delichon 2 hours ago Bah, there's a report of an earlier one in Ovid's Metamorphoses from 8 CE.http://messybeast.com/dragonqueen/icarus-accident.htm
rudyfink 43 minutes ago Surprisingly, the article does not mention that Selfridge field in Michigan is named after Lieutenant Selfridge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selfridge_Air_National_Guard_B....
expedition32 an hour ago When KLM started flying Amsterdam-Batavia in the 1930s it was dangerous but people preferred it to spending weeks on a ship.
Bah, there's a report of an earlier one in Ovid's Metamorphoses from 8 CE.
http://messybeast.com/dragonqueen/icarus-accident.htm
Surprisingly, the article does not mention that Selfridge field in Michigan is named after Lieutenant Selfridge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selfridge_Air_National_Guard_B....
When KLM started flying Amsterdam-Batavia in the 1930s it was dangerous but people preferred it to spending weeks on a ship.