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Every bomber crew dreamed of flying a B-17 “Flying Fortress”. Mac “Sharkie” LaQuain and his crew were lucky enough to be assigned to one. The B-17 got its nickname because of its size and firepower. Mac once served as a co-pilot on a B-25 Mitchell, another bomber, but was moved to serve as pilot of the B-17, with a new crew. Their names were Jake “Nobleman” Noble, the chin turret gunner, Scott Filippe, the co-pilot, Joseph Robinson, the waist gunner, Ryder “Aussie” Mein, the navigator,ball…

Cessna Skyhawk single-jet planes, first built in 1956 by Clyde Cessna, were very profitable in the 1980’s. However, with a downturn in the aviation business during the following 15 years, Cessna was unable to produce enough profit to sustain production of the Skyhawk and similar piston-engine planes and stopped production. Stopping production also resulted in Cessna laying off 75 percent of their employees. Fortunately, Skyhawks are not the only aircrafts that Cessna builds and they were able…

The Boeing Model 367-80, known as the “Dash 80”, was the precursor to the Boeing 707, the first commercially successful jet airliner. The 707, and by extension the “Dash 80”, thrusted Boeing into the upper echelon of commercial airline manufacturers, where it remains to this day. In addition, it is responsible for shifting commercial aviation from a propeller focused industry to the jet engine industry. This shift enabled the airline industry to exponentially grow by increasing passenger numbers…

history for the region and played an important role in shaping the current state and quality of livelihoods within the area. The impact of changes that occurred in the timeline of Pacific Northwest settlement, from women entering the workforce at Boeing, to the movement and actions taken by the union groups such as, the Wobblies, provided a pathway to…

Provide an example of how an aircraft manufacturer uses EDI and explain its role in the firm. Boeing, being an aircraft manufacturer, would use EDI to order parts from its suppliers because of the accuracy or timing of the delivery. For instance, if Boeing was producing a 757 on the production line and the last item to be installed was the 2 Pratt and Whitney PW2000 engines they could order them via EDI. This would save storage…

Top 20 Aviation Headsets by Plantronics and Sennheiser When you talk about buying aviation headsets, the quality of the product makes a huge difference. In addition to that, users need to focus on the quality factor and then make a decision about whether you should purchase a particular headset or not. Once you look at the top rated companies manufacturing the best aviation headsets, you would see Plantronics and Sennheiser at the very top. These two companies have been producing state of the…

Direct foreign investments for American Airlines and JetBlue Both companies employ other manufacturing companies for the production of their aircraft. American Airlines fleet includes aircraft from Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier, and Embraer; on the other hand, JetBlue's air fleet is limited to aircraft from Airbus and Embraer. Neither of them manufacture their own aircraft; in that sense, none of them can really dive into direct foreign investment. According to the book "Marketing Management"…

initiated its operations with a vision to enhance flight service coupled with excellent customer service. The company has over 90 flying destinations with more than 1500 flights with more than 6000 support staff. The company has the largest fleet of Boeing airbus services. The company offers various services to the customer including cargo operating services, booking and check-in facilities to the customers. The most noticeable fact is that the company promotes various cultural and ethnic…

Lumin Abdur-Rashid Rhetorical Analysis The article “No Longer a Dream: Silicon Valley Takes On the Flying Car” written by John Markoff. The technology industry is constantly creating new things. An aerospace engineer, has piloted a flying car (Kitty Hawk Flyer) above a lake about 100 miles north of San Francisco. There are many positives and negatives to having the Kitty Hawk Flyer available in society. Markoff uses visuals to appeal to the reader, such that can catch the reader's attention…

Insect biodiversity is very large and they are responsible for more than half of the population of eukaryote on the planet. It is approximately 900,000 species of insects have been described and recorded. Insects belong to phylum Arthropoda and class Insecta. Five orders of insects with high species richness include Hymenoptera, Diptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Hemiptera. Insects basic morphology are three pairs of legs, a segmented body divided into three (head, thorax and abdomen) or two,…