John Stringfellow flight achievement was referenced in the movie "The Flight of the Phoenix" (1965). The character Heinrich Dorfmann (Hardy Kruger), a German airplane designer, explains that it was a model airplane that made the first powered flight in 1848 and that though his own experience with airplane design is with building models, the principles are the same. His design for an airplane to be built from the scraps of their crashed plane will fly them out of the desert to safety. John Stringfellow John Stringfellow (1799 – 13 December 1883) was born in Sheffield, England and is known for his work
Passengers (Italian band) 1983 they entered the Sanremo Music Festival, respectively with the songs "Midnight" (which peaked at 25th position at the Italian hit parade) and "Movie Star". The group disbanded in 1987. Chuck Rolando carried on in the music business and in 1992 he became CEO and Managing Director of Sony ATV Music Publishing (Italy), overseeing the administration and creative development of song catalogues for artists such as The Beatles, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. Kim Arena died in 2004. Passengers (Italian band) Passengers (also spelled as I Passengers) were an Italian pop-italo disco musical group, mainly successful in the early eighties.