Carter goes on to say that our body scanners and x-ray scanners are not even tested before they are even shipped out to airports nationwide and that is a primary factor as to why terrorists know so many different ways to get around our security. ... PG (56) 2005) in further research goes on to say that not only are pilots becoming concerned about the effectiveness of people boarding their planes but they are also concerned about the procedure of how pilots are screened before they even get to the gate. Wallis goes on to say that there has been research done with a look at the history of hijack...

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Just days after the terrorist attacks, three undercover deputies carried a pocket knife, box cutter and cutting tool in their clothing and purses through metal detectors and x-ray machines without being stopped. ... Another security measure under the scope right now is the possibility of arming pilots with guns. ... Sally Donnely, a writer for Time magazine, states in her article "Pilots Packing Heat" that "As confidence has waned in other efforts to enhance airline security, initial critics of cockpit guns are embracing them" (np). ... This security measure also involves both time and mone...

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A specific pilot program of interest is the "alternative housing program " (FEMA). ... New Orleans' Mayor, Ray Nagin, ordered an emergency evacuation in alignment with the City's comprehensive evacuation plan. ...

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At the time, he was not allowed to fly the plane alone because he was not able to pay the bond required by President Ray. ... He graduated top of his class in March 1925 and earned his wings as an Army pilot, in addition to a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant. ... He built his reputation as a capable and careful pilot. ... This prize was promised by Raymond Orteig to any pilot who made a nonstop flight from New York City all the way to Paris or vice versa. ... More people were applying for pilot licenses and passengers for the U.S Airline grew by about 3000%. ...

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As a result of book burning and censorship in Ray Bradbury's book, Fahrenheit 451, the nation is populated with numbed people who cannot express their individuality, or beliefs. ... If the woman martyr is Christ-like, Beatty would resemble Pontius Pilot. Pilot proclaimed he didn't really want to kill Christ, he merely handed him over for death because he, Pilot, wanted to make the people happy. ...

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The Apollo program was designed to make history; land a man on the moon for the first time. It was a race to the moon involving Americans and Russians. "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him sa...

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Take for example a palm pilot. ... The 5 biggest drawback to cathode ray tube monitors is that they are bulky, not to mention heavy. In comparison, liquid crystal display monitors are about one-sixth the width of cathode ray tube monitors. They come in sizes of anywhere between one to three inches, whereas cathode ray tube monitors and can be as much as twenty-four inches thick. ... Liquid crystal displays require less energy and are more efficient than cathode ray tube monitors. ...

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Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the Enola Gay, the B-29 that dropped the first atomic bomb. ... exclaimed the co-pilot, Robert Lewis, pounding on Tibbets's shoulder. ... The primary step included intense gamma rays that emit from the blast itself. These rays instantly vaporize all of the people in the radius of "Ground Zero", or the immediate area where the bomb hits. ...

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Some pilots take their chances and don't check their planes before take off; but smart pilots take up to thirty minutes or more to check the planes instruments and its engine(s). ... When you go past the security you put all your carry on luggage on the x-ray machine. ...

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They set out to try and figure out how best to save German pilots who were forced to eject at high altitude. ... Prisoners were immersed into tanks of ice water for hours at a time, often shivering to death, to discover how long German pilots downed by enemy fire could survive the frozen waters. ... He would run daily blood and x-ray tests on every set of twins he had. ...

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In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, all of these are a reality in everyday life. ... The poem by Gwendolyn MacEwen called Flight One reflects the society in Fahrenheit 451 because the very lazy, carefree and reckless attitude of the pilots is quite similar to that of the firemen in Fahrenheit 451. Over the public address system the pilot says, "Have a pleasant trip. ...

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Credibility and Rapport: I chose Airline safety as my topic because I know a lot of pilots and I also know a lot of people that work for airline companies. ... They even make you take off your shoes if the soles are really thick, so they can run then through the X-ray machine. 2. ...

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The process utilized an electron gun similar to that used in an X-ray tube. In an X-ray tube the beam of electrons is focused on a target of either tungsten or molybdenum which gives off X-rays. ... In electron beam welding, X-rays may be produced if the electrical potential is sufficiently high. ... • The beams do not generated X-Rays. ...

