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> […] Dadedalus, who crashed after flying too close to the sun?

It wasn't Dadedalus [sic] who flew towards the sun, but his son Icarus:

> In Greek mythology, Daedalus (/ˈdɛdələs ˈdiːdələs ˈdeɪdələs/; Greek: Δαίδαλος; Latin: Daedalus; Etruscan: Taitale) was a skillful architect and craftsman, seen as a symbol of wisdom, knowledge and power. He is the father of Icarus […]

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daedalus

In any case, he manufactured some critically flawed aviation equipment, which resulted in a fatality.

IIRC, it was the operator's (Icarus) fault.

That’s what Daedalus says, he’s trying to shift the blame on the operator. But he’s the one who made a wing with wax whilst pretending it could be flown under the previous “bird” certification

I think I figured out why they called themselves that at this point :P

The -MAX? Or are we calling it the -8 now?

Since weather balloons pop before returning to the earth, at one point I was on a weather ballooning project named Icarus.

Icarus crashed after flying too close to the sun after Daedalus' warnings.

There's an (ex-) Navy air base called HMS Daedalus, better than HMS Icarus

I seem to remember a space station with that name too.