“打蛋器翼飞机模仿……鹰”Modern Mechanicsin 1934.Yes, you read that correctly.
早在1921年,德裔美国人发明家Frederick K. Kirsten (1885-1953) was working on a wingless, rudderless airplane design.What does that even look like, you ask?Like this:
By now, you may be used to reading humorous stories for our #iamaMariner blog series, but this time, we wanted to talk about something a little more serious, and quite important.为什么is this topic important to us as a maritime museum, you ask?Well, we are all connected to the water, and the state of our waterways plays a critical role in how we interact with this amazing and powerful resource. So, let’s get a little serious for now, and we’ll get back to the funny stories next time.
By now you’ve probably heard about the plastic island in the Pacific. Between the current push to recycle, sea turtles being classified as endangered, and most recently the fight against plastic straws, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch has been in all sorts of news and media.Not ringing a bell? Check out more about ithere.
Top #iamaMariner bottled note stories
What did you first think of when you read that phrase: message in a bottle? Maybe you thought of the 1979PolicesongS.O.S (Message in a Bottle)?And don’t pretend the chorus isn’t stuck in your head now (its been replaying in mine for days).
My grandmother’s cousin had a pet alligator.
Think this story is odd, or going nowhere fast? Bear with me.
You learned the mission statement. Maybe you even memorized the words, but if someone asked you “why?”, “how?” could you explain the point? School songs, organizations’ codes, institutional missions – all too often these important and carefully crafted statements are recited without much attention to what the deeper meaning is.
Recently, The Mariners’ Museum and Park underwent a major re-invention of our purpose. We do not want to stand by, stagnantly aging. Instead we aim to become a world leader through our collections and archives, their care and management, and our message to visitors.
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