Wing

It was a week since I have last spoken to Cosmo and I started to suspect that he got himself killed by going in the eerie human’s house, but he has ventured into that abyss many times. I told him that we needed to get ready for the harsh winter by expanding our web so our children would have a well built web to rest on while they grew. I captured two moderate size flies that night. They looked very scrumptious, but I was reliant on my dear Cosmo to crawl his way back home so we could have shared…

Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), more commonly called Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), or Drones are aircrafts with no pilots on board. They can fly using remote controls or pre-programmed flight plans (UAV Staff). They can be remote controlled for short or long ranges of time (Staff on Friends Committee on National Legislation). UAVs range on sizes from less than a pound to over 40,000 pounds (UAV Staff). Each UAV can stay in the sky for up to seventeen hours. They send back images of…

Leadership Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of Seal Team 10 is an autobiography about Operation Redwing an operation in northern Afghanistan where four Navy SEALs sought out to capture or kill a notorious al Qaeda leader. The mission ultimately did not go as planned to leave only Marcus Luttrell alive to recall the story through his eyes. First and foremost, Lieutenant Michael Murphy continually received praise from Luttrell throughout the novel…

We took the first step inside. That was a big mistake. I should've known it would go downhill from here. We trudged through the winding paths of the maze. Every other minute, I would look around to make sure that she was still near me. I called out her name just to make sure, “Allyson?” “Boo,” she said, “are you getting scared already?” We laughed. We would need more laughs for what we were about to see. As we pranced on through the maze, we stopped abruptly and we were face to face with…

This Engineering Authorization (EA) is issued to incorporate______. Currently, the Boeing 777’s rubstrips, located where the fairing meets the strut, do not have any wear limits. These rubstrips have been found to be very worn when they have been inspected, in some instances up to almost 80%. This EA is being created to establish a set of guidelines for when it is necessary replace these rubstrips. By creating this EA, it will allow us to also start creating wear limits on these rubstrips. This…

Chenfeld, D. (2011). Above All Else a World Champion Skydiver's Story of Survival and What It Taught Him About Fear, Adversity, and Success. New York: Skyhorse Publishing. World champion skydiver Dan Chenfeld tells his story of overcoming tragedy by using the methods he created to become successful in skydiving and life. The book is informative and the author has proved the methods himself. I believe the information is accurate, but may be bias in favor of selling more copies of his book.…

How To Carve a Pumpkin What you will need: • A pumpkin • A marker • Candles (preferably tea light) • Matches or a lighter • A spoon • A sharp knife • Newspaper • A large bowl 1. Pick out a pumpkin - Visit a pumpkin patch or a grocery store that have a wide variety of healthy pumpkins, all shapes and sizes. 1.1. Purchase your pumpkin a week or less before Halloween as carved pumpkins tend to go rotten after delegated time 1.2. Make sure pumpkin if free of any bruising or damage 2. Decide…

Medical support in the army air forces was essential in WW2. Inventions such as the G-suit countered the effects of physiological effects of G-forces that are experienced during high speed maneuvers.” From 1941 to 1943, most volunteer doctors in the AAF worked as aviation medical examiners, giving physical and mental examinations to candidates for skilled flying jobs as pilots, navigators, bombardiers, and aerial gunners” (Nanney,pg.7) ‘The first large scale aeromedical evacuation consisted of…

My fingers pinched the topaz on the chain as I stared at it in the mirror. I decided to take it with me, but I never removed it from my neck the day before. I had slept with it and woken up with it, and when it finally came time, I was having trouble convincing myself to take it off. Why did I have to torture myself with a reminder of Hikaru? I wasn’t sure. Maybe it was supposed to be like a promise that one day I would return to him. I couldn’t expect him to wait for me, though. In fact, I was…

: In a true act of heroism, Navy Blue Angel pilot died reportedly maneuvering his aircraft away from an apartment building before it crashed. Article: On the same day, two jets from the military's premier flight, demonstration squadrons, the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds, crashed. One pilot survived, but the other died reportedly maneuvering his aircraft away from an apartment building before it crashed. Now some are asking are these elite fighter jets a threat to safety, and should they be…