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    Atomic bombs‚ a never before seen or used weapon in the eyes of the public. Sixteen hours after an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was dropped‚ President Truman announced this astonishing event. Many people were shocked by this and were wondering‚ what led Truman to drop the bomb on Hiroshima. The U.S. entered the war when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7‚ 1941. The bomb dropped on Hiroshima was an atomic bomb using uranium 235. "Fat Man‚" the bomb dropped on Nagasaki‚ was a plutonium bomb

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    Flight 1549

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    AIRWAYS FLIGHT 1456 (A320-214) | MID TERM ASSIGNMENT | | SUBMITTED TO: SIR IMRANSUBMITTED BY: SYED MUNEEB AHMEDROLL NO: BAM 10218CLASS: 8th B 4/17/2013 | | | | | US AIRWAYS FLIGHT 1456 (A320-214) US Airways Flight 1456 was US Airways scheduled domestic commercial passenger flight from LaGuardia

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    Flight Planning

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    Hogeschool van Amsterdam Aviation Studies 2011-2012 Project 7/8: Flight Planning Project Report Group V Remco Heijnsdijk Mio Kapetanovic Randy Lai Roy van der Putte Yann Schnorhk Kevin Verburg Walter Verheul Zabi Wahedi Amsterdam‚ February - May 2012 Flight Planning Project group V Contents Summary .......................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction .............................................

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    common whether the plane was from home or from the enemies. The initial thought for this promiscuous plane is that the military is practicing with aircrafts. However‚ when this aircraft drops a peculiar object‚ the thought changes into an enemy plane bombing us. Then the next thing the people of Hiroshima knew‚ the beloved city was gone within seconds‚ replaced with a sight that will haunt then into the afterlife. During World War II‚ the United States bombed a large city in japan called Hiroshima. Trying

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    Flight 93

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    plane‚ people on the flight‚ and how they fought the hijackers.  Central Idea- On September 11‚ 2001‚ four people hijacked united airlines flight 93; I am going to inform you how the plane was hijacked‚ who were on the flight‚ and how they fought the hijackers in order to save the White House.  Introduction         On September 11‚ 2001‚ four people hijacked united airlines flight 93‚ I am going to inform you how the plane was hijacked‚ who some of the people on the flight were‚ and how they fought

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    Dresden Bombing

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    industrial target because it was a major rail transportation center. However‚ during the bombing raid over thirty five thousand civilians were killed.(1) Due to this devastation‚ many people believe that the bombing was unnecessary and unethical and should not have been carried out even though it further weakened Germany’s war efforts in World War II. To begin with‚ many people argue that the bombing of Dresden was not only unethical because of the large number of casualties‚ but also

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    Strategic Bombing

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    and Japanese cities. These bombings were targeted at cities with innocent civilians‚ who were injured and killed during these attacks. Aerial bombardment is a form of strategic bombing‚ used to sap the population and strike fear in the hearts of civilians. Aerial bombing striped the German and Japanese civilians of their hope‚ and their spirit. The civilians lived in constant fear of air raids‚ and of the future. The United States was not justified in using aerial bombing German and Japanese cities

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    Atomic Bomb - Hiroshima

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    6th 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima‚ Japan. Three days later‚ they dropped a second one on another Japanese city‚ Nagasaki. Those two bombs were first and only atomic weapons ever used in actual combat. Until atomic bombs were reported in “The New York Times”‚ most American citizens had never heard of atomic bombs. Ordinary bombs had been an important part of World War II‚ and they brought much destruction to both sides. This atomic bomb‚ the equivalent of 20‚000 tons of

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    Flight of the Phoenix

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    Flight of the Phoenix By: Kole Stambaugh MGT410 11-18-12   Introduction The movie starts out in the early 1930’s‚ flying an older plain through the desert. They lose their radio along with voltage regulator‚ they are heading for Benghazi. Lew Moran forgets to tell Frank Towns about a loud or squeaky pulley in the starboard side of the plane‚ so Frank must have a look at it. As they are flying they get caught in a bad sand storm and loose both engines

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    The many causes of the atomic bombs being dropped on Japan was justified and was a strategic attack. The dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan took place on two dates August 6‚ 1945 and August 9‚ 1945 and it attacked two cities of Japan and all of the citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.The main reason for the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was to justify that we are still the strongest country and United States wanted to win the war. President Truman at the time was the president. The first

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