Landing craft

On November 22, 1963, tragedy struck America. Our nation’s president had been shot and betrayed. Our leader would never again make a speech, public appearance, see his children or wife ever again. President John F. Kennedy was his name, and on that day in history the country lost an influential, smart, kind, and powerful man. The day marked his last breaths, and last moments in a nation he was pushing to move ahead and flourish. The presidency of John F. Kennedy had a greater impact on…

The Being 314 Clipper was a flying boat commissioned to Pan American Airlines. Pan American went to Boeing and asked for a long-range, four-engine flying boat. Boeing catered to their needs creating the model 314, nicknamed the “Clipper” after oceanic ships. The Boeing 314 “Clipper” was a jumbo aircraft of it’s time and utilized a three tail-fin assembly allowing more control over the flying boat. The “Clipper” made its first scheduled trans-Atlantic flight on June 28th, 1939. The Boeing 314…

Proponents argue that the skeptic cannot disprove that it was in fact an alien craft, this does not hold weight because proponents cannot prove that it was a UFO either thus invalidating the argument. This kind of reasoning is known as the argumentum ad ignorantiam. They also use the fallacy of testimonial which is also a pitfall of…

they still got some testing done and returned safely to earth. This was because they lost the majority of their food in the explosion and the water clarifying system was no longer not working at full capacity so to attempt to complete the mission by landing on the moon in an already malfunctioning rocket with just barely enough food, water, and fuel to get back home had seemed foolish. Though In the process of returning “home” James, jack, and Fred were still able to successfully conduct several…

design for her has changed, but she has stayed the same to me. Always elegant, graceful, smart, and strong. When I was alone growing up, I used to play a lot of video games; I would always pick to play as a woman. When I started playing World of War Craft, I started playing as Heaven Gate, a woman who could fight and was fun to be…

In forty-nine days, you can lose a couple of pounds, go on a road trip, or design and build a new car model. That is exactly what Karl Probst and the Bantam Car Company did in 1941. Karl Probst, a Detroit native who was a freelance engineer set out to work with the Bantam Car Company in Pennsylvania. Jeep is a deeply rooted in American Culture since World War II. Just after lunching the first Jeep for the military, it has become a global and profitable phenomenon. Originally created for the US…

war, even if it was a small part. Thousands would be killed if Hitler manages to win, something that the British is hoping that it doesn't happen. Cooper's plane was one of the first to land on the airfield as his troops started to exit out of the craft. The captain walked out of the plane, thankful that the ride was over with and that he didn't have to go back up for awhile. Several German soldiers greeted the captain and the troops as they were arriving by dozens. Within the hour, the three…

Another deception the Allies did to trick the Germans was making painted canvases and steel beams to make fake planes and dummy landing zones. They even got an actor to impersonate the British general, so if the Germans flew over their fake base or were close enough to see that the “British general” was there. This was not as easy as dressing up an actor to look like the British general…

Thank God for the Sea Shepherds With a helicopter, two ships, and a fearless group of men and women, Sea Shepherd, a non-profit advocacy organization, battles on behalf of God’s great whales—the largest mammals on planet Earth. Founded in 1977 by its president Paul Watson, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society does whatever it takes to stop crews on Japanese whaling vessels from slaughtering whales. Watson was also cofounder and board member of Sea Shepherd’s sister organization, Greenpeace.…

Dorianne Laux’s Facts about the Moon is a confessional read driven by original everyday images or topics that act as igniters to a specific memory or theme she is implying. The poetry is consistent with being smart, fierce, lyrical, and gorgeous. Layered figurative imagery, music, a narrative impulse that engages human and animal worlds, family, faith, the lack of and is powerful in its restrained and strategic balance between image and utterance. These poems interconnect as episodic or vignette…