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Gregorio Ynciong Zara (8 March 1902 – 15 October 1978) [1] was a Filipino engineer, physicist, a National Scientist, and inventor. He was known as the father of videoconferencing [ 2 ] for having invented the first two-way videophone.
A reversible garment is a garment that can be worn two ways, which differ by turning the garment "inside out". However, there is no true "inside out" to a reversible garment, since either way, it gives a fashionable appearance. [1] Garments that are commonly made reversible include hats, jackets, vests, sweaters, shirts, trousers, and skirts ...
A modern nylon MA-1 bomber jacket. A flight jacket is a casual jacket that was originally created for pilots and eventually became part of popular culture and apparel. It has evolved into various styles and silhouettes, including the letterman jacket and the fashionable bomber jacket that is known today.
The Wild Blue Yonder (also known as The Wild Blue Yonder, The Story of the B-29 Superfortress [Note 1]) is a 1951 war film directed by Allan Dwan. (The film was re-released in 1958.) The film stars Wendell Corey, Vera Ralston, Forrest Tucker and Phil Harris. Wild Blue Yonder deals with the Boeing B-29 Superfortress air raids on Japan during ...
The MA-1 bomber jacket (also known as the MA-1 flight jacket) is an American military jacket which was developed in the 1950s. [1] The MA-1 and its predecessor, the B-15 flight jacket , were originally developed and needed at that time because the characteristics of the new jet aircraft created new requirements for pilot performance, safety ...
B-17 Flying Fortress Crew from 457th BG wearing their leather A-2 jackets. The Type A-2 leather flight jacket is an American military flight jacket closely associated with World War II U.S. Army Air Forces pilots, navigators and bombardiers, who often decorated their jackets with squadron patches and elaborate artwork painted on the back.
B-25 from the movie Catch 22. When the 1970 film adaption of Catch-22 began preliminary production, Paramount made a decision to hire the Tallmantz Aviation organization to obtain sufficient North American B-25 Mitchell (B-25) bomber aircraft to recreate a Mediterranean wartime base as depicted in the Joseph Heller novel of the same name.
Zara was established by Amancio Ortega Gaona in 1975. Their first shop was in central A Coruña, in Galicia, Spain, where the company is still based.They initially called it 'Zorba' after the classic 1964 film Zorba the Greek, but after learning there was a bar with the same name two blocks away, rearranged the letters to read 'Zara'.