Sentences with phrase «aviation pioneers»

From early aviation pioneers to Google Earth and drone surveillance, At Altitude explores how the Earth has been photographed from above, as well as the social, political and cultural inferences of new technologies that allow us to see ourselves — and be watched — as never before.

A visually stunning overview of international aviation pioneers, women who broke gender barriers.

The Wright brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright were aviation pioneers and most well known for successfully building the first aeroplane.

To honor the long partnership, last year KLM applied a special livery featuring the portrait of aviation pioneer and airplane manufacturer Anthony Fokker to an aircraft that it retired on October 28.

First presented in 1952, previous recipients of the Churchill Medal include Sir Frank Whittle who is credited with inventing the turbojet engine and Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, the British aviation pioneer.

The first powered, fixed - wing aircraft ever to fly was an uncontrolled steam - powered drone built by American aviation pioneer Samuel Langley.

Based on the life of Frank «Spig» Wead, an aviation pioneer whose devotion to the Navy took priority over his family.

That pic's fictional aircraft manufacturer, Piccolo, was widely noted to be based on the real Italian aviation pioneer Giovanni Caproni, who appears in «The Wind Rises» as a kind of spirit guide, visiting Horikoshi in his dreams and uttering the Paul Valery quotation from which pic takes its allusive title: «The wind is rising!

You're a Detroit native whose Dutch - born father — once an engineer for aviation pioneer and manufacturer Tony Fokker — designed the 1936 Lincoln Zephyr.

Reading this historical account definitely makes one aware of that dangerous journey and those courageous men whose vision and guts brought us to this point... Author John Ross offers a thoroughly researched (from primary sources), engaging, well written biography about this memorable 20th century WWI ace pilot and aviation pioneer.

Ace pilot and race car driver, automotive designer and aviation pioneer, Eddie Rickenbacker was America's most successful aerial fighter in World War I.

An aviation pioneer, successful horse trainer and famed memoirist, Beryl Markham was an iconoclastic independent.

It is astonishing because although everyone knows of the famous couple — Charles, an aviation pioneer, and Anne, writer of Gift from the Sea — and, of course, of the terrible kidnapping of their firstborn child — the whole story of their relationship is not widely known.

The third holds leader is Paula McLain's Circling The Sun (RH / Ballantine), a fictionalized bio of aviation pioneer Beryl Markham.

Motoring and aviation pioneer Charles Stewart Rolls made the first successful non-stop return flight over the English Channel on June...

Ode to Santos - Dumont is a fully functional mechanized airship modeled after the dirigible that Brazilian aviation pioneer Santos - Dumont flew around the Eiffel Tower.

Parlá's grandfather was an aviation pioneer who flew between Key West and Mariel, Cuba, on a biplane made of sugarcane and bamboo, which he named Caña Brava.

The city has hosted some notable residents in the past including: author Mark Twain, aviation pioneer Glenn Hammond Curtis, and Heisman Trophy winner Ernie Davis.

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The Aviator is based on the life of one of the great pioneers of aviation in the 20th Century, Howard Hughes, who made quite a fortune, and a good share of fame, as one of the most prominent American figures in the 20s through the 40s, which is where John Logan's (The Last Samurai, Sinbad) script dedicates its focus on.

They cover the development of military and civilian aviation on the Alaska Highway, The Arctic, Denali (the glacier pilots), pioneering the US airmail, and the golden age of barnstorming.

Early flyers - «Birdmen,» as they were called — were pioneers, heeding the same draw to riches or fame or illumination of the unknown that motivated those who had crossed uncharted oceans centuries before, and so aviation was replete with outsized personalities, brutal competition, and staggering bravery.

With its circus - tent like roof, Jeppsesen Terminal (honoring aviation safety pioneer Elrey Jeppesen) is instantly recognizable, with peaks recalling the nearby Rocky Mountains.

«Hilton has long pioneered the concept of airport hotels and in recent years has added new properties in aviation hubs including London Heathrow, Istanbul Ataturk and Amsterdam Schipol airports,» said Patrick Fitzgibbon, senior vice president of development, Europe and Africa, for Hilton Worldwide.

Inspired by Brazilian - born pioneer aviator Alberto Santos - Dumont, widely considered the father of aviation in France, the kinetic airship sculpture was completed in 2015 after a decade of research and work by Burden.

Cathay Pacific Airways has made a strategic equity investment in Fulcrum BioEnergy — a pioneer in the development and commercialization of converting municipal solid waste (MSW) into sustainable aviation fuel (earlier post)-- as part of the airline's biofuel strategy and to help it achieve a target of carbon - neutral growth from 2020.

Demonstration of pioneering processes for risk aversion in high - impact strategic long - term investments for the aviation energy future.

We were the first commercial airline to test a biofuel flight and we continue to lead the airline industry as the pioneer of sustainable aviation.

We are delighted to continue our relationship with HI in their pioneering role in aviation finance deals in the Korean market.»

Mineola has hosted some of the most famous pioneer pilots in history, including Glenn Curtiss and the Wright Brothers, as well as one of the first aviation units in the National Guard.

The company is a pioneer and leader in public / private development, including government spaces, aviation facilities and infrastructure.