Essays Tagged: "airplanes"

Postage Stamps As A Classic

ree all changed the way of life for people in this world. The television for entertainmentand news, airplanes for transportation also was a great advancement, or the computer forreducing the hard labo ...

(2 pages) 33 0 3.6 Mar/2002

Subjects: Art Essays

"On My September 11th..."

would be capable of such a cruel and heartless act? More so I questioned why?It was everywhere, airplanes highjacked and crashed in to towers one and two of the World trade Center. There was anot ...

(2 pages) 199 0 4.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Magnesium, a description of the element

rce of magnesium.Magnesium is used in flashlight photography, flares, and bombs. It is also used in airplanes and missiles. You can help problems with magnesium. As an example; kidney stones, menstrua ...

(1 pages) 44 0 3.0 May/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

The Effects of Catch 22, by Joseph Heller

hout it. He hated his two medical assistants and his bunkmate. Doc Daneeka had to fly frequently on airplanes which he detested. Doc Daneeka's two assistants failed ever to find anything wrong with hi ... ed the doctor's lie, they sent him to Pianosa to act as a flight surgeon.The doctor hated flying on airplanes. In his own words he said, 'I don't have to go looking for trouble in an airplane.'. Doc D ...

(4 pages) 77 0 2.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Flying Men and Their Impact on Literature. Speaks of Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright

ect on people and their communication has changed because of flight. Ibelieve that the invention of airplanes just enhanced the way people communicate and how theyrelate. Literature as a form of commu ... like a kite. On this glider, they used a system of 'wing warping' which, like in ailerons onmodern airplanes, changed the angles of the wings. Combined with a stabilizing tail, warpingthe wings resul ...

(6 pages) 49 0 4.3 Sep/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Engineering

The Bermuda Triangle

ific Ocean off the southeast coast of Florida and is responsible for thedisappearances of ships and airplanes on a number of occasions. Thesedisappearances have led to speculation about unexplainable ...

(5 pages) 132 1 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

This is an essay about how the media and different people have profited from the tragedy of September 11, 2001

reat. They have licked their lips and have cried for more, more, more. This all started the day two airplanes crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center. America was devastated to think th ...

(6 pages) 247 3 4.9 Oct/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Transportation safety

Transportation has advanced over the years from ferries to railroads to automotives to airplanes. Man is constantly moving, and man tries to find faster ways to get from point A to point ... x-rayed and everything must be searched.The problem of airline safety can never be truly resolved. Airplanes can always malfunction in one way or another they cant be constantly monitored the planes ...

(2 pages) 75 0 3.7 Oct/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

Airplanes

rt is the wide variety ofairplane styles and designs. Although, at first glance, itmay be seen that airplanes look quite different from oneanother, in the long run their major components are quitesimi ... esigns are referred to as high-, mid-,and low-wing, respectively. The number of wings can alsovary. Airplanes with a single set of wings are referred toas monoplanes, while those with two sets are cal ...

(6 pages) 51 0 3.5 Jan/1994

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

The development of air warfare during WWI.

The use of the airplanes changed greatly during WWI. People started to realize that they could be used not only for ... curred in November,1911 and it was by the Italians. Shortly after, everyone was throwing bombs from airplanes. The next year, the first aerial dogfight occurred between the Germans and the British. Mo ... Germany but by the whole world as the greatest war aviator of WWI.Today's warfare still depends on airplanes not only as weapons but as carrier of supplies and for transportation and it was because o ...

(1 pages) 45 2 3.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

This is about weapons of mass destruction including anthrax etc...

r. This can be done in various ways, such as firing artillery shells that burst in midair, or using airplanes to spray the agents over an area. If released outdoors, these types of weapons can be affe ...

(6 pages) 78 0 4.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

Media Coverage on September ll. 1,630 words, This essay is about the coverage and profits off of September ll. Works Cited Page included.

reat. They have licked their lips and have cried for more, more, more. This all started the day two airplanes crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center. America was devastated to think th ...

(6 pages) 304 5 4.4 Feb/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies

Biochemical warfare

eople dead. Today's weapons have become stronger. Now people can use chemical weapons with missile, airplanes, and even grenades. These chemical weapons are normally absorbed through body in a few dif ...

(5 pages) 67 0 3.4 Feb/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

Analysis of Southwest Airlines

ndustry is tough, but also the risk of substitutes to air travel threatens to take travelers out of airplanes.Southwest's main advantage is their price (as much as 80% when compared to other major air ... stry quite stiff, but also the risk of substitutes to air travel threatens to take travelers out of airplanes. The automobile is perhaps the airlines' biggest substitute threat. Traveling by car is pr ...

(11 pages) 1215 6 4.4 Mar/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Amelia Earhart.

ear Long Beach. She was definitely an atypical woman of her time. Not many women were interested in airplanes, and even if they were, not many went out and had flying lessons. Once she had been traini ...

(2 pages) 28 0 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

Proud or Ashamed of Earth?

he globe, I would obviously be proud to show them everything we've accomplished. From our vehicles, airplanes, and even spaceships, to hospitals and laboratories that have come up with cures for disea ...

(3 pages) 48 0 4.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Computers.

erman engineer named Konrad Zuse. The computer was called the Z1 and was used to help design German airplanes and missiles. Few years later, in 1943, the Allied forces developed a computer called Colo ...

(6 pages) 137 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Battle of Midway.

stallations on the Midway Islands. The damage caused by this attack wasn't enough to prevent the US airplanes to come back and take off again. This Japanese attack was aimed to prepare an invasion. Th ...

(1 pages) 61 1 2.7 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

The History of Flight

any, begins flights that cross Florida's Tampa Bay, between St. Petersburg and Tampa.Sept. 2, 1916: Airplanes in flight communicate with each other for the first time.Feb. 5, 1919: World's first susta ...

(2 pages) 57 0 4.1 Jan/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Engineering > Mechanical Engineering

Why Is Science SO Important?

e we developed from whalebone tools to digital objects? How have we gone from 'hoofing it' to using airplanes and rockets? It is because great minds expanded on what they already knew about the world ...

(2 pages) 53 0 3.7 Jan/2004

Subjects: Science Essays