Airplane, Airplanes Quotes
This is an amazing observation for the time. Socrates did not think it impossible for man to rise above the atmosphere and he realized that the perspective gained from observation of earth would be invaluable. For an experience with looking at the earth from outer space, try “Google Earth.”
Mother Shipton made a series of unusually accurate predictions, published throughout England, including the Great Plague of London, the Spanish Armada, & the Great Fire of London. Be wary of this particular quotation as while it may be a remarkable prediction, it also may well be a forgery.
Born in the Ukraine to middle class parents, he became an successful engineer in Russia before he emigrated in 1919. America has not only been a magnet for the persecuted and the poor but highly skilled, and educated people came to America for the opportunity to further their career. No companies in Europe were then interested in producing large airplanes. In America, within 4 years he started his own company. He helped to design the famous Pan American Airways Flying Boats and in 1942 his company developed the world’s first production helicopter. He might have done that in France, Russia or elsewhere but he chose America like millions of other immigrants.
In WWII as later, defense contractors and military weapons designers were always trying to improve the design and proto-models, thus stalling production and utilization. Arnold’s statement galvanized the program and B-29s reached the Pacific theater to help win the war.
