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    job at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory segregated west area computing section in 1951. After about 2 years in the computing pool, Mary Jackson received a offer to work as an engineer names Kazimierz Czarnecki. In the 4-foot by 4-foot supersonic pressure tunnel, a 60,000 horsepower wind tunnel. Czarnecki offered Mary a hands on experience conducting experiments in the facility, and he eventually suggested that she enter a training program that would allow her to earn a promotion from…

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    Russell Johnson Traits

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    High moral standards of behavior. Honor, is helping those in a time of need. Honor, is doing what you know is right, when others won’t. Honor, is advancing in hard times. Clarence “Kelly” Johnson lived by the motto, “Be quick, be quiet, be on time.”. He played a large role in the design and creation of 40 well known aircrafts, a majority being his own design. He designed; F-80 Shooting Star, XF-90 Interceptor, X-7 Ramjet test vehicle, T-33 and TV-2 USAF Trainer jet, F-94 Starfire Interceptor…

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    First of all, Russell Westbrook III was born in Long Beach, California Russell Westbrook III was born November 12 in Long Beach, California to Russell SR and Shannon Horton.In addition, one article states that… Westbrook didn’t receive his first college offer till his senior year in highschool. He won defensive player of the year .”Why not to everything”.Finally, In 2012-2013 Westbrook led the Thunder to the NBA finals but lost in 5 games to Miami Heat.Westbrook help lead the Thunder to the NBA…

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    the speed of sound is called the Mach number. The tunnels are classified as i. Subsonic (< 0.8) ii. Transonic (0.8 to 1.2) iii. Supersonic (1.2 to 5.0) iv. Hypersonic ( > 5.0)  For subsonic flows, the effect of compressibility is neglected and has smallest test section area.  For Transonic and Supersonic Flows, the effect of compressibility must be considered. In Supersonic Tunnels, the throat of the nozzle has the smallest c\s area and the test section area is chosen to achieve a…

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    “Advertising’s Fifteen Basic Appeals” by Jib Fowles outlines the fifteen different areas in which advertisers try to manipulate the average consumer's mind by showing how they would be happier, accepted more, or better looking if they would buy a certain product. He delves into the structure of advertisement and sets a microscope on how the industry exploits the need for attention, aesthetic sensations, fulfill physical needs and etc by playing on the emotions of the human mind. Fowles states…

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    Introduction The United States Department of Transportation is a cabinet level agency of the federal government responsible for planning and coordination of federal transportation projects. This simply means it is responsible for helping maintain and develop the nation’s transportation systems and infrastructure. The department also plays a key role by providing funding to state and local authorities each year to help improve transportation programs throughout the country. It is also mandated…

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    Barrs dies after a pickup game. He then made his way to the starting lineup as a Junior. NBA Superstar When he was in grade school, he would come up with drills on the playground. Russell went to UCLA for college and got drafted by the Seattle supersonics in 2008. He now averages 23.6…

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    Thesis: Peter Singer’s assessment of charity and duty in his 1972 article “Famine, Affluence, and Morality” calls for a fundamental economic and moral overhaul of western society. I will argue that Peter Singer’s ethical and economic model of the global village, while sympathetic, is strategically misleading, impractical and short-sighted. In his 1971 article “Famine, Affluence, and Morality”, Peter Singer draws in his reader with a simple analogy. The analogy states that giving money to help…

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    Airbus A380 Research Paper

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    Airplanes: Airbus A380 The Airplanes have always been an amazing sight to behold, even to think of the engineering in an aircraft is unbelievable. The science that goes into a modern aircraft is just amazing. Despite having supersonic fighter jets, or rumored futuristic Hypersonic jets that travel at speeds of Mach 11 (Black Project), they have very humble beginnings. Before the Wright brothers had their success in North Carolina (United States) people were already dreaming of flying through…

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    The underwater fireball took the form of a rapidly expanding hot gas bubble that pushed against the water, generating a supersonic hydraulic shock wave which crushed the hulls of nearby ships as it spread out. When the gas bubble’s diameter equaled the water depth, 180 feet (55 m), it hit the sea floor and the sea surface simultaneously. At the bottom, it started digging a…

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