Given he was building full-sized gliders at 19/20 I think we have to say his start with models completely counts.
All right!
Sopwith's working life came within 5 years of overlapping with mine - he was still a consultant to BAe until 1980, I started with GEC-Marconi in '85. I don't imagine he was doing much at 92, but my flabber is gasted.
I think that's extremely cool, and also I can see how that is not a timeline you saw coming.
Completely off-topic, but did you notice in today's Guardian: The King’s Daughter: Pierce Brosnan’s cursed mermaid stabbing movie finally gets released
I had not seen that! I had no plans to see the movie, either, but I am still kind of impressed.
(I love everything about the book except its prose style. The first time I saw Peter Dinklage, I thought he was a shoo-in for the romantic lead. The fact that a film adaptation was made and did not star him is as bewildering as the fact that Leslie Howard never played Peter Wimsey.)
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All right!
Sopwith's working life came within 5 years of overlapping with mine - he was still a consultant to BAe until 1980, I started with GEC-Marconi in '85. I don't imagine he was doing much at 92, but my flabber is gasted.
I think that's extremely cool, and also I can see how that is not a timeline you saw coming.
Completely off-topic, but did you notice in today's Guardian: The King’s Daughter: Pierce Brosnan’s cursed mermaid stabbing movie finally gets released
I had not seen that! I had no plans to see the movie, either, but I am still kind of impressed.
(I love everything about the book except its prose style. The first time I saw Peter Dinklage, I thought he was a shoo-in for the romantic lead. The fact that a film adaptation was made and did not star him is as bewildering as the fact that Leslie Howard never played Peter Wimsey.)