And so began the first day, the first real day, of my life as a flyer. It was the day I first soloed an airplane, the first step on the path of a dream to become a military aviator. I was a 20-year-old kid from Minnesota and, like the thousands before me and the thousands s...
In a document presented to the Norwegian Parliament in 1948—‘The Government and the Home Front During the War’—Viggo Widerøe the aviator is among those named as having taken part in the historic meeting where the decision was made to set up a military council. 22 ‘But it was becau...
lean, opinionated, and looking perpetually pissed off about something, Charlie was all business. He didn’t mince his words either, speaking in that clipped, point-blank manner of the military. He could have been a character from a Pat Conroy...
In those days you obeyed your parents.I received a Senatorial Scholarship and attended Temple University, but in 1950 the Korean War broke out. My goal then was to fly and become a fighter pilot and to my surprise, I passed the difficult written test. As an athlete and physical education ...
a比如美军的飞行员实际上身戴国民政府的证明文件,当他们的飞机被击落迫降或跳伞的时候,就会被中国军民围观 For instance United States military's pilot actual upper body wears the national government the proof document, when their airplane is shot down the forced landing or parachuting, can by the Chinese...
Should governments institute a basic income, even if it's for a short period of time, it may help answer questions about the effectiveness of such a program. Yet, until the results of more research become available, a universal basic income will remain an uncertain but tantalizing prospect. ...
Topgun on Wall Street why the United States military should run corporate America : a fighter pilot's unique story-from an F-14 Tomcat to the heart of Amer... A review is provided of the book "TOPGUN on Wall Street: Why the United States Military Should Run Corporate America," by ...
The convention then proceeded to give prime speaking slots to a Republican, a cop and former military officials who could tout Harris as the next commander-in-chief. I saw plenty of complaints about this online, but it does make sense to me when you consider who the audience ha...
In what way can they become a valuable quality, something, of which the Balkan people can take pride in the world? The answer to this question can be found in the Balkan ethno-music, belonging to which is the music of Goran Bregovic and the group "The Mystery of the Bulgarian voices"....
The driver picks me up outside the hotel. The traffic is terrible as we make our way past all the military bases toward the stadium. I can see the light stanchions in the distance. I wonder what they'll shine on today. Somehow, on a lark to be introduced to a new sport, I've ...