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In the short time that human beings have been flying, many have become well-known to the general public for their exploits in the sky. Not all the aviators listed here were necessarily the best pilots, and some were known for but a single flight, but all played a role in shaping the history of aviation. [...]
Posted by Jeff Danelek on Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 12:01 am
Filed under People · Tagged airplanes, amelia earhart, aviation, aviators, Baron Manfred Von Richthoven, Charles Lindbergh, Chuck Yeager, flight, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, Jeff Danelek, Jimmy Doolittle, John Glenn, Louis Bleriot, Montgolfier Brothers, Orville Wright, planes, Steve Fossett, The Wright Brothers, TopTenz, Wilbur Wright
History books will often lead you to believe that the world’s great inventions and discoveries were the work of a single person with a flash of genius, but the reality is rarely that simple. In most cases, it was only after years of work and input from countless inventors that something was finally created. Still, [...]
Posted by Evan Andrews on Friday, May 28, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, History, Science · Tagged airplane, Alexander Graham Bell, Antonio Meucci, Astronomer, Auguste Lumiere, Calculus, discoveries, Electrical engineers, Elisha Gray, Engineering, film projection systems, flying machine, ford, Ford Motor Company, Frederick Albert Cook, George Cayley, Gustave Whitehead, HIV, Invention of Radio, Invention of the telephone, inventions, inventors, Isaac Newton, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, Johann Philipp Reis, John Couch Adams, Joseph Wilson Swann, Karl Jatho, LIght Bulb, louis le prince, Louis Lumiere, Luc Montagnier, mathematician, National Geographic Society, Neptune, Nikola Tesla, north pole, Oliver Lodge, Patent law, patent officer, radio, Ralph Plaisted, Richard Pearse, Robert Gallo, Robert Kearns, Robert Peary, savvy businessman, science, technology, telecommunications, Telephone, Telephony, Thomas Edison, U.S. Supreme Court, Wilbur Wright, William Friese-Greene, Windshield Wiper
History always has something to say about someone who is number one. A certain individual can become famous for a variety of heroic, unfortunate, ground breaking, or even uncontrollable events. When a new trend appears in transportation, communication, or the technical word, an innovator is always there to be the first to develop or test [...]
Posted by Bryan Johnson on Friday, September 4, 2009 at 12:01 am
Filed under Health, History, Movies, People, Science · Tagged Achille Compagnoni, adolf hitler, AIDS, Albert II, audrey munson, computer, Controversial, fatality rate, first flight, first internet virus, first monkey in outer space, flight, François Laurent d'Arlandes, Germany invades Poland, History, Jackie Robinson, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, K2, ken horne, Lino Lacedelli, Morris Worm, nude scene, pandemic, People, Robert Morris, The first man, virus, William Holden, world war ii