Air and sea Exec Mickey Markoff talks innovation in aviation. The 1800s had the invention of the steam engine, the 1900s had the development of electrical power and mass production, and we are just at the beginning of the 21st century as far as history is concerned. We have come a long way from the invention of the car, and now seemingly have a new invention each year. If we look back into human history, we can see that many inventions and innovations have built upon creations that came before. Something that many of us may take for granted today, the humble book, for example, would not exist without the printing press. Many may not think of the book as an ‘invention’ in the sense that we understand them today, but everything is relative. The book paved the way for e-books and digital readers, and even the screen that you’re reading this from today! But these items are things which we wouldn’t know until many decades later. Such is the same for most innovations. They are iterations