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    First, aerodynamics is the study of the motion of the air. Aerodynamics consists of 4 variables, which is thrust, gravity, lift, and drag. (Tennekes,H, 2009) Aerodynamics has to do with almost everything dealing with air of course.(Tennekes,H ,2009) For example, it can be air crafts, it can be wings, it can be birds, it can be a race car. Birds need aerodynamics so they can glide in the air so they can also gain enough speed to catch prey. Like a hawk swooping down 70 miles an hour to get a mouse

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    Just imagine you are soaring over mountains you have full control of where you are going and can see everything, this is similar to flying a airplane . From self experience flight is not a walk in the park, it is not as tho you can just get in a plane, and turn on auto pilot; it takes a sort of finance and patients to fly a plane. for the last 113 years aviation has been a growing industry from the signal engle plane to airport and landing stirps all around the world. Leonardo da vinci was an inspirational

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    What sets The Wright Brothers apart from Samuel Pierpont Langley? Many things actually, but the major differences were pointed out in the TED talk “How Great Leaders Inspire Action” given by Simon Sinek. Sinek is an ethnographer who also comments on major publications and teaches at Columbia University. Sinek’s famous TED talk was given to a local audience at Puget Sound in 2009 where he describes the reasons why companies like Apple and speakers like Martin Luther King Jr. are much more successful

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    According to the Smithsonian National Airspace Museum it stated “On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft. The Wright brothers had invented the first successful airplane (Smithsonian National Airspace Museum, n.d.). Eventually, the advances of airplane since the Wright’s brothers more airplanes are now well equipped with the latest technology, faster, and stealthier. However, with every new airplane being

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    Essay The Effects of Powered Flight on War

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    The first World War expedited the evolution of aircraft technology, which continued through World War II. These developments revolutionized military strategy and contributed greatly to the final outcomes. The Wright brothers Orville and Wilbur are considered to be the fathers of modern flight. They were not the first to build and fly experimental aircraft, but they were the first who invented controls that made flight controllable. Before they revolutionized flight, many other methods had been

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    How the Airplane Changed War In many ways World War II presents post Civil War American attitudes about technology and science. Trace either the most relevant technology or scientific assumption from 1865 to 1945 showing how it changed or why it stayed the same from the Civil War for the end of World War II. (Length 3 pages) America has faced several major wars including the Civil War, World War I and II. These wars have cause great advances in technology and different techniques of fighting

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    impact the country was the wright brothers’ invention the airplane in 1903, the second advancement in technology was from Fritz Harber in 1909 with the process of ammonia synthesis, the third and final invention was from Henry Ford in 1913 with the assembly line production process. These inventions may not have been looked at the time they were invented as something that would last forever and always be in use. The invention of the airplane in 1903 from the Wright Brothers not only changed the way

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    twelve seconds, and it had been the first successful, powered, piloted flight ever recorded. Finally, on November 9, 1904, Wilbur Wright had made history when the first flight lasting more than five minutes took place (“Wright Brothers”). After the creation of an aircraft brought a whole new era. Many people couldn’t begin to understand how aviation was going to be used. Many people feared the thought of Airplanes being used since it was almost the start of a war. By having the availability of aircraft

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    annual fleet fuel efficiency • Historical fuel efficiency improvements and material used in aircraft • Future improvement from evolutionary technology innovations • Silent aircraft Initiative design for the future Introduction: Wilbur and Orville Wright were the pioneers of aviation. In 1903, they had made a history in

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    Topic: Museum of Science and Industry EQ: To what extent is the Government responsible for creating and maintaining museums? Thesis: The Government can give permission to make the museum but it is usually business runned when it comes to maintaining it. By: Rishika Suraparaju The Museum of Science and Industry was built unlike any other museum, and was ran unlike any other museum before. The Museum opened in 1933, which was the same year as the “Century of Progress” Fair or otherwise known as

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