Have you noticed that carmakers have played the same tune for almost 130 years? ‘Faster, quicker, higher top speed,’ and so on. That might work as a sales hook, good for mesmerizing customers, but in ...
In 1909, Marcel Leyat, an engineer from the tiny mountain town of Die in southeastern France, designed and built his first airplane. Not long after, he ran out of money. The young engineer had trained ...