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Instead, this is every soldier's personal story of that horrific battle code named X-ray. ... Interviews include medics, infantrymen, helicopter pilots, officers, sergeants, reporters, and even the enemy. ... In the case of X-ray this meant the sixteen helicopters could only carry eighty men at a time. ... In the first three days during X-ray seventy-eight Americans lost their lives, one hundred and twenty one were wounded with zero MIA. ... At 1030 hours Company B of the 7th cavalry landed unopposed at Landing Zone X-Ray. ...

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These machines do not require a pilot to fly them around. In fact they don't even have a space for a pilot to fly in them. ... (Acheson) Ray Acheson is a reporter for the CNN news team assigned to report the war on terror. ... They were little flying machines that didn't carry a pilot. Since they didn't have a pilot they were very small and they flew right through the Iraqi radar unseen. ...

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Earlier in the month, pilots from different flights between Miami and Caracas experienced problems with this A300 Airbus. Pilots complained about oscillations and vibrations associated with the rudder and returned to the departure airport. ... Dozens of pilots have asked for this particular Airbus to be grounded because there is no way adequately to inspect the European-made planes" tails, which are made of a nonmetallic composite material. ... Once again, if the pilots had mixed instructions on what to do in this situation, then American Airlines should have fixed the confusion. ... Americ...

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In this modern age of cell phones and palm pilots we often find ourselves relying on technology to make it though the day. ... His name was Nikola Telsa and by 1900 he held over 100 patents on everything from the x-ray to the remote control. ...

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While pathfinder sent data, Sojourner examined rocks and soil samples with a camera and Alpha Proton X-ray Spectrometer, providing useful data on chemical compositions and radiation bounced back from rocks and dust. ... Piloted space flights have to supply oxygen, food, and water for their occupants and even longer flights need to have a way to dispose of or recycle waste. ... Most piloted spacecrafts carry their oxygen in the liquid state of matter in onboard tanks that keep the oxygen at cryogenic or super-cold temperatures to save space on the craft. ...

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The suit was very successful and would be used in years to come to prevent blackout of pilots subjected to high gravity forces. ... On May 15, 1929, X-ray films which had been stored in a basement room of the Clinic building suddenly spontaneously combusted, sending toxic fumes throughout the building. ...

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With this in mind it strikes my ethical nerve with that of another drivers own safety and well-being. " (these people are). . . driving a two-ton-plus vehicle is your safety is placed above that of other drivers; while you may be protected by the mass of steel around you , the hapless pilot of the compact a car crushed by an impact my not fare so well" (Kim) Not only are these machines unsafe for their counter drivers but also they are extremely unsafe for their own occupants and operators. ... "For each gallon of gasoline used by a vehicle, 20 -28lbs of carbon dioxide released into the envir...

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The suit was very successful and would be used in years to come to prevent blackout of pilots subjected to high gravity forces. ... On May 15, 1929, X-ray films which had been stored in a basement room of the Clinic building suddenly spontaneously combusted, sending toxic fumes throughout the building. ...

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This aircraft was the first two-man cockpit with out the old fashion dials they used six cathode ray tubes displays to replace them. ... The reductions of the operating costs are to come from a variety of places however none really come from weight saving techniques or technology. 38% of the reductions in costs are from lower crew costs, the same number of pilots flying a larger number of passengers. 30% is to be saved on the maintenance end but it comes from having more passengers to absorb relatively fixed costs, and the rest is to be some new technology but none weight savers mostly ...

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Ray Collins, Business Development Manager for the field connection division of Alpha says, "Now, they just pull it up on the Palm, and that's that." ... You will however have to obtain a pilot's license to fly it. ...

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Although Ray Nagin (former Mayor of New Orleans) ordered a mandatory evacuation, it is evident the local officials did not emphasize the severity of the storm to the people of New Orleans, including Zeitoun who was one of many with the mindset that it was "just another storm"(Eggers). ... In one circumstance Zeitoun tries to communicate to the pilots of a helicopter that he is not in need of water and that it should be given to people in need; however, he is ignored and they drop a case of water onto his house, which burst and scatters bottles everywhere. ...

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