My grandmother was 6 or 7 when the Wright Brothers flew, lived to see man on the moon as well as the Space Shuttle. She died at age 101. My mother who died last year at 99 saw the Graf Zeppelin fly over her town in New Jersey. I, as a lad had B-36s fly over my elementary school. They shook the earth.
OMG , I was 9 or 10. It was an Armed Forces Day. We were playing ball on a diamond in East River Park when the ground shook and the sound of roaring thunder erupted. We looked up and there were three B36s in V formation flying south, following the river. A truly awesome sight.