Penguin: | | Gossamer Albatross is best known for completing the first completely human powered flight across the English Channel in 1979. The Albatross II was the backup plane for this flight. It was equipped with a DC battery-powered electric motor and flight instruments for the NASA research program. NASA completed its flight testing of the Gossamer Albatross II in April‚ 1980. More about the "Father of Human Powered Flight" Dr.Paul Mac
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sadder and a wiser man. The strange tale of terrible solitude is set in the framework of relationship‚ the unattended wedding in the background. Within this framework‚ the Mariner tells his tale—of the voyage into ice and snow‚ of his shooting the albatross‚ and of the strange events that followed with the spectre ship carrying Death and Life-in-Death‚ with the Polar Daemon‚ and with the angelic spirits who animated dead bodies and carried the ship home. The story element in this poem is so strong that
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Nature vs Nurture Nature vs. Nurture The etiology of homosexuality has been debated throughout the years by many different organizations. “Sexual orientation refers to a dispositional sexual attraction towards persons of the opposite sex or same sex” (Rahman‚ 2005‚ p. 1057). Many homosexuals are elated to find that genetics is at least partly a source of sexual orientation. On the other hand many do not want the specific genes to be found for fear that they will be used to eliminate homosexuality
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to a warm-up accident. However‚ she was not severely injured and went on to win an Olympic gold medal. D) Michael Gross was born as the best swimmer between the 1981 and 1988. Born in Frankfurt on June 17‚ 1964‚ people referred to him as “The Albatross” because of his extremely long arms. At the age of 19‚ Gross set his first world record‚ then set 4 world records in four different
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to become a wringer. Palmer gains acceptance in the gang and is nicknamed "Snots." He learns to join their harassment of his one-time friend‚ Dorothy. All this does not lessen his dread of his tenth birthday. Then like the Ancient Mariner’s albatross‚ a pigeon pecks on Palmer’s bedroom window. He tries to scare it away without success‚ and when he opens the window‚ "Nipper" steps into Palmer’s room‚ and Palmer becomes its protector. To make matters worse‚ the gang discovers Palmer is hiding
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Britain’s empire and second ranking in the allies side. He fought against "The Red Baron" both opponents scored direct hits but without been able to bring down each other. First‚ in March 1917‚ Billy Bishop made his first kill shooting down a German Albatross. This was a victorious act on Billy Bishop’s part because he made the “first kill”. Secondly‚ in fall of 1917 Billy Bishop went on a tour in North America to recruit Canadians and Americans into the air force. This showed leadership on Billy’s
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being founded just before the Great Depression‚ and it did not gain traction until years after World War II. 15. The term “birdie” was coined accidentally by Ab Smith who hit a “bird of a shot” in 1889. 16. A score of three under par is called an “Albatross”. 17. A “condor” is term given to a hole-in-one on a par 5. It is almost as rare as two hole-in-ones in a single game of golf. 18. The chance of making two hole-in-ones in a single game is 1 in 67 million. 19. Deer Creek Golf Club‚ a premiere South
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A crew had left the food open and now it’s gone bad. We are going to run out of fresh food soon. The crew has already gone hungry the crew is dying from scurvy and many other more dieses. I think we are close to land. As soon as we saw an albatross the crew was boarded on the Pinta by Martín Alonso Pinzón because the Pinta was a Caravel and was not that big thus carrying trades and people‚ we set off to land. We prepared everything for landing on the Pinta and ready to land.Then I saw land
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Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn‚ Germany‚ and was baptized on Dec. 17‚ 1770. There has never been any type of authentic record or file as to when he was actually born. Ludwig van Beethoven’s grandfather and father functioned as court musicians in Bonn. Beethoven’s father‚ who was a singer‚ provided Beethoven with a lot of his early musical teaching. Beethoven didn’t have the best education‚ but he studied violin‚ French horn‚ and piano‚ and before he was even 12 years old‚ Beethoven became
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