The First Transatlantic Flight The majority of people in their mid twenties today are either still in college, in graduate school, starting a job, or starting a family. None of these things were the case for twenty five year old Captain Charles A. Lindbergh in 1927. On May 21, 1927 Lindbergh took flight in what would eventually become the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Owens (1927) writes in his New York Times article: A sluggish grey monoplane lurched its way down Roosevelt Field, slowly gathering momentum. Inside sat a tall youngster, eyes glued to an instrument board or darting ahead for swift glances at the runway, his face drawn with the intensity of his purpose.
The age of flight had begun.” (“WayBack . Flight . Wright Flight | PBS KIDS GO!”) If the Wright brothers and Da Vinchi were akin to Daedalus, the inventor, then Ormer Locklear and Bessie Coleman were akin to Icarus his son. Young adventurous spirits, whose passion for the thrill of flight led them to throw caution to the wind, and soar high into the sky. They were part of an elite group of aviators from the 1920’s and 30’s know as barnstormers.
I forget how many levels of the ship there were, but it seemed like a lot because by the time we got to the top it seemed like we had been walking through it forever. Getting to the top was pretty cool because they had a lot of old jet planes up there and we were able to sit in some of them and take pictures. At the end of the day, I remember being very worn out from all the walking around. After all the nice, fun, and relaxing days in California our weekend vacation came to end and we all had to head back to Arizona. Keep in mind, we are still driving the minivan until we reach Yuma again and can pick up the SUV that was being worked on.
Debbie Hayes Instructor: Molly Low English 101 Section 99 09 November 2011 The Bluebelle Yacht Mystery The year was 1961; the year John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as President of The United States, “Ham” the chimp was rocketed into space in a test to carry astronauts into space, Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit his 61st home run breaking Babe Ruth’s record, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. It was also the year the Dupperault family went on the vacation of a lifetime and out of seven people only one survived (“The Bluebelle‘s Last” 17). It was cold and dreary in October and November (the average temperature for November being a mere forty-two degrees) in Green Bay, Wisconsin, when Dr. Arthur Dupperault and his family left for Florida for a family vacation. Dr. Dupperault, who was forty-one at the time, his thirty-eight year old wife Jean, and his three young children, fourteen year old Brian, eleven year old Terry Jo, and little Renee who was seven left Wisconsin on October 12 for a long awaited vacation (Brean 35). They wanted to buy a boat and sail around the southern waters but could not find what they were looking for.
We walked around the plane and examined it. It was amazing that a machine this big could fly like the birds. After a few more minuets passed by, Keith surprised us by saying that the biplane was his and that he would let us take a ride in it with him if we wanted to. I eagerly turned to our father, who was smiling, and asked him if I could. He said that it would be alright.
Nathan Cox HIS 122 Paul Tibbets Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. was born on Febuary 23, 1915, in Quincy, IL. His father was a salesman in a family grocery business. His mother, the former Enola Gay Haggard, grew up on an Iowa farm and was named for a character in a novel her father was reading shortly before she was born. The family moved to Miami, and at age 12 Tibbets took a ride with a barnstorming pilot who dropped Baby Ruth candy bars on the Hialeah race track in a promotional stunt for the Curtiss Candy Company. He was thrilled by the flight, and though his father wanted him to become a doctor, his mother encouraged him to pursue that dream.
Roderic Dallas (1891–1918) was an Australian fighter ace of World War I. His official score of aerial victories (39) is generally regarded as the second-highest by an Australian, after Robert Little with 47, but researchers have credited Dallas with totals from 32 to over 50. He also achieved success as a squadron leader, and was an influential tactician and test pilot. Like Little, Dallas flew with British units, rather than the Australian Flying Corps. He travelled to England at his own expense following the outbreak of war and became a pilot in the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) in August 1915.
Many had previously tried for this accomplishment that came along with a $25,000 reward, but on May 20, 1927, Lindbergh set off on a flight that turned him into a hero (not to mention $25,000 richer). The flight from Long Island to Paris was flown in Lindbergh’s single-engine plane, The Spirit of the St. Louis, and took 33.5 hours. Lindberg almost fell asleep several times during the flight, but it was all worth it once he landed in Paris and was surrounded with
Playing at the Liverpool Empire in 1986, he spontaneously broke into a 15-minute medley of Beatles songs. "That wasn't very professional," he admitted, "but it sure was fun." Denver founded an environmental group, Windstar, and visited Russia and China to discuss the preservation of the planet. He loved space exploration and applied, unsuccessfully, to be an astronaut. He sang about the 1986 space shuttle disaster in "Flying For
The Bermuda Trianlge During the past century, more than 70 ships and aircraft have sailed or flown into oblivion, and around 2,500 people have disappeared in the area known as the Devil's Triangle or Bermuda Triangle. It is the greatest modern mystery of our supposedly well understood world: a region of the Atlantic Ocean between Bermuda, Miami, Florida, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, where its high degree of unexplained disappearances of ships, small boats and aircraft's, not only continue but continue to defy explanation. The legend of the Bermuda Triangle is known for compasses and radio equipment to go haywire for no reason. For years, there has been a mystery of disappearances of ships and aircraft's with no evidence left behind. This area were explored by scientists, journalists and filmmakers trying to find insight into paranormal happenings attributed to the region.