Nick Martel

Both of these were new innovations at the time because back then, most planes were biplanes with open cockpits, which meant the pilots were held in by just a seatbelt holding on for dear life. You'd be dodging geese. You'd like be picking bugs out of your teeth. And so for Kelly, he's feeling like a roof and a windshield. Yeah, that'd be a good addition to the plan.

Especially since they're thinking ahead to accommodate passengers as well as cargo. It's a big undertaking, and the whole family pitches in. The brothers' wives even sew the canvas covers of the wings. It's like the Olive Garden. When you're here... and you're working on the plane, you're family.

Especially since they're thinking ahead to accommodate passengers as well as cargo. It's a big undertaking, and the whole family pitches in. The brothers' wives even sew the canvas covers of the wings. It's like the Olive Garden. When you're here... and you're working on the plane, you're family.

Especially since they're thinking ahead to accommodate passengers as well as cargo. It's a big undertaking, and the whole family pitches in. The brothers' wives even sew the canvas covers of the wings. It's like the Olive Garden. When you're here... and you're working on the plane, you're family.

And the Jacuzzi J7 makes history as the first fully enclosed monoplane to be built and flown in the United States. It works beautifully for months, and the Jacuzzis start thinking about how to make their money back, like carrying mail for the U.S. Mail Service. Which looks and seems like a very sustainable, consistent business model. Makes a lot of sense. FedEx before FedEx.

And the Jacuzzi J7 makes history as the first fully enclosed monoplane to be built and flown in the United States. It works beautifully for months, and the Jacuzzis start thinking about how to make their money back, like carrying mail for the U.S. Mail Service. Which looks and seems like a very sustainable, consistent business model. Makes a lot of sense. FedEx before FedEx.

And the Jacuzzi J7 makes history as the first fully enclosed monoplane to be built and flown in the United States. It works beautifully for months, and the Jacuzzis start thinking about how to make their money back, like carrying mail for the U.S. Mail Service. Which looks and seems like a very sustainable, consistent business model. Makes a lot of sense. FedEx before FedEx.

But on the morning of July 14th, 1921, something awful happens. On a test flight from Yosemite, a wing of the J-7 snaps off. The plane crashes over Modesto, California, killing all four men on board, including Jacuzzi brother number six, Geocondo Jacuzzi. Mom and dad Jacuzzi, they are devastated. And so the parents announce a major personal decision that changes the entire business.

But on the morning of July 14th, 1921, something awful happens. On a test flight from Yosemite, a wing of the J-7 snaps off. The plane crashes over Modesto, California, killing all four men on board, including Jacuzzi brother number six, Geocondo Jacuzzi. Mom and dad Jacuzzi, they are devastated. And so the parents announce a major personal decision that changes the entire business.

But on the morning of July 14th, 1921, something awful happens. On a test flight from Yosemite, a wing of the J-7 snaps off. The plane crashes over Modesto, California, killing all four men on board, including Jacuzzi brother number six, Geocondo Jacuzzi. Mom and dad Jacuzzi, they are devastated. And so the parents announce a major personal decision that changes the entire business.

They forbid their remaining children from having anything to do with flying ever, ever again. The Jacuzzi children are literally grounded. But yet there is a silver lining of having to pivot out of necessity because pivoting out of necessity forces you to get creative.

They forbid their remaining children from having anything to do with flying ever, ever again. The Jacuzzi children are literally grounded. But yet there is a silver lining of having to pivot out of necessity because pivoting out of necessity forces you to get creative.

They forbid their remaining children from having anything to do with flying ever, ever again. The Jacuzzi children are literally grounded. But yet there is a silver lining of having to pivot out of necessity because pivoting out of necessity forces you to get creative.

DVDs becoming obsolete was the best thing to happen to Netflix. Exactly. Because it forced them to evolve. So Jack, what's Raquel A. Jacuzzi thinking as this news hits him and his family? He has exactly the kind of creative mind built for this tough moment. One day, he's staring out into the lush orchards of the San Joaquin Valley, which is in the midst of a renaissance.

DVDs becoming obsolete was the best thing to happen to Netflix. Exactly. Because it forced them to evolve. So Jack, what's Raquel A. Jacuzzi thinking as this news hits him and his family? He has exactly the kind of creative mind built for this tough moment. One day, he's staring out into the lush orchards of the San Joaquin Valley, which is in the midst of a renaissance.

DVDs becoming obsolete was the best thing to happen to Netflix. Exactly. Because it forced them to evolve. So Jack, what's Raquel A. Jacuzzi thinking as this news hits him and his family? He has exactly the kind of creative mind built for this tough moment. One day, he's staring out into the lush orchards of the San Joaquin Valley, which is in the midst of a renaissance.

20th century engineering has made it much easier for farmers to access groundwater for irrigation. Suddenly, it smacks him in the face like the aroma of his mom's brajole.

20th century engineering has made it much easier for farmers to access groundwater for irrigation. Suddenly, it smacks him in the face like the aroma of his mom's brajole.

20th century engineering has made it much easier for farmers to access groundwater for irrigation. Suddenly, it smacks him in the face like the aroma of his mom's brajole.

So Rekele stopped looking up into the sky. Yeah. and he starts looking down to the ground. He takes that airplane instinct and focuses it on farming instead. Riquela gets an idea for how to improve irrigation pumps. He invents a new pump that forces water into the ground, creating a vacuum that draws more groundwater up from the aquifers below. And Jack, this new pump really works.