John Ptak celebrates old, still-unrealized plans to build an airport atop a big chunk of Manhattan and an airport in London spanning the Thames River.
Tag: engineering
Popular song based on engineering feat
“The song was written by journalist Peppino Turco and was set by Luigi Denza in 1880. They drew the inspiration from the inauguration of the first funicular [railroad] of Mt. Vesuvius,” writes vesuvioinrete.it. Click on the image below to hear and see a modern performance.
Fire hose engagement ring
For big love, for the traditonalist, especially for the traditionalist who adores big, big, wet, wet sloppy kisses, there is the fire hose engagement ring.
Engineering report: Angel, the dangling doofus
Last night Elvis and I got to observe something you don’t see very often: a very high-budget, high-tech Las Vegas strip performance go spectacularly wrong…. I’ve never seen Mr. Angel before, so I don’t know what he’s like on TV. But he doesn’t really do much of anything in the show. I mean, he pulls […]