In the article “Why are Airplanes safe” the main idea is that out of all the transportation there is in the world‚ the safest is flying on a airplane. In the article the author Christine Negroni explains all the reasons why it is the most safe transportation because all the pilots are trained and the airplane is always checked for safety measures. Negroni supports her explanation by explaining all the details it takes just to be able to have one flight to be successful. The author explains
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The invention of the airplane effected ordinary people in both positive and negative ways. The first public plane service only took one passenger at a time. It cost $5 for a one way trip across Tampa Bay which was called St. Petersburg. They provided the public with two trips per day and for four months. Compared with the two hour boat road the twenty three minute plane ride was much preferred by travelers. This being an exception commercial aviation was not very common before world war one as most
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Although the 21st century has just begun‚ there have been many scientific inventions during the first decade of it‚ among which iPod is no doubt one of the greatest. iPod is a portable media player designed and marketed by Apple and launched on October 23‚ 2001. From then on‚ iPod has been the best digital music player in the world. iPod is one of the greatest inventions in the 21st century for many reason. First and foremost‚ the birth of iPod marked the beginning of the MP3 era. iPod‚ together
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English Writings The Greatest Scientific Invention Of The 20th Century 5E Yuen Ho Ting In the 0th century‚ there were many inventions‚ such as televisions‚ flight machines‚ computers‚ etc. Among these inventions‚ some people think that the television is the greatest invention while some others may think the flight machine is the greatest. As for me‚ the computer the greatest scientific invention of the 0th century. Originally
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Debra Whiting English 100 19October 2011 Compare and Contrast Essay Airplanes are one of the greatest inventions of transportation. It is great to get in one of those fascinating machines and get up in the air flying over the clouds like I’m superman. The invention of the car has made our lives today so much easier. It can be compared to the plane in many ways such as comfort‚ looks‚ and speed. Most important‚ the airplane feels real good because of the cushioned seats that it has on the plane
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this impossible idea has become a reality‚ thanks to the invention of the airplane. This was a remarkable achievement in the field of science and technology that allowed our world to intermix culturally and improve our efficiency. With these benefits‚ however‚ comes drawbacks such as the numerous hazards of riding an airplane. One major benefit that the invention of the airplane resulted in is improved efficiency. The creation of airplanes has given people the ability to judge the amount of time
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The history of airplane obviously has begun after the real airplanes have been invented by Orville and Wilbur Wright on December 17 1903. Airplanes made getting from one place to another much faster. Increases speed of transportation of cargo and people and also as a war platform. Increased speed medicines could be transported and people could be flown into and out of war zones for treatment at a nearby unit or hospital. This transferred into the everyday citizen’s life outside of war time. What
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OThe Physics of Airplanes Background: At any given moment‚ roughly 5‚000 airplanes crisscross the skies above the United States alone‚ amounting to an estimated 64 million commercial and private takeoffs every year (source: NATCA). Considering the rest of the world ’s flight activity‚ the grand total is almost incalculable. In order to understand how airplanes fly‚ we must break down the parts of an airplane and understand the physics behind the airplanes most important components: the engine/propeller
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“The Evolution of Airplanes” Introduction This year is the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin (1809-1882)‚ the father of evolution. Darwin’s evolution theory proposes that all species of organisms‚ including human beings‚ evolved from common ancestors. There are five main characteristics in his evolution theory. First‚ there are variations among each population. Second‚ organisms compete for limited resources to exist. Third‚ traits of offspring are inherited from their parents. Forth‚ organisms
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Are Airplanes Safe? TWA Flight 800‚ Egypt Air Flight 990‚ and Alaska Air Flight 461 and countless other flight numbers from the past decade all have one major thing in common with each other. All three are commercial airline flights that have gone down with no survivors‚ and all of these flights have happened in the past five years. All three of these mentioned accidents got extensive publicity in the few weeks after they occurred‚ the reason for this was because of the great number of people that
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