E. Lilian Todd #inventor In 1909 New York Times identified her as 1st woman in world to design airplanes. 1910 design was test-piloted by Didier Masson achieving powered hop of >6metres. Many other inventions incl cannon triggered by solar power. b. #OTD 12 June 1865 bit.ly/3KI7Dai
I'm going to be talking about flying stress and LMF at the Bentley Priory Museum on 11 July. Dr Victoria Taylor and Gp Capt (Rtd) Tim Willbond are speaking too. #WW2 #History tickets from bentleypriorymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/dow...
somewhere out there tonight: Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) rising behind the Panchachulli peaks / (credit Harsh1271)
Nancy Jane Miller Livingston Stratford, US aviator. Pilot in the civilian Air Transport Auxiliary in UK during #WWII. Later a pioneering helicopter pilot in Alaska. b. #OTD 12 Jun 1919, it is her 107th birthday today. She is the last surviving Attagirl #ATA pilot. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_S...
82 years ago #OTD, 10 June 1944, SOE agent #VioletteSzabó was captured during her 2nd mission. Along with fellow SOE agents Lilian Rolfe, Denise Bloch & Cicely Lefort, she was later executed at Ravensbrück. Szabó was posthumously awarded the George Cross, shown here with her daughter Tania 🧵½
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Halifax, Nova Scotia photographed Doug Davis.
Ceryl
Dan Ellin
Then & Now. 😉 (#OTD in 1944, Douet area, France. D-Day + 5. Private Wheatley from 6 Durham Light Infantry firing his Bren gun. #WW2 #HISTORY)
Topping up from a KC-10 "somewhere over Saudi Arabia" Op Southern Watch, December '92
Jack Cousteau ⚓️
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Golden sky from Ingonish, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia photographed by Erin Fos..
