1960s
Can man fly by flapping his arms?
John Seney, an engineer at the Du Pont laboratory in Seaford, Delaware, had an ambitious plan (which he called 'Project Daedalus') to study buzzards and thereby figure out a way to allow a man to fly by flapping his arms — with the help of 36-foot wings strapped to them.Seney's project received quite a bit of media attention for several years in the mid-1960s, but I can't find any report indicating that he ever got to the stage of a test flight.
"Leonardo, the buzzard, is chased in Seaford, Del., basement laboratory of John Seney, 50-year-old scientist who is using the buzzard in his human flight experiments. Pursuing the bird is Stephen Moore who is helping Seney, and if the experiments get off the ground, will see Moore get off the ground with human-propelled wings. That's why they have named the buzzard Leonardo — after Leonardo da Vinci who had dreamed of flying like a bird."
Sarasota Journal - Dec 30, 1964
Baltimore Sun - Feb 21, 1965
Posted By: Alex - Tue Feb 26, 2019 -
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Category: Flight, Experiments, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #414
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 25, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Technology, Sex Symbols, Appliances, 1960s
Pagan Island
The IMDB entry.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 23, 2019 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Sexuality, Stereotypes and Cliches, Foreign Customs, 1960s, Love & Romance
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 20
It seems many of the public sided with Khrushchev's tastes for old-fashioned stuff in this case.
Source for article.
More pix at this link.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 20, 2019 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Pop Art, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #413
Thousands of microscopic ballerina feet beat your carpet clean.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 17, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Surrealism, Appliances, 1960s
Disk-O-Tek Holiday
IMDB entry.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 15, 2019 -
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Category: Movies, Music, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #412
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 13, 2019 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Advertising, 1960s, Australia, Skin and Skin Conditions
The Mike Curb Congregation
His Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 04, 2019 -
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Category: Music, 1960s
How Not to Get Your Nose Blown Off When It Is Mistaken for a Deer’s Tail
I do not see that Kleenex makes these in 2019.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 03, 2019 -
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Category: Animals, Body, Hunting, Trapping and Other Wilderness Activities, 1960s
Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers Film
Alas, some four years after this teaser, the film seems no nearer to completion.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 26, 2019 -
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Category: Addictions, Cops, Drugs, Psychedelic, Movies, Stop-motion Animation, Stupid Criminals, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Cats, 1960s
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