SPRITE II OUTGROWS ITS BUGEYES—AND MORE
A CURIOUS THING ABOUT R&T’S August 1961 road test of the Sprite II is the magazine’s complete omission of the name Austin-Healey. Variously the car’s BMC allegiance is noted, but … Continue reading
PUTTING SCIENCE IN PERSPECTIVE
MARCIA MCNUTT IS PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. Academy of Sciences (and, from 2013 to 2016, editor-in-chief of AAAS Science journals including this magazine). McNutt writes an Editorial in Science, November … Continue reading
KALININ K-7—A GMAX CHALLENGE PART 2
UNLIKE KONSTANTIN KALININ, I CAN HONESTLY SAY Josef Stalin did not force me to build a Kalinin K-7. This, despite my usual GMax avoidance of such ungainly craft. On the … Continue reading
KALININ K-7—A GMAX CHALLENGE PART 1
I’VE NOTED THAT GMAX computer modeling of aircraft is a fine hobby, with several recent examples displayed here at SimanaitisSays: the Cessna XMC, the Consolidated PBY, and the Santos=Dumont Demoiselle. Talk … Continue reading
RADIO FOLKS IN THE MOVIES
GIVEN MY DUAL APPRECIATION OF old-time radio (via SiriusXM “Radio Classics”) and old-time movies (via Turner Classic Movies), it’s not surprising that I find occasional delight in the latter containing … Continue reading
TOO HOT TO FAN? PART 2
TODAY IN PART 2, WE CONTINUE TIDBITS gleaned from Warren Cornwall’s AAAS SCIENCE “When is it Too Hot to Use a Fan?” It turns out it’s more than just the … Continue reading
TOO HOT TO FAN? PART 1
I LEARNED AN IMPORTANT LESSON in pre-air-conditioned, pre-climate-change Sowinski Elementary School, Cleveland, Ohio, when our teacher taught us not to bother fanning ourselves on a hot day: The exertion of … Continue reading
RESIDING IN THE THIRTIES, SORTA PART 2
YESTERDAY WHAT A WIDOW! was identified as a first of 1930s’ movies with architecturally significant set design. Today in Part 2, Donald Albrecht’s book Designing Dream: Modern Architecture in the … Continue reading
RESIDING IN THE THIRTIES, SORTA PART 1
THANKS TO TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES, part of me seems to reside in the 1930s. Recently, I’ve enjoyed Dinner at Eight, 1933; Transatlantic Tunnel; 1935, and Broadway Melody of 1936, 1935. … Continue reading
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ON VACATIONING GRANDPARENTS
THE DAILY PASSPORT WEBSITE got me thinking about “7 Places Your Grandparents Loved to Vacation.” Indeed, I don’t recall hearing of my grandparents ever vacationing. But let’s talk about them … Continue reading →