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Wayne Center for the Arts (Wooster, Ohio),
Mansfield Art Center & Museum (Mansfield, Ohio) and
The Peninsula Fine Art Center in Newport News, Virginia that was a two-person exhibition featuring
Zuercher spent five years photographing the 35 bridges over the Seine River at night during the winter months and another year researching the history of the bridges, gathering anecdotes, printing and assembling the prints.
The
Glow of Paris book is an eclectic collection of extraordinary gelatin-silver photographic prints of the bridges of Parisânighttime images that are breathtaking. Accompanied by a fascinating historical portrayal, the book presents a unique and aesthetic vision of Paris because no one else has ever photographed and written about the bridges that cross the Seine in this way.Â
Italy’s Cant Z.1007 Alcione was a Three-Engined Wooden Wonder
The use of wood in aircraft construction was limited during World War II, but there were some notable exceptions.
Here s What You Need to Remember: A total of 660 of the medium bombers were produced between 1938 and 1943, and Italy’s wooden wonder served in the Regia Aeronautica, the Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force, the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana (National Republican Air Force) of the Italian Social Republic and even the German Luftwaffe in the final years of the war.
A persistent rumor that has endured in the more than seventy years since the end of World War II is that the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M, more commonly known as the “Zero,” was made of wood. It wasn’t, but the confusion may lie in the fact that its metal structure was covered in fabric. Moreover, at the end of the war, some variants Nakajima Ki-84 fighters (Allied reporting name “Frank”) did make use of wood in the rear fuselage and
He revolutionised aviation safety, driving the move away from wires and pulleys to computerised electronic commands
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Ziegler, in court in 2007, studies a map in court of the site of the 1992 Airbus A320 crash at Mont Sainte-Odile in eastern France: he and four other executives were cleared on appeal of charges of involuntary manslaughter relating to the crash
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Bernard Ziegler, who has died aged 88, was one of the most influential figures in civil aviation and the outspoken figure behind the Airbus technology that took the company’s airliners to the forefront of modern air travel and safety.
Meet Italy’s Wooden Wonder: The World War II CANT Z.1007 Alcione Bomber
Hundreds of these surprisingly durable wooden warplanes were produced and were used in the service of several countries during and after World War II.
A persistent rumor that has endured in the more than seventy years since the end of World War II is that the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M, more commonly known as the “Zero,” was made of wood. It wasn’t, but the confusion may lie in the fact that its metal structure was covered in fabric. Moreover, at the end of the war, some variants Nakajima Ki-84 fighters (Allied reporting name “Frank”) did make use of wood in the rear fuselage and wingtips.