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%. ...

• Word Count: 1365
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 2373
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 1857
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 1792
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 1277
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 2093
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 2002
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography