con-pilot - Sound familiar
Not really, I wasn't born then, believe it or not.
(Wasn't born until 1947.
)
Who wants to be an aerospace engineer these days?
Sadly you are correct. There is nothing really exciting for aviation anymore as compared to the 50s and 60s. All the major countries in the world were 'pushing the envelope' in designing and building new aircraft that were going faster and higher. Now where are we, supersonic airliner has come and gone. The Airbus 380, a fat 747, nothing really earthshaking there. Modern manned fighter design has gone as far as it can go, leaving UAVs, how boring.
I guess there is still space exploration, but can never be another first man to step on the surface of a body other than earth. I suppose that the first person to step on another planet would be somewhat of a first.
I realize that technology in the Aviation field is improving and that is nice, but earth-shattering, not hardly.
And I'm sorry, I just cannot get excited about stealth.