The Lingoto Building is in Nia Vizza, Turin, Italy. It once housed an automobile factory that was built by Fiat. Its construction started in 1916 and by 1923, the building was opened. Matté Trucco was the young architect who designed it. It had five floors, where raw materials went in at the ground floor and cars were built on a line that went up through the building. Finished cars would emerge at the rooftop level to get to the test track.
14. 1928 MGM screen credits
Filming of the MGM screen credits in 1928- this was the beginning of the Hollywood era.
15. Test pilot George Aird ejected from his English Electric Lightning F1 aircraft.
Test pilot George Aird was flying the English Electric Lightning F1 aircraft, in Hertfordshire on 13th September, 1962. He was making an emergency landing following a double reheat fire warning that had occurred 15 miles North East of Hatfield. At about 100 ft, 10 seconds from touchdown, the aircraft pitched nose up suddenly. There was no response from controls and he ejected the plane which crashed on the airfield and caught fire. George landed in a greenhouse and sustained several fractures.
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