The invention of the jet engine was the crowning achievement of engineer Frank Whittle. But the path to glory was littered with countless obstacles including a number of spectacularly failed experiments. 🎥Survival in the Skies: The Jet Race | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation

Remembering actor Frank Whitten, born #onthisday in 1942 💚 Whitten first won attention in 1984 as the enigmatic farmer in Vincent Ward’s breakthrough feature "Vigil". He went on to appear in numerous films in both New Zealand and Australia, but many will know him best as Ted West, the manipulative grandfather of the West clan. 🎥 His sharp performance as Ted West earned him a Best Supporting Actor win at the 2007 Air New Zealand Screen Awards, where he famously declared “This is for the geriatr

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