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Letter From Aviation History - November 2009

smauro — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:04:14 +0000

The November 2009 Aviation History Letter From Aviation History laments the current state of U.S. space exploration and commends designer Burt Rutan for inaugurating a new era of privately sponsored suborbital trips.

So Long, Pontiac

lhomeyer — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:16:22 +0000

General Motors pulls the plug on Pontiac, the original American muscle car.

Green Ben - Benjamin Franklin and Ecosystems

lhomeyer — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:25:45 +0000

Benjamin Franklin was the first to recognize that man and the environment depended on each other for survival.

The Fens: England Below Sea Level

HistoryNet Staff — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:29:47 +0000

England's Fens, like the Louisiana Delta, formed over the last 10 millennia as rivers dumped sediment onto a sinking plain, forming wide marshes and creating a unique landscape and lifestyle.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel: British Engineer

HistoryNet Staff — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:17:50 +0000

British industry could fuel the British empire when engineers like Isambard Brunel connected the modern world.

Roger Bacon

HistoryNet Staff — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:15:31 +0000

A scholar-monk who envisioned an Academy of Science, Roger Bacon's ideas were far ahead of his time and ran counter to the Church's doctrine.

By Dianna L. Dodson

Benjamin Franklin: America's Inventor

HistoryNet Staff — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:13:55 +0000

Born 300 years ago, Benjamin Franklin remains perhaps the most inquisitive, creative and prodigious inventor, innovator and thinker ever born on American soil. But which of Franklin's many 'inventions' was actually his most important? A scientist offers a somewhat surprising answer.

John Logie Baird: Forgotten Pioneer of Television

HistoryNet Staff — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:08:08 +0000

John Logie Baird was one of several inventors in Europe and the U.S. in a neck-and-neck race to claim the title of 'first' to develop the technology to transmit and receive moving pictures, television.

Edmund Halley: Scientific Giant

HistoryNet Staff — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:59:06 +0000

Edmund Halley, best known for his 17th century prediction of the 76-year frequency of the cosmos' most famous comet, made scientific contributions far beyond astronomy.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Atmospheric Railway

HistoryNet Staff — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:59:01 +0000

Take a ride on Isambard Kingdom Brunel's short-lived Atmospheric Railway and learn why it failed.