Hmm. The lightning bug appears to be missing its signature twin booms. Maybe the buggs didn’t have time to build them?

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Mr and Mrs Bugg sit in the cockpit of a twin-engined propeller aircraft, smiling happily.

The text reads: “Febuggary 11, 1939: A Bugghead B-38 lightning bugg flies from Calibuggia to New Bugg City in 7 hours.”

It’s safe to assume that, despite being unable to see the ground in the drawing, the buggloon has taken off and Mrs Bugg is clinging to the guy rope, several hundred feet above the ground, because she is exasperating like that.

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Mrs Bugg clings to the guy rope of a hot-air buggloon, from the basket of which Mr Bugg waves and smiles.

The text reads: “Janubugg 9, 1793: Jean-Pierre Bugchard is the first bugg to fly in a bugloon.”

That is totally not a flying sombrero with a bow. Totally not.

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Mr Bugg is piloting what looks like a jet, except he’s no longer piloting it, he’s crashing it nose-first into a very tall, very pointy mountain. Ahead of him is a flying saucer with a bow on top, that in no way resembles a sombrero. Totally not.

The text reads: “Janybug 7, 1948: Bugtucky Natinal Bugg airforce pilot Bugnard Montbugry crashes while chasing a UFB.”

Neither the drawing nor the blurb on Wikipedia nor the Pan Am page say so, but I will bet money that the trip used my beloved Constellations.

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Mr and Mrs Bugg smile out from the cockpit of a propeller aircraft, which, oddly, is not rocking antennae. Their headsets and mics are a nice, authentic touch, and cute as fuck.

The text reads: “Janubug 6, 1947: Pan Ameribug Airlines schedules the first flight around the world.”

I guess if you really want to get technical, she’s rocking one buggpower.

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Mr Bugg stands near the edge of a cliff. He is holding Mrs Bugg above her head; she is wearing goggles and what I am prepared to bet are fairy wings she bought at the Ren Faire, her arms extended in front, possibly as a precursor to flapping them.

The text reads: “Decembug 17, 1903: The Wright Buggs demonstrate powered bugg flight.”

*facepalm*

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A huge, smiling, be-antennae’d zeppelin buglin, a bow atop its … head … takes to the skies, the windows of its gondola filled with sightseeing buggs. Below, hanging onto a guy rope, Mrs Bugg swings helplessly.

The text reads: “Bugust 8, 1929: The Bugman airbugg Graf Buglin begins a round the world flight. Again Mrs Bugg has failed to let go.”

I mean, why not?

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Mr and Mrs Bugg sit in the cockpit of a large prop plane, smiling hugely and spewing head-hearts to indicate they are in love.

The text reads: “Buggly 2, 1937: Amelia Buggheart and her navigator Fred Noonbugg are last heard from over the Pbuggcic Ocean. Some think they eloped.”

See, I always thought the aviatrix used a plane, but I can see how a blimp would be much more relaxing.

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Mrs Bugg, as Amelia Buggheart, reclines happily in the basket of a huge blimp, hands tucked behind her head in a pose of ultimate serenity.

The text reads: “Junebugg 18, 1928: Amelia Buggheart becomes the first female bugg to fly across the Bugglantic.”

I’m not gonna lie; I am never going to understand bugg flight, you guys. Which is not to say that the visual of two buggs strapped to the wings of a jet did not have me crying with laughter.

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Mr and Mrs Bugg pilot quite a large jet through the sky, powered by the force of two buggs strapped to the leading edge of its wings. Presumably this works well?

The text reads: “Junebugg 12, 1994: The Bugging 777, the world’s largest twinbugg, makes its first flight.”

OK, I know this aircraft never went into production, but I’d like to think that its design, with its graceful triple-tail configuration, influenced the design of my favorite aircraft of all time. (Yes, I am biased.*)

Also, please notice that Mrs Bugg is the actual pilot on this flight. Girl power!

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Mrs Bugg occupies the left seat of the antenna-sporting Bugglas DC-4E, while Mr Bugg flies co-pilot.

The text reads: “Junebugg 7, 1938: The Bugglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.”

*(See: My only ever wikipedia contribution.)