Notneimanmarcus - Seriously Though. It Isn't.

Vic Elford Porsche Targa Florio 1969

A mathematics course is much more than a thrice-weekly regurgitation of algorithmic tools. It is a distilled presentation of centuries of concentrated effort by fellow humans, men and women motivated both by real-world problems and a sense of beauty and consistency

Charles Doran (via ixxra)

I’ve always assumed that history is fully as speculative a discipline as writing science fiction. Our narrative of history changes as we go along, and hundred years from now, the deep past—assuming that technology continues to emerge at the same rate—the deep human past that those people will be able to see will be quite unrecognizable to us.

William Gibson [x] (via edwardspoonhands)

El Paisaje Dual Iceland Miguel Ángel García

I don´t believe that  anybody feels the  way I do, about you now 

IIRC, this is a computer model for what's going to happen when the Milky Way (our galaxy) collides with the Andromeda galaxy in a couple billion years. So yeah, that's going to be us.

@libertymints The Gee Bee was the perfect example of sticking the biggest motor you could on a brick.

This Day in Aviation History

August 22nd, 1952

First flight of the Saunders-Roe Princess flying boat.

The Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess was a British flying boat aircraft built by Saunders-Roe, based in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. The Princess was the largest all-metal flying boat ever constructed.

The project was cancelled after having produced only three examples. By the 1950s, large, commercial flying boats were being overshadowed by land-based aircraft. Factors such as runway and airport improvements added to the viability of land-based aircraft, which did not have the weight and drag of the boat hulls on seaplanes nor the issues with seawater corrosion.

The three airframes were stored against possible purchase but when an offer was made it was found that corrosion had set in; as a result they were scrapped….

Source:

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YouTube, Saunders-Roe Princess Flying Boats: http://gstv.us/1MDH9U9  

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