then vs less than 2.5% today. Inflation isn't always a great measure for comparison, especially as over longer periods of time it starts to get decisively apples to oranges.

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Re:I was there when the DC-8 went supersonic by gambiting on Sunday August 22, 2021 @08:10AM (#28264821)

I think it's better to look at certain items to understand the value. For instance, a brand new Ford Mustang back then was $2300 when it launched. So in that context, getting a $1000 bonus is very nice indeed.

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Re:I was there when the DC-8 went supersonic by dwighttk on Sunday August 22, 2021 @06:30AM (#28264335)

Hey we didn’t know we wanted oranges back then

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