The following is an article from Uncle John's Endl... ...paring for the first ever balloon crossing of the English Channel . The one who financed the adventure was John Jeff... ...ose except to make the balloon look like a bird. CHANNEL SURFINGOnly a few miles into the crossing, it was... ...apparent that the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/09/11/The-Aero-Nuts-of-1785/Entrepreneur Jerome Dauffy wanted to build a flyin... ...France, and flew it to Dover, England, across the English Channel . The 36-mile flight came off without a hitch! Rea...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/06/16/Crossing-the-English-Channel-in-a-Flying-Car/Matthew Webb was born to swim, in a time and place... ...red by an unsuccessful attempt to swim across the English Channel in 1872. Webb knew he could do it, and success wo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/24/How-Captain-Matthew-Webb-Made-Swimming-Cool/Chinese inventors are known for their wild ideas,... ...rent longest underwater tunnel, the one under the English Channel ", not to mention the mountains of red tape to wad...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/05/13/Chinas-Strange-Proposal-For-An-Undersea-Train-That-Connects-To-The-US/Philippe Croizon, 42, lost his arms and legs in an... ...that hasn't stopped him from swimming across the English Channel in 13 and a half hours: He had set off at 6.30...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/09/21/quadruple-amputee-swims-across-the-english-channel/Taking a page from Pixar's Up, American Jonathan T... ...nathan Trappe made a fantastic journey across the English Channel via helium balloons. Ultimately, his journey p...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/05/29/man-crosses-english-channel-with-balloon-power/