No one called the 1903 Wright Flyer beautiful, but it laid the groundwork for the airplanes we have today.
Ditto for the 1923 Ford Model T.
43 posted on 05/02/2021 9:30:55 AM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker
(For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
44 posted on 05/02/2021 10:16:49 AM PDT by null and void
(When you put bad people in charge expect bad things to happen, often in a spectacular and sudden way)