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Reminded me of this book: https://archive.org/details/borednothingtodo0000spie https://archive.org/details/borednothingtodo0000spie

• nosianu 11mo ago
  And the magnificent movie "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" (or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes) Released 1965 > Set in 1910, the film follows a fictitious air race from London to Paris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Those_Magnificent_Men_in_Their_Flying_Machines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Those_Magnificent_Men_in_Their... Trailer: https://youtu.be/LPlRxXmQ8xM https://youtu.be/LPlRxXmQ8xM
  • gorgoiler 11mo ago
    The Shuttleworth Collection in England has some of the aircraft from that film in flying condition. They also have a working Blériot XI — the world’s oldest flying aircraft: https://www.shuttleworth.org/discover/collection/aircraft/bleriot-type-xi https://www.shuttleworth.org/discover/collection/aircraft/bl... If the weather is good they fly these for the public every summer. It is a wonderful show.
  • all2 11mo ago
    This was one of my favorite movies growing up. It made me want to get into aerospace stuff. This and star wars.