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Brielle F

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Lindbergh life background information

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      Brielle F on 26 Feb 14
       
      Good information for an informational essay about Lindbergh's life. Very good background information. 
  • Brielle F on 26 Feb 14
     
    Charles Lindbergh background information. Includes: childhood, life as a parent, marriage, birth date, nicknames, the flight, kidnapping of his child, death, etc. 
Nick B

Happy Birthday, Chuck Yeager, American Pioneer of Flight - 0 views

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nick 1940's Chuck Yeagar

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  • Born on Feb. 13, 1923, and raised in the hills of West Virginia near the town of Myra, Charles “Chuck” Yeager entered military service as soon as he could, joining 17 classmates who enlisted after high school graduation to fight in World War II.
  • Breaking the Sound Barrier
  • Assigned to a host of test flights, Yeager was soon selected as pilot during the Air Force’s attempt to break the sound barrier; he would fly a super-sonic plane called the X-1, nicknamed Glamorous Glennis in honor of his wife. Rocket-like and so tight and compact that it had to be dropped from a cargo plane to conserve fuel, the X-1 was the United States’s chance to top Mach 1.
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  • Pushing the plane to Mach 1.05, Yeager witnessed the sky turn a “deep purple and all at once the stars and the moon came out—the sun shone at the same time. … He was simply looking out into space,” according to Tom Wolfe’s “The Right Stuff,” chronicling America’s race for space exploration.
  • Recognized within the Air Force for his achievements, it was not until Tom Wolfe’s book was published in 1979, and the movie version was released in 1983, that Yeager’s name became internationally known.
  • Nick B on 19 Mar 14
     
    This website talks about Chuck Yeager's history and his famous accomplishments, like breaking the sound barrier. 
Brielle F

Roaring Twenties - 0 views

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1920's Brielle

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  • The use of machinery increased productivity, while decreasing the demand for manual laborers.
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      Brielle F on 19 Feb 14
       
      Useful information about the advancement of technology. I would use another website to get more information about these main topics
  • Science, medicine and health advanced remarkably during the roaring twenties.
  • An interest developed in nutrition, caloric consumption and physical vitality
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  • The discovery of vitamins and their effects also occurred around the same time.
  • The 1920s era went by such names as the Jazz Age, the Age of Intolerance, and the Age of Wonderful Nonsense. Under any moniker, the era embodied the beginning of modern America
  • Early in the 1920s the U.S. raised tariffs on imported goods, and free immigration came to an end.
  • Amendment 18 to the Constitution (1919) had prohibited the manufacture, transport and sale of intoxicating liquor
  • "Flapper"
  • The roaring twenties ushered in a rich period of American writing, distinguished by the works of such authors
  • A uniquely American music form, whose roots lay in African expression, came to be known as jazz.
  • At the beginning of the roaring twenties, the United States was converting from a wartime to peacetime economy. When weapons for World War I were no longer needed, there was a temporary stall in the economy
  • In this decade, America became the richest nation on Earth and a culture of consumerism was born.
  • Technology
  • vital part
  • Henry Ford
  • The radio found its way into virtually every home in America
  • The year 1922 introduced the first movie made with sound
  • Charles A. Lindbergh`s pioneering flight across the Atlantic Ocean in the Spirit of St. Louis in 1927 did much to stimulate the young aviation industry.
  • Canned foods, ready-made clothing and household appliances liberated women from much household drudgery
  • New technology in the roaring twenties introduced a number of impacts on the American farm:
  • For the first time in the United States, more people were living in cities than on farms.
Brielle F

Lindbergh Flies the Atlantic, 1927 - 0 views

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Brielle 1927 Charles Lindbergh flight

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      Brielle F on 26 Feb 14
       
      Good information. For more info I would look on the side bar.
  • "Spirit of St Louis" and aimed her down the dirt runway of Roosevelt Field, Long Island.
  • Thirty-three and one half-hours and 3,500 miles later he landed in Paris, the first to fly the Atlantic alone.
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  • His feat electrified the nation and inspired enthusiastic interest in aviation.
  • president awarded him the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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    Lindbergh's "feat electrified the nation and inspired enthusiastic interest in aviation"
Brielle F

Dr. Robert H. Goddard, American Rocketry Pioneer | NASA - 0 views

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robert american nasa rocket 1920's brielle

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  • Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard is considered the father of modern rocket propulsion. A physicist of great insight, Goddard also had a unique genius for invention. It is in memory of this brilliant scientist that NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., was established on May 1, 1959.
  • By 1926, Goddard had constructed and successfully tested the first rocket using liquid fuel
  • Brielle F on 12 Mar 14
     
    First liquid fuel rocket
Xavier W

O. J. Simpson was arrested for double murder - National this day in history | Examiner.com - 0 views

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Xavier 1990 190s murder O.J. arrested simpson

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  • June 17, 1994: Orenthal James (O.J.) Simpson is arrested for a double murder. Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were brutally murdered outside Nicole's apartment on June 12, 1994. Both victims were repeatedly stabbed and both had defensive wounds, attesting to their struggle in the attack.
  • Police permitted him to turn himself in, thinking he was not a flight risk. O.J. was to be at the police station at 11 AM on this date. He didn't show.
  • At 2 PM, the police issued an all-points bulletin for O.J. His lawyer and friend read a disjointed and confusing letter from the ex-football star that sounded like a suicide note. The police tracked cellular phone calls to find Simpson. They found his friend, Al Cowlings, driving a white Ford Bronco heading south on Interstate 405. When police approached the SUV, Cowlings told them O.J. was in the back seat, holding a gun to his own head. Police backed away.
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  • Police followed the white Bronco down the freeway at speeds of only 35 mph. At the beginning of the low-speed chase, a lone helicopter flew above and filmed the event. As the pursuit continued, other film crews took to the air and radio announcers pleaded with O.J. to give himself up. The roadway was cleared of traffic and the country watched as a phalanx of police cruisers paced the SUV. The chase ended at 8 PM when O.J. was taken into custody outside his home.
  • "The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top." "I didn't beat her. I just pushed her out of bed." "I have always wanted to be liked and respected."
  • "Don't feel sorry for me. I've had a great life, great friends. Please think of the real O.J. and not this lost person." - all from O.J. Simpson
  • "Don't feel sorry for me. I've had a great life, great friends. Please think of the real O.J. and not this lost person." -
  • Xavier W on 19 Mar 14
     
    O.J. Simpson arrested for double murder.
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