A e r o n a u t i c a l ( A i r
c r a f t & F l y i n g ! )
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Paul MacCready |
Designer and driving force
behind the creation of the worlds first 'successful' human powered
aircraft - the Gossamer Condor. I say 'successful', as it won the
original Kremer Prize, for which specific levels of
maneuverability,
flight duration, and altitude were required. MacCready went on to develop
further human and solar powered aircraft, which further pushed the flight
envelope of such aircraft.
Details of MacCready's human & solar powered aircraft and many others, may be
found here : 'Malcolm's
Human Powered Aircraft Website' - well done fella.
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A r c h i t e c t u r e &
B u i l
d i n g
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Lloyd Kahn |
Self builder of the
not-so-conventional home, and author of the most inspirational books
for home building which you will ever see. 'Shelter' was the first that I found....
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A u t o m o t i v e
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Maurice Wilks |
The man behind the concept of the original Land
Rover - without which my life would have been very different indeed.
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E n g i n e e r i n g
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Tesla |
Inventor of the AC
electric motor, (amongst many other ground breaking designs), thus
enabling power transmission by AC, the very back bone of the developed
world.
A relatively unknown hero of the 'modern world'.
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I n d u s t r i a l A r c h a e o l o g y
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David Ewart Bick |
Instigator of the Welsh Mines Society (and fellow Mechanical Engineer)
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L T C Rolt |
Both Tom, and his wife Sonia, have had a significant impact on the preservation of many material
assets, mainly industrial, through the setting up of the Inland Waterways Association, Association for Industrial Archaeology, Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society amongst providing influence and support for the
creation of other nationally respected groups and bodies.
More details about Rolts exploits, and the many books he authored, (his
autobiographies are a great read) can be found here.
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M u s i c
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John Peel |
Radio Disc Jockey, and musical fanatic - undoubtedly the single most
influential source within the not-so-popular musical scene.
I first tuned into John Peel in the early 1980's in my late teens (late at night when I ought to have been asleep of course !) and on hearing the likes of Joy Division, realised that this was something quite different. I remained an avid listener - virtually every night, for some 30 years, until his somewhat untimely death. |
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