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“Do the impossible, because almost everyone has told me my ideas are merely fantasies.” Said the great aviator Howard Hughes. This businessman, film producer, philanthropist, and aviator just basically did everything people thought was impossible like building the biggest plane to building the fastest plane, and the best films, but also became a billionaire at the age of 40. He was also known during his lifetime as one of the most financially successful individuals of the world. What was…

Title: The B-1 Lancer Pattern of Organization: Topical Subject: U.S Air Force Bomber General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To educate the class about the history, features, and operations of the Rockwell B-1 Lancer Introduction I. As we all know, the United States military is one of the strongest in the world. II. You might ask yourself why we have the strongest military. A. Luck, a blessing, or perhaps a calculated hard, honest work. B. “It’s not always the best that win;…

Massey Ferguson Tractors a Change in Innovation The story of Ferguson Tractors starts not with building tractors but Aero Planes. Harry Ferguson in 1902 went to work for his brother Joe in a bicycle shop and car repair. While working there he found and exciting interest in aviation. In 1909 Ferguson became the first person to fly in Ireland when he just all of a sudden took off on a monoplane he had designed. After he had a falling out with his brother over the safety of the planes he was…

The pioneer that has been chosen is Howard Hughes. He was born in december 24, 1905 and was largely known for being wealthy and reclusive. As he grew older, Hughes built a passion for aviation, he created an aviation company and like to live a dangerous life. He frequently tested his own planes and tried to break the air speed record. While trying to break the air speed record, he discovered that the planes he was using was not fast enough and he made his own race plane called the Hughes H-1. it…

Although some of these development programs did not directly contribute to fuel saving during the two oil crises, the invaluable technological breakthroughs from radical research projects like this allowed future improvements to be made, and are seen everywhere today equipping the most advanced, efficient aircrafts ever produced. In other words, companies involved in these programs absorbed the innovations from these projects and used them in the next generation of aircrafts. General Electric…

For centuries, thousands of men sought after the dream of flight and never attained it. Figuring out how to fly, without killing yourself in the process, was a tremendous task. However, after several years of observation and preparation, two men accomplished their dream. Wilbur and Orville Wright, from Dayton, Ohio, had a dream to build something that could fly, but most thought it was nothing more than a crazy idea. With the belief that the sky is the limit when it comes to what can come from…

Existing regulations for drones: Until recently drone that were sold to consumers were not regulated (Pomerleau, 2015). What that means is that the FAA had not released any information on how the use of a drone, by a member of the general public could be used, what the general public shouldn’t be used for, and also what the punishments would be should a consumer choose not to follow regulations (Pomerleau, 2015). As of February 2015, the FAA has release some oversight guidelines on how…

"Cherokee 952, you are cleared to take off on runway 28.” "Roger, we are rolling on runway 28, Cherokee 952.” I always wanted to fly since I was young. When I was seventeen, I got myself into the world of flight. Stepping into aviation needed a lot of preparation, and I spent a long and dedicated year to prepare myself. I applied to a flight school after I immigrated to America; however, I was rejected because of my language ability and physical fitness. In the following year, I worked hard on…

February 20th, 1959, also known as “Black Friday” was the day the short lived Avro Arrow project came to an end. The Avro Arrow was a supersonic interceptor fighter jet which was Canada’s deterrent to the Cold War threat from Russia attacking the North American continent. The cancellation of the Avro Arrow, 59 years later remains a controversial topic today, as the Canadian government had a short term view versus a long-term horizon. Even though, the aircraft was far superior to enemy countries,…

In his first book, John Wilkins wrote "Yet I do seriously and on good grounds affirm it possible to make a flying chariot in which a man may sit and give such a motion unto it as shall convey him through the air. And this perhaps might be made large enough to carry diverse men at the same time, together with food for their viaticum and commodities for traffic. It is not the bigness of anything in this kind that can hinder its motion, if the motive faculty be answerable thereunto. We see a great…