Flying boat

On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549, an Airbus A320, took off from La Guardia with 150 passengers and 5 crew members, bound for Charlotte, NC. Three minutes into flight it struck a flock of Canada geese and lost power in both engines. Air controllers tried to divert the US Airways plane back to La Guardia or a nearby airport in New Jersey. Captain Chesley "Sully'' Sullenberger decided he did could not safely land the plane in either of the airports, and glided the plane into the Hudson.…

buildings. This tactic shows that the Japanese were willing, even eager, to give their lives for their country. Before going to their last battles the Japanese were told “You are already gods without earthly desires” This statement, told to pilots before flying to their deaths shows the true mindset and beliefs of the Japanese. Despite fighting a losing battle, Japanese culture dictated that it was better to die honorably defending the Emperor, viewed as a living god, than surrender. In a letter…

“Jump,” they said, I Jumped off the paddle boat as the cold water rose to my knees. My heart beat fast inside my chest “Duck,” they said, small spinning bullets flew around me as I rolled onto the shore. “Fire,” they said, the noise of piercing gunshots rung in my ears. Soldiers fell like flies. Their blood stained the sand. Their blood, as red as the poppies in the fields ahead. I looked up only to see a huge sandy cliff, lined with Turkish soldiers and guns pointed right at us. I was only 19.…

Peter Paul Rubens was born in Westphalia, Germany and was raised in Antwerp, Germany. Rubens was the sixth child of the family. Father was Jan Rubens and the mother was Maria Pypelinckx. Rubens’s family moved around a lot. When Rubens’s father passed away, Maria moved him and his siblings backed to Antwerp. Rubens was a well-educated man. He attended a Cathedral Latin School. First took his liking into art when he went to study under the Antwerp painters Tobias Verhaet. This was a landscape…

with, these pirates aren’t like the popular pirate, Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean but more along the lines of the pirates from the movie Captain Phillips. They aren’t about treasure and rum but taking over boats and taking everything valuable from that boat that they can. A side note from the painting is that though Stephen Decatur is known as the hero, “Stephen Decatur as one of the bravest and most colorful sailors in the history of the U.S. Navy” (Cutler), there is…

November 13th, 2015, the world stood silent as many lives were taken during a terrorist attack in Paris by a group of Islamic extremist under the name Isis. This Group of terrorist gunned down innocent people, bombed city streets, and murdered family members all in the name of their god, Allah. Since such of an attack it left Islamic natives despite for an escape, and United States president, Barrack Obama, ordered that America take in Islamic refugees. Such an order left Americans in an uproar…

and ceramics and arts and crafts studios (Camp Lake of the Woods). Meanwhile, the aquatic options and waterfront boast a three hundred and twenty-acre lake, a heated swimming pool, an aqua volleyball court, a water trampoline, seven ski boats, and numerous boats, boards, canoes and kayaks (Camp Lake of the Woods). I was a swimmer, artist, and a water-skier all…

shows that there are many steps to Pi’s heroic journey.(Knight) You don’t just become a hero overnight.(Knight) In the beginning of the story he was nobody important, he was a religious man, he studied Hindu, Islam, and Christianity.(Martel) When the boat is sinking the crew members threw him overboard, he didn’t panic, he did the mature thing and found a lifeboat where we could stay on. He didn’t know at the time that he would be sharing it with a 450 pound Bengal tiger.(Knight) After Pi is on…

situation, moving to England for six months and Paris for two years. Edith studied language, acting as a translator and working at a variety of steel companies. She migrated between Germany, France, and England. In March 1962, after eight days on a stormy boat trip and a $200 immigrant fee, Edith arrived in New York. She took a job in Dallas, TX , however she only stayed in Texas for three months due to the racism and intolerance. At this time she was engaged to a French-African diplomat, and…

At the age of 10 I had a decision to make. To go on a long trip to Yankton with all my friends for a whole weekend. Or stay at home and watch my own football team. I woke up at 10:00 am on a Saturday morning and I noticed that my Hawkeyes candle is brighter than any other day. They play today at 11:00 so I have a whole hour to waste time. I walked upstairs to eat and I met my mom in the kitchen. We had a conversation as I poor a bole of captain crunch. She mentioned that my Uncles want to take…