Single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe - 1969
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston CBE
www.wikipedia.com

“There was a small diver’s lifejacket on board, but again
I did not use it. It got in the way for one thing, and if I had
fallen overside, although I would have swum in the direction
of the nearest land, one has to be realistic, and it would
probably have been best to get it over quickly.”

Dazzle Camouflage - 1917
Norman Wilkinson
www.risd.edu / www.wikipedia.com

"Its purpose was confusion rather than concealment.
An observer would find it difficult to know exactly whether
the stern or the bow is in view; and it would be equally
difficult to estimate whether the observed vessel is moving
towards or away from the observer's position."

Concorde - 1969
Aérospatiale & The British Aircraft Corporation
www.wikipedia.org

"The fastest transatlantic flight from London Heathrow
to New York JFK on 7 February 1996 by British Airways'
G-BOAD in 2 hours, 52 minutes, 59 seconds from takeoff
to touchdown."

Millionstars - 2007
Richard Learoyd
www.union-gallery.com

"The operator accesses the camera via a swivelling
darkroom door to the right of the lens, entering a narrow
space to 'load' the film–taping it to the rear wall of the
studio–and load it into the Cibachrome developing machine."

Moon Observations - 1609–10
Thomas Harriot
www.galileo.rice.edu

"His telescopic drawing of the Moon of early August 1609
is the first on record and preceded Galileo's study of the
Moon by several months."