Slow revolution

• Autores: Paul Marks
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3078, 2016, pág. 20
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Marks talks about pioneering flight. When pilots John Alcock and Arthur Brown became the first to fly a plane non-stop across the Atlantic 97 years ago, incentives included a L10,000 prize put up by the owner of the Daily Mail--worth about $1 million today. Such competitions spurred innovation and helped usher in the global aviation system they have now, which has utterly transformed their planet. Attempts to set flight records still go on today--but are less about cash prizes, and certainly less to do with shrinking the world. Most prominent among these is the Swiss-led attempt to circle the globe in the sun-powered aircraft Solar Impulse 2.