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    Southwest Airlines Introduction The vision of a company discusses what the company hopes to achieve within a given period. The vision of a company promotes the development and is a measure of growth within the organization. The value of the company incorporates the people who are valuable to the company. The company can value its workers, shareholders or its customers in a given market. The vision of the company should be long term and should be unique compared to the visions of other companies

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    Amelia Earhart endures as one of the more endearing characters in American history. In a time when women played a largely secondary role in American, Amelia Earhart took a leading position in the developing field of aviation and, in doing so; she displayed an adventurous spirit that proved to be inspirational for several generations of Americans. Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas on July 24, 1897. Her father, Edwin, was an attorney and her mother, Amy, was a housewife. She had one sister, Muriel

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    After around 12 hours from the midnight till morning of losing contact with the MH370 aircraft, the local authorities could not trace them. They claim that they lost contact with the aircraft approximately two hour after departure that is 2:40am Malaysia time on Friday from Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The local authorities also claim no distress indications or signal of trouble was conveyed by the aircrafts. The CEO of the Malaysia Airlines, Ahmad Jauhari Yahya told everyone at the press conference

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    Chase Salmon Mr. Hart English III November 3 2016 Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle James Doolittle was the most influential man in aviation history because he led a retaliation air raid on Japan, received the Medal of Honor, and was promoted to Lieutenant General. Although these are incredible accomplishments, Doolittle refused to stop there. He showed the world that “flying blind” was possible. In 1922, he made the first trip across the United States in less than twenty four hours. Doolittle also

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    There are many important accomlisments that have happened over the last 100 years such as Neil Armstrong landing on the Moon, Jonas Salk creating the Polio Vaccine etc. I believe one of the more overlooked accomplishments the last 100 years is Charles Lindbergh flying the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris in 1927. Lindbergh was in the air for about 33 hours. This tells you how transportation had evolved from the last 20 years prior with Wilbur and Orville Wright flying the first plane

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    Over a long period of time, there has been a large variety of forms of "new" technology to help researching and their findings. Although technology such as dreage pumps and mailbox sysetemsin ship wrecks, and dropsondes in trying to detect hurricanes might get the job done there are several more advanced options to go with such as satelite imaging. Satelite imaging has proven to be more advanced and helpful, to researchers than other methods to help their findings and results. There

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    On Monday September 10, 2001, at approximately 3pm, Steve Scheibner, American Airline pilot, did what he normally would do the day before he was able to go out flying. Steve logged onto his computer to find out if there was any unassigned flights for the following day, and sure enough, there was a flight from Boston, which departed at 7:45am to Los Angeles. Steve was the only pilot available to fly on September 11, so he began to prepare for his flight the next day. Although, Steve did not know that

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    As equally as important, we cannot forget the latest implementation that American Airlines successfully launched, their Basic Economy and Premium Economy cabin. Back in February, Basic Economy was rolled out to 10 markets. AAL was not alone on this launch; United Airlines also launched their basic economy to compete with ultra low- cost carriers like Spirit Airlines. Basic Economy has lower fares; restrictions of using overhead bins and travelers are expected to board the plane last. Since then,

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    attending the Jazz field trip and participating in the Air simulation. It has opened my eyes to what can happen on board an aircraft. When participating in the simulation, it has shown me how stressful an emergency situation is and how quickly an emergency can arise. Prior to visiting the simulator my two expectations, Were that I would learn how to properly evacuate in aircraft in an emergency situation, whether it be landing or ditching. Another expectation of mine was that I would get the experience

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    Foresight pertains to seeing beyond the horizon. In my humble opinion, this means to prepare now with the luxury of time that might not be available later. My Flight Instructor, Col Glen Whicker (USAF Ret.) always emphasized, “Always stay ahead of the aircraft.” At the Academy I look forward to not only staying ahead of the game, but I will also help the other cadets flourish in such a demanding environment. Another attribute that describes me is decisiveness. While training for my Private Pilot’s

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