Flight

"Get the nose up, woman!" The flight examiner screeches in my ear. As I yank back on the yoke, I wonder did he just say that? There's no way. I must have misheard. "Girl, are you forgetting something? Take the carb heat out!" Okay. I definitely didn't hear wrong. For the next hour, I struggle to keep my cool as the examiner screams at me. I perform the requested maneuvers and try to drown out his excessive noise. From the moment I walked into his office, I knew this would be a difficult few…

Want a way to truly remember your Hawaiian vacation? Tandem skydiving with Pacific Skydiving Center is the perfect way to experience the awesome feeling of flight and view Waialua from a once-in-a-lifetime angle. First time skydiving is a thrilling experience but understandably beginners can get a little nervous. Here are a few questions skydivers making the jump for the first time tend to have for the instructors at Pacific Skydiving Center about tandem skydiving: What Is Tandem Skydiving?:…

The soft, green grass was sprinkled with shards of mirrored glass; the mirror had been through so much pressure after going through the force field three times. Kate could hear it shatter into a billion pieces when Mr. Jacks and his bulldog passed through the force field. Mr. Jacks looked relieved as if he were a bird let free and his bulldog just looked straight up tired. Kate started to feel her head pound because the adrenaline shooting through her body started to fizzle out and she hadn’t…

The United States military has always placed a high value on its soldiers and their survivability in conflict. We as a nation believe that our citizens deserve the best care we can offer should they become a casualty of war. Since the beginning of combat, almost all fighting forces have utilized some method to evacuate their wounded from the battlefield. Throughout history we can see different methods that nations have used to evacuate their wounded from the battlefield with varying degrees…

held a flight instructor certificate for helicopters and single engine land planes (NTSB 911AA Eurocopter, 2014). Records showed the pilot had logged over 10,000 flight hours, of which 8,452 hours were in helicopters (NTSB 911AA Eurocopter, 2014). Based on the pilot’s log books and DPS records he had documented only 38.3 hours of instrumental flight in helicopters of which only 0.5 hours was actual instrument time (NTSB 911AA Eurocopter, 2014). The most recent helicopter instrumental flight…

Before the devastating crash of Airline flight 4055, a series of events occurred leading to the murder of Janice Denver. The late night flight from Chicago to Los Angeles left with Dean Lipshine sitting next to the victim Janice Denver. Janice was unsuspecting to the events that would lead to the end of her life. She first sat down on the plane next to a seemly friendly man, Dean Lipshine. They made small talk, about how the terminal in the airport seemed like it could use some cleaning and…

broke out because of the plane crash. The conditions of that night were IMC. (NTSB) History of the Flight It was on the night of October 19, 2004 when flight 5966 crashed just before runway 36 at Kirksville Regional Airport. This flight was on the regular scheduled structure that was four days. (NTSB) The captain was the one who was flying the aircraft while the first officer was monitoring the flight. As the pilots were approaching runway 36 they listened to the weather which told them that…

doing my project and research on how far you can get an airplane to go. There are many possible ways to improve the airplane's flight length. In the next paragraphs or topics, I will be discussing how there are multiple ways to improve the flight length. We want the planes to fly as far as they can. Problem:…

wing separate mechanically to different locations in order to slow down and land properly amused me and I think seeing that just added to my passion for airplanes and aviation. This has made me desire to attend flight school eventually to learn all about the principles and physics of flight. From what I have researched I would most likely attend Mountain City Aviation because the staff are friendly and educated it is close to where I live and I have heard of some great success stories from their…

may appear attractive but hard work gives satisfaction” – Amed Frank. “The soul of the sluggard craves andgetsnothing” – The Bible 2. WAITING FOR THE PERFECT TIME The best way to get something done is to begin. Nothing keeps our dreams from taking flight like procrastination. We often put off…