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(Encyclopedia) CE5 Aircraft motions and control surfaces: Yaw, or motion to the left or right, is controlled by the rudder. Pitch, or climbing or dropping, is controlled by the elevators, which…

Flight Attendant

Sue Ann Brogan, Flight Attendant, United Airlines Tell us about your work---what do you do? I am a flight attendant . I travel…

Theory of Flight

Director: Paul GreengrassWriter: Richard HawkinsFine Line; R; 100 minutesRelease:1/99Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Kenneth Branagh and Gemma Jones In theory, this movie should fly: Helena…

Peter Pan: The Flight

Come Away, Come Away! The Island Come True The Flight "Second to the right, and straight on till morning." That, Peter had told Wendy, was the way to the Neverland; but even birds…

Lloyd Mifflin: The Flight

The FlightLloyd MifflinUpon a cloud among the stars we stood. The angel raised his hand and looked and said, "Which world, of all yon starry myriad, Shall we make wing to?" The still…

Sara Teasedale: The Flight

The FlightLook back with longing eyes and know that I will follow, Lift me up in your love as a light wind lifts a swallow, Let our flight be far in sun or windy rain— But what if I heard my…

Altitude in Horizontal Flight

Height (ft) Date   Pilot Place 85,068.997 July 28, 1976   Capt. Robert C. Helt (USAF) Beale AFB, Calif.   Altitude Absolute World Records Altitude, Aircraft…

Speed of First Flight

The Question: How fast did the original Wright brothers' airplane fly? The Answer: The first successful flight orchestrated by the Wright brothers…

flight simulator

(Encyclopedia) flight simulator, device providing a controlled environment in which a flight trainee can experience conditions approximating those of actual flight. A simulator generally consists of…

Chauncey Judd: Rescue and Flight

Negro Patriotism Capture Rescue and Flight The robbers, who had been waiting for Henry in Wooster's barn, became impatient at his failure to give the signal which had been agreed upon…