Sentences with phrase «early manned flights»
The powerful soundtrack is accompanied by black - and - white images of early manned flight - dirigibles, hot air balloons, and planes — to reference Hendrix's little - discussed time as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne.
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His earliest voyage into space was on Gemini 3, the agency's first two - man flight, commanded by Virgil «Gus» Grissom, in 1965.
To their surprise, their research revealed that women book business flights an average of two days earlier than men.
A local attorney and civic leader, Shea was the man most responsible for bringing National League baseball back to New York following the westward flight of the Dodgers and Giants four years earlier.
On this early Sunday afternoon, along a narrow path of dirt over which Man o» War and Secretariat had once swept in flight to historic victories in the Preakness Stakes, a dainty chestnut filly named So Sly stood frozen in her final autumn light, nervously balancing herself on three legs.
Picture this, we don't come out of the gate firing on all cylinders, Wenger speaks of how there wasn't enough time for the first - teamers to build chemistry, several key players aren't even playing because of Wenger's utterly ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the Confed Cup or the under21s and the boo - birds have returned in full flight... if these things were to happen, which is quite possible considering the Groundhog Day mentality of this club, how long do you think it will take for Wenger to recant his earlier statements regarding Europa... I would suggest that it's these sorts of comments from Wenger which are often his undoing... why would any manager worth his weight in salt make such a definitive statement before the season has even started... why would any manager who fashions himself an educated man make such pronouncements before even knowing what his starting 11 will be come Friday, let alone on September 1st... why would any manager who has a tenuous relationship with a great many supporters offer up such a potentially contentious talking point considering how many times his own words have come back to bite him in the ass... I think he does this because he doesn't care what you or I think, in fact he's more than slightly infuriated by the very idea of having to answer to the likes of you and me... that might have been acceptable during his formative years in charge, when the fans were rewarded with an scintillating brand of football and success felt like a forgone conclusion, but this new Wenger led team barely resembles that team of ore... whereas in times past we relished a few words from our seemingly cerebral manager, in recent times those words have been replaced by a myriad of excuses, a plethora of infuriating stories about who he could have signed but didn't and what can only be construed as outright fabrications... it's kind of funny that when we want some answers, like during the whole contract debacle of last season, we can't get an intelligent word out of him, but when we just what him to show his managerial acumen through his actions, we can't seem to get him to shut - up... I beg you to prove me wrong Arsene
Earlier Monday at the Albany Hilton where they both addressed the New York Conference of Mayors, Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan bolted up a flight of stairs before Bharara, the man who successfully prosecuted Flanagan's predecessor, Dean Skelos, took the stage.
Since the early days of manned space flight, engineers have designed a wide variety of space suits.
Briefly, this is a story of a space flight to confirm an «alien» intelligence located near one of the moons of Jupiter; the intelligence may have helped man in his primitive earliest past - so it could be «God - like»).
It's a visually lush, dizzyingly paced recreation of the early days of both film and flight and one man's overarching desire to own a piece of both.
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Aardman, the company in question, is one of the best at making top - flight stop - motion animation for all ages, so Early Man is worth keeping an eye on.
Birdmen sets the engrossing story of the Wrights» war with Curtiss against the thrilling backdrop of the early years of manned flight, and is rich with period detail and larger - than - life personalities: Thomas Scott Baldwin, or «Cap» t Tom» as he styled himself, who invented the parachute and almost convinced the world that balloons were the future of aviation; John Moisant, the dapper daredevil who took to the skies after three failed attempts to overthrow the government of El Salvador, then quickly emerged as a celebrity flyer; and Harriet Quimby, the statuesque silent - film beauty who became the first woman to fly across the English Channel.
Hovering over a field, the sixteen - propeller machine took off for its first manned flight in Germany earlier this week, staying in the air for about a minute and a half before touching down.