 "Physics, as we know it, will be over in six months." -- Max Born, 1928 "Flight by machines heavier than air is impractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible." -- Simon Newcomb, Director, U.S. Naval Observatory, 1902 "Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which man will never be able to cope." -- Simon Newcomb, 1903 "The popular mind often pictures gigantic flying machines speeding across the Atlantic carrying innumerable passengers in a way analogous to our modern steam ships. . . it seems safe to say that such ideas are wholly visionary and even if the machine could get across with one or two passengers the expense would be prohibitive to any but the capitalist who could use his own yacht." -- William Henry Pickering, Astronomer, 1910 "A popular fantasy is to suppose that flying machines could be used to drop dynamite on the enemy in time of war." -- William H. Pickering, Director, Harvard College Observatory, 1908  "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value."
-- Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre "Landing and moving about on the moon offers so many serious problems for human beings that it may take science another 200 years to lick them." -- Science Digest, 1948 "The aeroplane is the invention of the devil and will never play any part in such a serious business as the defence of a nation." -- Sir Sam Hughes, Canadian Minister of Defence, 1914 ~~ More good quotes on technology that failed: http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~fringwal/stoopid.lis
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More, including video: https://www.f35.com/building-the-f-35/testing/flight-tests.aspx?ESRC=sm_deftech.nl The Fort Worth Alliance Airshow was cancelled on 23 October, 2011 due to weather conditions. The weather on Sunday was fantastic, but the parking lot was soaked. The muddy mess led to the cancellation of all performances due to unsafe conditions. The Alliance Airshow staff does a great job planning for the event. I've been in attendance many years at the Captain's club, Flight Deck, and met many of my friends and colleagues in Fort Worth. The vendors, performers, and attendees wanted the show to go on. As pilot Michael Rambo puts it, "just like flying, safety first." See you next year! One of my favorites from the 2006 Alliance Airshow:  |
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