October 26, 2022
QUOTE
If you are in trouble anywhere in the world, an airplane can fly over and drop flowers, but a helicopter can land and save your life.
According to recognized aero technical tests, the bumblebee cannot fly because of the shape and weight of his body in relation to the total wing area. The bumblebee doesn’t know this, so he goes ahead and flies anyway.
At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation.
Money lost-nothing lost, Health lost-little lost, Spirit lost-everything lost.
--Igor Sikorsky
BIRTHDAYS
1854 – C. W. Post, Businessman, founded Post Foods
1945 – Pat Conroy, Author
1946 – Pat Sajak, Journalist, actor, and game show host
1956 – Rita Wilson, Actress and producer
IN MEMORY
899 – Alfred the Great, English king
1972 – Igor Sikorsky, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic, founded Sikorsky Aircraft
1986 – Jackson Scholz, Runner
2012 – Arnold Greenberg, Businessman, co-founded Snapple
IN ON THIS DAY
1825 – The Erie Canal opens, allowing direct passage from the Hudson River to Lake Erie.
1881 – Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday participate in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
1936 – The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
2001 – The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
2003 – The Cedar Fire, the third-largest wildfire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.