Aviator

“I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky…” - R. Kelly (singer/songwriter). Roughly 20 million people in the U.S. have a fear of flying. I am not one of those people. I have wanted to be at the controls since I was in diapers. I believe that flying a plane was one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life, while being the scariest thing I have ever done. By getting ready for my flight, flying the plane and landing the plane, without crashing, I learned that if you put your mind…

Probably because she was alone while he was working – may be continuing her irresponsible pattern from her youth –Zelda started an affair with Edouard Jozan, a young French aviator, whom they had both met at the seaside. It was possibly no more than an unconsummated love, but Fitzgerald was angry when he was informed about it. Intensely distressed, Fitzgerald forced a quarrel with Jozan, who left. The whole episode endured six…

1. A leader is an enthusiastic role model that leads from the front and sets a standard for those both senior and junior to follow. A good leader is knowledgeable in his/her craft and speaks with conviction and tact when called upon. This leader knows his people and looks out for their well-being and safety, treating them all equally. This leader is also considered a mentor that strives to share his/her knowledge to better their shop, unit, and Coast Guard. 2. I have been blessed in my career to…

Theodore Kaczynski came to our attention in 1978 with the explosion of his first homemade bomb at a Chicago university. His antics continued sporadically for the next seventeen years. Along the way, he sowed fear and panic, even threatening to blow up airliners in flight (FBI, 2015). Where it all began The Unabomber case began on May 25, 1978, when a Northwestern University professor became suspicious of a parcel that had been returned to him by the postal service but that he had never mailed.…

of his third novel. So, searching for tranquility, the family went to France in the spring of 1924. Here, he wrote The Great Gatsby. Unfortunately, his marriage was ruined when he found out that his wife was cheating on him with a French naval aviator. He spent the winter of 1924-1925 revising The Great Gatsby in Rome. He was going to Paris in April when it was finally published. “Fitzgeral’s achievement received critical praise, but sales of Gatsby were disappointing.” (“F. Scott”…

American man named Emory malick, would travel all the way from Pennsylvania to Southern California in search of someone to teach him how to fly a plane. Emory was the first African American to earn his pilot's license, but after Malick, doors for black aviators slammed shut. American flight instructors refused to let other African Americans fly with their support for the next decade and a half. Two years later another African American, Eugene Bullard would travel all the way to France and join…

The Development: The American Air Force was created as a result of Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii, being bombed by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor held numerous amounts of American boats which had approximately 350 planes on them, in case they needed to be deployed from the sea rather than the land. Japan decided to bomb America 's defense force because they wanted to take over the pacific, and in order to do that they had to weaken America 's defense force. When the Japanese destroyed a…

It was May 21, 1927, and the impossible had just been done. Charles Lindbergh flew around the world without stopping. Charles was the first person to accomplish this amazing feat of endurance. Charles’ flight not only affected his life, but others as well. He had proven that air travel was viable for long distances. Charles was a major part of the revolution of how we get to where we need to go. He was publicized widely, the public revering him for his daring adventure. However, Charles and his…

Many have heard of the famous pilot, Charles Augustus Lindbergh. Hard enough as flying already is, try flying a plane over the ocean while having hallucinations because of sleep deprivation. Challenging, huh? Well, he did. And, he did so without stopping to rest, and by himself. Charles Lindbergh was born on February 4, 1902, in Detroit, Michigan. His mother was Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh, and she very closely followed Charles choice in career (Charles). His father, Charles Augustus…

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell is a non-fiction book written in 2008. “Outlier” is a scientific term to describe things or phenomena that lie outside of normal experience. Gladwell explains he’s “interested in people who are outliers—in men and women who, for one reason or another, are so accomplished and so extraordinary and so outside of ordinary experience” (Gladwell.com). Gladwell writes books when he finds himself returning to the same themes again and again. He explains, “The book grew out…