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    Originally, airplanes were used for scouting and spying purposes. But, as the Germans worked on their aircrafts, they discovered how to incorporate a machine gun into the airplane, establishing the idea of fighter planes. Allied dominance fell due to these new terrors in the skies, and both sides in the conflict worked furiously to invent new ways to use the…

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    Paper Airplane Lab

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    Sudeep Gubbala 11/13/17 B Block Science Essay Question In the Paper Airplane Lab Activity, we flew many different types of paper airplanes as a class. The goal and purpose of the lab was to try to design a plane that could fly the farthest distance. We each tested our own paper airplane two times and we recorded the distance, time, and speed of our paper airplane. We found the average of our distance, time, and speed and turned that into our final data. The reason we tested it twice was…

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    Buzz Lightyear Cannot Fly

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    In the popular Disney movie “Toy Story” woody tells Buzz Lightyear to prove that he can fly. Buzz goes throughout the room using object to “fly” throughout the room. So can Buzz Lightyear really fly? I argue no, he can not. The main three reason is he uses props to keep him from falling, The definition of the word “fly” is “moving through the air with wings” which he does not do by himself, and the laws of aviation also is consider to why he can not fly. Let's get more into detail on why I say…

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    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?:…

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    airfoil kept a plane up, then flipping a plane over would send the plane into a dive and crash. The angle of the wing lets the plane fly upside down. Wing aspect ratio affects the maneuverability of the aircraft. For a plane to have more stability, engineers use long and narrow wings. This is when an aircraft has a high aspect ratio. This also has low maneuverability and will be harder to control. Low aspect ratio, or short, wide wings, has more maneuverability but has less…

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    Introduction:The Wright brothers were two boys who grew up too be men with great mindsets they built airplanes. They are the first people ever to fly and that is awesome and back then and now they are still some of the most popular innovators in the world because of them we could get places a lot faster now instead of driving or walking we can fly. The Wright brothers were innovative. Wilbur Wright was born in Millville,Indiana in the year 1867. Orville Wright was born in Dayton…

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    Wright Brothers History

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    The Wright Brothers Fathers of aviation Wilbur and Orville Wright were known as aviation pioneers (“Wright Brothers”). They are both credited with building and flying the first heavier than air aero plane (“Wright Brothers”). In 1903, the succession of the first powered and controlled airplane was completed and later surpassed by the brothers (“The Wright Brothers Timeline of Events-Birth to Living Legacy”). The history of flight changed forever by two young men intrigued by the thought of…

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    The Civil Aeronautics Board was established in 1938 by none other than the Civil Aeronautics Act. This act gave power to the Civil Aeronautics Board, or CAB, to regulate the airline industry. This regulation has been the most impactful decision possibly ever in the industry. Since then, the airline industry has been regulated, deregulated, and is facing the possibility of reregulation. Each change has benefits and disadvantages that affect all of those involved with the aviation industry. With…

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    then Otto Lilienthal built gliders that improve to fly better. Later in 1896 he flew his glider then crashed and died. None of the scientists could figure out how to control the aircraft. Until Gustave Whitehead who had the first controlled flight flew a half mile. The hardest part of flight was needing to control the aircraft the Wright Brothers succeeded in that. Author's purpose The purpose of this book is to show that a lot more happened to inspire the Wright Brothers to make…

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    Retro Wings provides a freight loaded with funny aviators, insane airplanes, as well as remarkably difficult globes to finish. End up being a take on aviator on a retro objective to handle your airplane throughout of each level by enduring a relatively countless quantity of difficult challenges in a collection of unsafe globes. Get to greater to the skies, and also flaunt your abilities by doing insane loopholes as well as do impressive stunts with lots of various airplanes and also characters.…

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