Military aircraft

images from each eye into a single object of three dimensions. Viewing two side by side stereoscopic images or photos through a stereoscope. In 1929 Edward Link created the “Link trainer” probably the first example of a commercial flight simulator. US military bought six of these devices for $3500. In 2015 money this was just shy of $50 000. In the mid 1950s cinematographer Morton Heilig developed the Sensorama which was an arcade-style theatre cabinet that would stimulate all the senses, not…

Chesley Sullenberger “Chesley Sullenberger. I chose this one because at first glance I thought it said "Cheesy Cheeseburger".”-Chase Pyne 2/15/2017 “I went from living my life anonymously for 58 years to being a public figure known globally in a matter of minutes.”-Chesley Sullenberger (Quote Source). Chelsey Sullenberger was born in Denison, Texas on January 23, 1951. His main college education came from the US Air Force Academy when he enrolled in 1969, which he graduated as an officer in…

In Roald Dahl’s short story, Beware of the Dog, a pilot wakes up in a hospital in France. Prior to this, Peter Williamson, the pilot, gets shot down and hesitates asking for help because he is delirious. He then ejects from the plane going unconscious and waking up in the hospital, not remembering what had happened. A nurse then comes in and tells Peter that he is in Brighton, England and tells him how he got to the hospital. Not long after the nurse left she came back, but holding the door for…

The airplane is the safest way to travel; everyone knows this fact. But many people are still scared of flying and are super vigilant during the trip. The shadow of this fear partially comes from the 9/11 attacks, which caused almost 3,000 death and a vast of structures into ruins on September 11, 2001. Four passenger airliners were hijacked by nineteen al-Qaeda terrorists and crashed into buildings as suicide attacks, and the incident made a tremendous fear among the U.S. citizens and the U.S.…

Throughout his childhood, he had longed to be involved with the young and growing aviation industry. With very little to no experience in designing aircraft or understanding the science behind flight, he began to do incredible feats of courage and motivation. From testing the use of machine guns on airplanes to winning race with an airplane with three working pistons instead of four, Tony Jannus’ reputation…

“Look, the people are waving at us,” Charles said to the pilot. Almost unconsciously, the pilot rocked the wings back and forth in a wave. Nneeeaaaoo. As the F-15E STRIKE EAGLE dipped lower over the Kurdish Villages in Northern Iraq, smiling faces and waving people stared back up at Charles through the viewfinder. Nneeeaaaoo. He thought, These are real people that could actually be killed. The thought made him even more determined to protect them. Nneeeaaaoo. He remembered a time when a…

Tuskegee Airmen opened doors that promoted achievement and prevented poverty, inequality and fear. General Colin Powell credits the Tuskegee Airmen with his saying, “they made my rise in the military possible. I stood on their shoulders. They made America better for all of us.” In addition to a full military career, General Powell served as national security advisor, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and secretary of state (Brief). The Tuskegee Airmen fought one war in Europe and another war…

POSITION PAPER ON POSTPONING THE RETIREMENT OF THE A-10 1. The Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is currently the only close air support (CAS) dedicated aircraft in the United States (US) inventory.1 The A-10 was the first airframe which was designed specifically for the role of CAS and is a simple aircraft to maintain.2 The US Air Force (USAF) has effectively employed the A-10 in a variety of combat applications since its first flight at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AFB) in the fall…

accomplishment. Just over a century ago the act of flight was something humans only conceptualized, moreover imagined what soaring through the air by way of a mechanical invention felt like. Technologies both hard and soft evolved with the invention of aircraft flight. Rapid expansion in the world’s technologies allowed for the act of flight to be possible in a relatively short time span of human history. Hard and soft technologies alike have fostered this development of growth for companies…

United States economic activity and currently provides more than 11 million jobs (Airlines.org, 2016). Flight schools across the country continually work with airline companies to teach, train and employ the next generation of pilots and flight crews. Aircraft parts manufacturing facilities offer opportunities in highly skilled positions. Investors elect to expand tourist attractions…