He soon finished the "Icarus II" and the original "Icarus" became the "Icarus I." The "Icarus II" was another biplane but the wings swept back more steeply. Taras set an endurance record of one hour ...

Thus, Daedalus built wax wings for him and his son to fly away and escape, which they did. But Icarus, not heeding the advice of his father, flew to close to the sun. His wings melted, and he ...

The lyrics invert the myth of Icarus, who escapes from the island of Crete with his father Daedalus but succumbs to his hubris when he flies too close to the sun and melts his wax wings, falling ...

'Icarus Falls (1959) formerly in the collection of Gavin Maxwell, provides the climax of the series of wax reliefs & which fortunately survived the fire which destroyed Sandaig in 1967. Stripped of ...

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