Icarus is a gender-neutral name of Greek origin, meaning "Follower". In Greek mythology, Icarus was the son of Daedalus, a master craftsman who constructed wings for himself and Icarus to escape imprisonment. However, Icarus disobeyed his father's warning and flew too close to the sun, causing the wax in his wings to melt and leading to his tragic fall into the sea. The story has been interpreted as a cautionary tale about excessive ambition. In literature and psychology, the Icarus myth has been associated with themes of high ambition and the consequences of overreaching. The name Icarus holds a significant place in ancient and modern literature, serving as a metaphor for the perils of unchecked ambition.
The Icarus affair, also known as the イカルス号事件 (Ikarusu-gō jiken), was a significant incident that occurred in 1867 in Nagasaki, Japan. It involved the tragic murder of two Royal Navy sailors, Robert Ford and John Hutchings, from the British screw sloop HMS Icarus. The incident led to heightened diplomatic tensions between the United Kingdom and the Bakumatsu period Tokugawa shogunate. The British Consul in Nagasaki, Marcus Flowers, held the Tokugawa shogunate responsible for the sailors' deaths, which he believed were orchestrated by the Kaientai led by Sakamoto Ryōma. The shogunate, pressured by Sir Harry Parkes, head of the British Legation in Edo, agreed to dismiss the governor of Nagasaki and send 500 men to police the foreign quarter. However, subsequent investigations revealed that a samurai from the Fukuoka Domain had committed the murders and later took his own life. The Fukuoka clan eventually paid compensation to the sailors' families in England. This affair significantly impacted British trust in the shogunate and contributed to their support of the Satchō Alliance during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. The Icarus affair remains a notable event in the history of Anglo-Japanese relations.
The Icarus F99 Rambo is a Romanian ultralight aircraft designed by Mr. Fendrihan and produced by Romaero S.A of Bucharest under subcontract to the Icarus Foundation, a sporting and cultural institution promoting aviation in Romania. This aircraft is available as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly aircraft, and it complies with Romanian microlight and Canadian AULA rules. It features a high-wing design, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear, and a single engine in tractor configuration. Constructed from aluminum sheet, the aircraft's 9.10 m span wing has an area of 10.09 m2 and includes flaps. It can be equipped with either an 80 hp Rotax 912UL or a 100 hp Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant. The Icarus F99 Rambo has a maximum speed of 230 km/h, a cruise speed of 200 km/h, and a range of 1,400 km. With a service ceiling of 4,010 m, it also features avionics such as airband radio, GPS, and intercom. For more information, visit the official website or watch the Romanian Icarus F99 Rambo video.
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