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He was an aviator of exceptional breadth of experience, from his quest to become the first person to achieve a solo balloon flight around the world ( finally succeeding on his sixth attempt, in 2002, becoming the first person to complete an uninterrupted and unrefueled solo circumnavigation of the world in any kind of aircraft ) to setting, with co-pilot Terry Delore, 10 of the 21 Glider Open records, including the first 2, 000 km Out-and-Return, the first 1, 500 km Triangle and the longest Straight Distance flights.
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Waterman was associated with Curtiss while Curtiss was pioneering naval aviator on North Island on San Diego Bay in the 1910s.
In December 1914, French aviator Roland Garros asked Saulnier to install his synchronization gear on Garros ' Morane-Saulnier Type L. Unfortunately the gas-operated Hotchkiss machine gun he was provided had an erratic rate of fire and it was impossible to synchronize it with a spinning propeller.
After completing the 10-month course, he was commissioned as an ensign in the U. S. Naval Reserve at Corpus Christi, Texas on June 9, 1943, just three days before his 19th birthday, which made him the youngest naval aviator to that date.
Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi was a legendary Ottoman aviator of 17th-century Constantinople ( present day Istanbul ), purported in the writings of Evliya Çelebi to have achieved sustained unpowered flight.
George was a pioneer aviator who with his colleague Jobling built and flew a biplane at Newcastle in England in 1910.
In 2011, satirical news organization The Onion claimed that the Lindy Hop was a form of anti-semitism devised to terrorize Jewish shop-owners, and that its name derived from aviator and Nazi sympathizer Charles Lindbergh.
Lagari Hasan Çelebi was a legendary Ottoman aviator who, according to an account written by Evliya Çelebi, made a successful manned rocket flight.
Porco Rosso ( 1992 ) was a notable departure for Miyazaki, in that the main character was an adult male, an anti-fascist aviator transformed into an anthropomorphic pig.
He was also an aerospace engineer, naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor.
After primary education at Glebe Public School, Askin was awarded a bursary to study at Sydney Technical High School, where he sat in the same class as the future aviator Charles Kingsford Smith.
Lagari Hasan Çelebi was a legendary Ottoman aviator who, according to an account written by Evliya Çelebi, made a successful manned rocket flight.
Clark originally joined the Navy during the Vietnam War ( as John Terrence Kelly ) and became a Navy SEAL who participated in several special operations, one of which was the rescue of a naval aviator shot down over North Vietnam.
After attending flight school at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida and Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas, Chaffee was awarded his aviator wings in early 1959.
Roland Garros (; 6 October 1888 – 5 October 1918 ) was an early French aviator and a fighter pilot during World War I.
He was already a noted aviator before World War I, having visited the U. S. and South America.
Although he considered his small stature ( 1. 61 m ) and light weight an advantage to becoming an aviator, and he tried every means of securing service as a flyer, during the First World War Ravel was not allowed to enlist as a pilot because of his age and weak health.
Rolls was also a pioneer aviator and initially, balloonist, making over 170 balloon ascents.
Glenn was a combat aviator in the Marine Corps and one of the Mercury Seven, who were the elite U. S. military test pilots selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) to operate the experimental Mercury spacecraft and become the first American astronauts.
On August 12, the airfield was named Henderson Field after Lofton R. Henderson, a Marine aviator who was killed during the Battle of Midway.
Carpentier was an aviator during World War I and was awarded two of the highest French military honors, the Croix de Guerre and the Médaille Militaire.
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If Franklin was an authentic genius, then Alexander Hamilton, with his exceptional precocity, consuming energy, and high ambition, was a political prodigy.
Lilian Steichen was an exceptional student.
In some exceptional cases an abbot was allowed to name his own successor.
Several vapour-vesicles may unite while the rock is still viscous, and thus form a large cavity which may become the home of an agate of exceptional size ; thus a Brazilian geode lined with amethyst and weighing 35 tons was exhibited at the Düsseldorf Exhibition of 1902.
But even these exceptional instances show that Rome was not entirely spared the horrors which usually accompany the storming of a besieged city.
His devotion to the classics was exceptional even for the time.
The canonical age for the ordination of a deacon was 25 ; Bede's early ordination may mean that his abilities were considered exceptional, but it is also possible that the minimum age requirement was often disregarded.
The document, which ran to an exceptional 52 pages, not only sought heavy material gains but was designed to ruin Chaplin's public image.
Feynman was also widely known outside the physics community as an exceptional teacher and colorful, unconventional character.
However, a truly exceptional cold snap swept the island in February 2004, during which period the whole island was blanketed with snow.
" In addition to his exceptional control, Young was also a workhorse who avoided injury.
The Spanish Civil War ( 1936 – 1939 ) was exceptional because both sides of the war received support from intervening great powers: Germany, Italy, and Portugal supported opposition leader Francisco Franco, while France and Russia supported the government ( see proxy war ).
( Douglass was exceptional at the time for holding a medical degree from Europe.
In 2012, he was awarded the Erasmus Prize, an annual award for a person who has made an exceptional contribution to European culture, society or social science, " for his ability to translate the cultural significance of science and technology to a broad audience.
However, this was an exceptional case, and it is not until 1912 that there were the first signs of the special expressive use of Insert Shots ; that is, shots of objects rather than people.
It entirely dissipates the dream that the apostolic church was in an exceptional condition of holiness of life or purity of doctrine.
The video game King of Dragon Pass was released by A Sharp, allowing the player to play an Orlanthi hero who seeks to unite the clans and tribes of Dragon Pass in a kingdom ; the game features exceptional depth of coverage of the area of Dragon Pass, and featured the first compelling public view of Stafford's ideas about the hero quest.
The advice given by the Cabinet is, in order to ensure the stability of government, typically binding ; both the Queen and her viceroy, however, may in exceptional circumstances invoke the reserve powers, which remain the Crown's final check against a ministry's abuse of power, this was last fully exercised in 1932, when Sir Philip Game dismissed Premier Jack Lang.
On June 15, 2012, Powers was posthumously awarded the Silver Star medal for demonstrating “ exceptional loyalty ” while enduring harsh interrogation in the Lubyanka Prison in Moscow for almost two years.
Henry I was crowned after Robert's death in 1031, which is quite exceptional for a French king of the times.
The Levush was exceptional among the codes, in that it treated certain Halakhot from a Kabbalistic standpoint.
The honorific " Hasid " was frequently used as a term of exceptional respect in the Talmudic and early medieval periods.
Bardeen was one of 11 recipients given the Third Century Award from President George H. W. Bush in 1990 for " exceptional contributions to American society " and was granted a gold medal from the Soviet Academy of Sciences in 1988.
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