Whatever happened to quill pens?

Boeing 747s still get critical updates via floppy disks

While it might sound surprising that 3.5-inch floppy disks are still in use on airplanes today, many of Boeing’s 737s have also been using floppy disks to load avionics software for years. The databases housed on these floppy discs are increasingly getting bigger, according to a 2015 report from Aviation Today. Some airlines have been moving away from the use of floppy discs, but others are stuck with engineers visiting each month to sit and load eight floppies with updates to airports, flight paths, runways, and more.

OK, I never actually used a quill pen but they really do look cool, don't they? I did use the kind of pen you have to dip in an inkwell when I was a kid, which is probably why my cursive writing sucks to this day. But they were cool too, especially if the girl who sat at the next desk in front of you had pigtails; you could dip them in your inkwell and wasn't that fun?

(Fourth graders in the 1940's were exempt from all rules. We're all much better behaved today. Mostly.)