Today's jet airplanes use the same principles of aerodynamics that the Wright brothers used in 1903 to get their Flyer in the air. But how exactly do airplanes fly? Flight requires two things: thrust and lift. Thrust is the forward motion provided by a propeller or jet engine. (A ...
Richard E.Byrd and three others from the US became the first to fly over the South Pole 1935 Caroline Mikkelsen from Norway became the first woman to arrive in Antarctica with her husband. 1947 The US sent the largest ever expedition of over 4,700 men, 13 ships and 23 airplanes to Antar...
For the ten days we visited St. Maarten, our home was theMorgan Resort(previously, the Alegria Boutique Hotel) in Maho Bay, just walking distance from the famous beach where airplanes fly overhead to land at the Princess Juliana airport (See #4 above). Sunset view from our balcony at Ale...
Normally, we have a disproportionate amount of our senior leadership on airplanes at any time” (ArchTech).“We’re really built on staff. It takes a long time to train somebody up to be productive in this industry and when they leave it’s just a massive blow. it’s worse that they...
Since 1988, courageous NASA pilots flying modified U-2 spy planes called ER-2s have climbed 12.5 miles (68,000 feet) into the thin icy air above Antarctica to collect air samples for scientists to study. If one of the single-engine airplanes were to...
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