Master Minds...

[Camaero]

Da Vinci: Has there ever been someone who has been so inventive and yet most famous for something else? (At least for me, I heard about his paintings growing up long before anything else.) I just finished watching something on the History Channel about some of the things he invented. I have read a few things on him already and it is very interesting! <--- Obviously I barely penetrated the surface here.

Howard Hughes: The things you can do when you have a little money! Another genius intuitive inventor. Not just him, but his company who carried on while he slowly faded away in his Las Vegas hotel. Just some of the brilliant things I can think of off the top of my head are: As a young boy he put a small engine in his bicycle and was probably one of the first to do so. He set many records and created that beautiful H1. After the horrific crash in the XF11, he came up with the modern day hospital bed, or stretcher, can't remember which, while he was still recovering! Let's not forget the spruce goose... <--- I barely scratched the surface here too.

The point of this is, there have been some people that have helped advance humanity and technology far more then anyone before them ever has. I would like to have some of my fellow SubSimmers to post some other master minds with a small bio of them. Feel free to correct my two or to elaborate on them. It is my bedtime and I feel I may have rambled on... Possibly a little incoherently!

Looking forward to your master minds!
-Camaero

[Kapitan]

spruce goose was british

howard hughs helped the CIA alot project jennifer springs to mind there

[Catfish]

Hello,
i liked the film "The Aviator" portraying Hughes' life, but i would not have taken DiCaprio for the leading part ... but then in this role he was better than i thought. I have some books about him, i would really like to see Hughes' film on the first world war once.
He was a real inventor, but this was only possible in tose times. Imagine inventing designs or whole aircrafts today, you would be instantly stopped by some board or council (" ... you did not think of inflammable interior, what about range, price of kerosene, workers sales ... "), spoils the fun of inventing somehow ;) .
Greetings,
Catfish

[The Avon Lady]

The point of this is, there have been some people that have helped advance humanity and technology far more then anyone before them ever has.
Let us give thanks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flush_toilet). :yep:

[Torpedo Fodder]

spruce goose was british

Um...No, no it wasn't, whatever gave you that impression? It was concieved by an American and built in the United States by an American aircraft company based on a requirement issued by the US government. If that doesn't make it American, I don't know what does.

[Kapitan]

sorry was thinking about the bristol brabazen

[Etienne]

spruce goose was british

Um...No, no it wasn't, whatever gave you that impression? It was concieved by an American and built in the United States by an American aircraft company based on a requirement issued by the US government. If that doesn't make it American, I don't know what does.

Kapitan types faster than he thinks. Sadly. :damn:

[Kapitan]

no it was because i had some thing else in mind the bristol brabazen im not up or air warfare or planes of who built them all i know are some famous ones and they fly end of

[Hitman]

Nice thread Camaero :up:

I agree completely about Da Vinci :D Here are my all time favourites:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descartes

Cheers

[Camaero]

Hello,
i liked the film "The Aviator" portraying Hughes' life, but i would not have taken DiCaprio for the leading part ... but then in this role he was better than i thought. I have some books about him, i would really like to see Hughes' film on the first world war once.
He was a real inventor, but this was only possible in tose times. Imagine inventing designs or whole aircrafts today, you would be instantly stopped by some board or council (" ... you did not think of inflammable interior, what about range, price of kerosene, workers sales ... "), spoils the fun of inventing somehow ;) .
Greetings,
Catfish

I really agree with you there. It is becoming harder and harder to have fun anymore.

And on a side note, "Hells Angels" was Hughes WW1 movie. I rented it from Netflix not long ago and must say that it is very impressive. Just keep in mind that it was one of the first talkies so the actors may seem a little odd sometimes lol. The flying scenes are amazing though. I love my avaition so maybe I am a little biased but the flying scenes put to shame MANY aviation movies that followed for many years! Everything was real and a few pilots were killed during the filming. I would highly suggest seeing the movie!

[XabbaRus]

Yes and ladies have Hughes to thank for some additional support.

He did after all invent the cantilevered bra.

Any comments Avon? Did he get it right?

[Camaero]

Ah yes, he invented it for an actress in one of his movies to help her show off her...assets. I am pretty sure I read she didn't even use it in the movie because it was too uncomfortable or something?