reconnaissance (ISR). Gathering information from the battlefield is this weapon system’s specialty. This platform is an airborne battle management system and has the capabilities to command and control. The crew compliment of the aircraft is two pilots‚ a navigator‚ and a flight engineer. The mission aspect of the weapon system is normally crewed by 15 Air Force and three Army specialists. The E-8C Joint STARS has a powerful radar capable of covering over 19‚000 square miles up to 155 miles away. The weapon
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Black Death- a catastrophic epidemic of the bubonic plague that began in Constantinople in 1347 and decimated Europe by killing more than a third of the people of the continent and debilitating its already limited economy. 4. Prince Henry the Navigator- helped find a faster route to Africa‚ helped Portugal become the preeminent maritime power in the fifteenth century 5. Amerigo Vespucci- a member of Portuguese expeditions to the New World who wrote a series of vivid descriptions of the lands he
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"Death Race 2000" is a cult classic that was made by cult film maker Paul Bartel; some feel that this film is superior to the film "Rollerball"‚ which came out around the same time as this and features a dystopian setting. It stars David Carradine‚ Simone Griffeth‚ Sandy McCallum‚ and a pre "Rocky" Sylvester Stallone as "Machine-Gun" Joe Viterbo. The film is about racers who try to earn the most points by hitting people in their cars‚ with a different amount of points being awarded depending upon
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The legend of the Bermuda Triangle probably started some time around 1945‚ when a squadron of five Navy Avenger airplanes disappeared on a training flight out of Fort Lauderdale‚ Fla. Soon‚ the masses were wondering: Was something amiss in the triangle-shaped stretch of ocean between Miami‚ Bermuda and Puerto Rico? Today‚ we’ve all heard of the Bermuda Triangle. And over the years‚ a whole host of theories‚ from the wacky to the reasonable‚ have cropped up to explain its disappearances. 1: Human
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haven-finding methods employed by the Polynesians‚ whose navigational feats arguably have never been surpassed. The Polynesians traveled over thousands of miles of trackless ocean to people remote islands throughout the southern Pacific. Modern navigators still scratch their heads in amazement at their accomplishment. Like Eskimos study the snow‚ the Polynesians watched the waves‚ whose direction and type relinquished useful navigational secrets. They followed the faint gleam cast on the horizon
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Obituary: Samuel de Champlain Samuel de Champlain‚ who has died aged 61‚ was a French navigator and soldier. He is important to Canadian history because he helped establish the settlements. He founded New France and Quebec City as well. Early experience In 1604‚ he was made an assistant to the Sieur de Monts‚ who was a French noble appointed by the king of France to set up trading posts in Canada. In the summer of 1605‚ de Monts‚ Champlain and approximately sixty settlers and established a small
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shore "suggested luxury‚ wealth‚ skilled artisans and thriving craft industries" which people brought from overseas‚ these images of other countries led European started long journey.(Arnold 11) In the exploration‚ Prince Henry who was called "the navigator led the role because he sent people to Africa every
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• The search for a homeland for the French protestants • Wealth • Build an empire • Gain European power • Export American goods • To gain new rights and status Who? • Explorers • Navigators • Huguenots (French protestants which were skilled and well-educated) • Families • French Catholics • Traders • Small amount of soldiers and military commanders • Young women at the marriageable age Other • The French failed many times to establish
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Chinese discover the Americas before Columbus? Menzies takes on a voyage where he tries to find evidence to support his thesis and comes up with several different theories; his first stop: Calicut. Menzies claims that the Ming dynasty’s famous navigator Zheng He managed to reach the cape of good hope and from there he should have reached the Americas too. Gavin also claims that a famous Italian writer of the time‚ Nicolo ’ Di Conti‚ might have made contact with Zheng ’s fleet in Calicut and might
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Indian Ocean were connected trade‚ the agents of globalization. In East Africa‚ Persian Gulf‚ India‚ Southeast Asia‚ China mainly known as Africa and Asia. Portugal invented slavery in the 13th to 14th century. Vasco de Gama is the explorer and navigator‚ and the first person to sail directly from Europe to India. He led a foundation named the Portuguese Presence in the Indian Ocean. Portuguese forced their way in trade and demanded ships and to have a license because countries wanted to control
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