Chuck Yeager

Jeannette Walls earliest childhood memory shared within her book, The Glass Castle: A Memoir, is of her getting taken to the hospital after getting caught on fire while cooking hot dogs for herself as a three year old. According to the doctors she was “lucky to be alive” (Walls 9), and was left with a permanent scar from a skin graft. Living in a trailer in Southern Arizona with two siblings, Lori and Brian, and her Mom and Dad, Jeannette was considered, “mature for [her] age” (Walls 9), making…

unaffected by the events unfolding in the larger world of country and religious hatred. Sadaf had spent much of her time between Iran and Moscow honing her talents and skills as one of the world's greatest nuclear physicists. Clandestine circles monitored her movements and knew she had advanced training. Sadaf's talents are well known and respected in Israel, Moscow, Beijing and Washington. Sadaf had become fully indoctrinated into the Shiite and Iran culture which included seeing the West as…

Ever since he first saw birds, man has been possessed with an overwhelming desire to fly. He determined that he would accomplish this goal regardless of how long it took. As a result of that tenacity to accomplish flight, we have the aircraft and technology we have today because of this passion for flight. Countless stories have been written on flight, one of the most famous ones being of Daedalus and his son, Icarus1. In this story, Daedalus and his son have completed the Labyrinth for King…