To bring you up to speed, on now the third day without retraction of Arizona Republican Senate candidate J.D. Hayworth's assertion that a man can marry his horse in Massachusetts, it was noted by this reporter two days ago that Mr. Hayworth flew his prize winning filly, Whinny, to Martha's Vineyard in the hope of obtaining a marriage license.
Uber's eyes are on a new prize: flying cars.
Two weeks later, Charles Lindbergh successfully made the New York Paris journey and claimed the prize, flying the Spirit of St . Louis
The flying machines are prized for their ability to collect and transmit images from the skies high above dangerous or difficult-to-access locations.
The X Prize, for commercial space flight, is clearly of the same lineage as the Orteig Prize for flying non-stop between Paris and New York.
The teams donate their prizes — one million flying miles to the champion and 500,000 to the loser, from Continental Airlines — to charity.
In Berkeley these were fairy-tale prizes, like flying carpets or enchanted pots that never run out of porridge.
The reforms seem to have captured the public mood: books with titles like "Changing Japan, the Poorest Nation for Return-on-Equity" are flying off the shelves.A prized skill for leaders in Japan lies in being able to "read the air", or to sense what is important but unstated.
Gavrilov, 29, the 1974 winner of the prestigious Tchaikovsky prize, flew to Britain last month to record piano works by Chopin.
People forget that Charles Lindbergh flew the Atlantic Ocean and then created the modern American aviation business, but he was actually flying for the $25,000 Orteig prize.
