It may be years away, but aviation designer Charles Bombardier claims lightning-fast aircraft technology already exists. CNN reports that special engines, cabin design, oxygen fuel and other advancements will soon make the super-quick trip possible.

However, there are just a few minor problems that can’t be overcome by such futuristic flight schedules. It will still take passengers hours to get from home to the airport through jammed roadways. And then, another hour for frisking and fondling through security. And another hour for fliers to board, fight for overhead bag space, get into their seats and buckle up.

While even the latest jet passenger aircraft haven’t yet hit 600 miles an hour, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies claim their super-fast, air pressure tube trains will do much better. Experiments are now being conducted in the Nevada desert area near Las Vegas.

Imagine boarding a train in downtown Los Angeles and stepping off in downtown San Francisco only a half-hour later! Today we spend more time than that just looking for a parking spot in the airport garage.

Remember when you first started cruising decades ago? With a limited budget, your cabin was small and the only view you had was during daytime through that small, round porthole. All you could see was the sea. If you were in an inside cabin, you saw nothing.

Now, with ever-advancing technology, even the lowest inside cabins on cruise ships could offer more enjoyable porthole views. Of course, the scenes are digital, and portray fascinating video of soaring clouds, high mountains, stately sailing ships and sandy beaches.

Now on some, there are animated cartoon and movie characters. Passengers on Disney’s Dream and Fantasy ships will now enjoy inside what they fantasize about picturesque happenings outside.

Captain Spaulding (Groucho): While on safari, early one morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas, I’ll never know. (Animal Crackers 1930)

PJs for those weary travelers who book long overseas flights with Los Angeles as one of the destinations. The airline offers a full set of pajamas for its Delta One business class passengers to wear while snoozing on their flat-bed seats. The PJ flights from LAX are to SYD and PVG (Sydney and Shanghai).