Plane

horror happened when members of the terrorist group, Al Qaeda, hijacked 4 planes at Boston’s Logan international Airport. Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, in New York City, at 8:48 am. Then at 9:03 am, flight 175 crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center. The New York events were carried live on TV for the world to see. A third plane hit the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. . The fourth plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. Brave passengers on that…

The Bermuda Triangle Mystery Throughout time the Bermuda Triangle has been home to several different disappearances. Ships, planes, and people have all gone missing in this odd area. Mystery arose starting as early as the 1800s. Some believe in different theories as to why there have been so many disappearances such as hexagonal clouds acting as air bombs, a strange ocean floor, and erratic weather conditions but, nothing proves to be the answer to these peculiar occurrences. The mystery of…

project was gravity and/or gravitational potential energy, which could be seen in places such as the inclined planes and the hammer swinging down. Gravity was the downward-pulling force that allowed the energy to be transferred from the top level, to the Roomba on the floor. The toppling rule was another major concept in our project, as it was integral for the dominoes and the inclined planes. When work is put into the machine in step one, the toppling rule comes into effect because the first…

thought.) The ball turret gunner is one of the most important gunner, that was on a bomber. The bomber was a big jumbo like plane. That was able to carry stuff and drop bombs on its targets. The biggest problem with these type of planes are that they are too big and too slow. Which made it easier for the enemy fighter jets to take them down. The germans came straight up at the plane to shoot it down. To fix this they put a ball turret gunner underneath. “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” by…

Soon after the Wright brothers flew their plane and showed the world their plane, more people became interested in flying. More tests were conducted and more data was found to improve the plane and fly longer and safer. Society after the first flight changed dramatically, travel would be changed forever. Traveling across the seas would eventually be safer and take less…

targets. American Airlines Flight 11 with United Airlines Flight 175 struck the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. The Pentagon was hit by American Airlines 77 (History.com 1). United Airlines Flight 93 was the only hijacked plane that didn’t reach it’s target. The courageous passengers aboard Flight 93, who overtook four hijackers and prevented even more loss of life than the forty-four people aboard, crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. United Flight 93 was…

from the plane and I go careening into the ground at 140 knots?” and the scary part is these are all realistic thoughts. Except maybe that last one… maybe. As these thoughts kept going through my head the day went on. Until 4:30pm. The drive there went on for a long time but I had some music for my mind to focus on.…

was not long into the morning when catastrophic events evoked. Fear and panic spread all throughout the country. That day was going to impact our country for years and years to come. When the first plane hit the World Trade Center, people thought it was a mishap and a horrible mistake. When the second plane hit, Americans knew that this was an act of terrorism. America was under attack. The American people knew whom to blame for this disaster. They knew it was Al Qaeda, who was lead by Osama Bin…

In John Marsden’s novel, Tomorrow, When the War Began, chapter 4 furthers the plot through three important events: first was a snake that slithered through Homer’s sleeping bag, secondly was the numbers of planes were flying in the middle of the night without any lights on, and lastly was through Ellie’s conlcusion that “Hell is people.” Toward the start of the chapter, the group was having a great time of their life, enjoying and exploring Hell. However, there were little incidents that…

change her life. She was invited to become the first woman passenger to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a plane. "The idea of just going as 'extra weight' did not appeal to me at all," she said, but she accepted the offer nonetheless. On June 17, after several delays due to awful weather, Amelia Earhart flew in a plane named Friendship with co-pilots Wilmer "Bill" Stultz and Louis "Slim" Gordon. The plane landed at Burry Port, South Wales, with just a small amount of fuel left. How long was…