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USS Kitty Hawk Decommissioned After 48 Years
United States Navy supercarrier, USS Kitty Hawk, was decommissioned on January 31, 2009. The ship, which served 48 years, is being replaced by USS George H.W. Bush.
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Attack on Darwin Australia 1942
Darwin, Australia was attacked by Japanese aircraft February 19, 1942and this is an account of what happened that day.
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Centennial Anniversary of First Flight Starts in 2002
A year-long celebration of the Wright brother's first flight is being planned across the nation.
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North Carolina's Outer Banks
The Outer Banks are a group of barrier islands in the Atlantic Ocean off of North Carolina's coast. Steve Strother takes time off from riding the Atlantic waves to describe the coast's unique combination of natural beauty, man made charm, and historic appeal of America's first settlers and Blackbeard!
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North Carolina's Outer Banks: Fun for the Whole Family - Part 2
This article is part 2 of a two part series detailing the highlights of family vacationing in the Outer Banks coastal area of North Carolina. In Part 2 I focus on additional parks and natural areas as well as three shopping highlights.
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Outer Banks, North Carolina
Windsurfing, birding, fishing and otherwise kicking back are the mainstays of the OBX, where the Wright Brothers first took flight.
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North Carolina's Outer Banks: Fun for the Whole Family - Part 1
The Outer Banks are a group of barrier islands in the Atlantic Ocean off of North Carolina's coast. With a unique combination of natural beauty, man made charm, and historic appeal these islands offer an ideal location for a family summer vacation.
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Comparing Today to 2001: A Space Odyssey
Comparing today's technology with that found in the 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, reveals interesting parallels and gaps.
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Lighthouses of the Outer Banks
Romance and danger surround them as they stand upon the dunes, for three centuries now, ready to guide a passing ship from diseaster or a wearied traveler home.
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The Wright Brothers
Two Brothers who owned a bycycle factory and were interested in flying machines as a hobby were the first to build a working airplane.
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Going to the Outer Banks, N.C.? Then Savor the Food at the Black Pelican
If you're headed for the Outer Banks this year, treat yourself to a meal or two at the Black Pelican, where you'll find delicious seafood, swesome wood-fired gourmet pizzas--and dedecant desserts.
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Budget Travel with Free Activities
It's hard to budget travel; the price of gas leads people to stay home. The Top 10 tips of Reader's Digest's 25 cheap vacations in the USA include free, fun activities.
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Vacation in Northern Beaches of The Outer Banks
Find out where to visit, eat, and stay when vacationing in the northern beaches of the Outer Banks.
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North Carolina's Outer Banks
A review of North Carolina's Outer Banks as a family destination, featuring Jockey State Park
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North Carolina's Water Worlds
A review of water activities for kids on North Carolina's Outer Banks
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Look, Up in the Air!
Get carried up, up, and away -- at one of Ohio’s many Hot Air Balloon events.
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All Aboard Elvis Tribute Cruises
Elvis tribute cruises with live music and costumes take place summer, fall and winter aboard Royal Caribbean ships leaving from such ports as Los Angeles and Baltimore..
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Amelia Earhart (part 1)
This young lady showed amazing courage, fortitude, and talent. She goes down in history with a long list of avition firsts to her credit.
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Samuel Franklin Cody
In 1908, "Colonel Cody" made Britain's first powered air flight in a plane designed for the British Army.
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Elise Raymonde de Laroche, Pioneer Aviator
Pioneers of aviation were often regarded as mad, brave or charismatic. De Laroche was no different. 22 October 2009 is the 100th anniversary of her first solo flight.
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Origin, History of the United States Air Force
This technologically gifted branch of the Armed Services has seen Military Air Power advance from balloons to bi-planes to bombers to outer space vehicles and satellites!
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St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line: The World’s First Airline, Part 2
This piece looks at the aircraft used by the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line. As you read, consider how primitive the plane and accomodations were compared with today. Also notice how "modern" it seemed at the time!
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The Boeing Company
The second in our series of articles examining ground-breaking aircraft manufacturers, this is a look at the most familiar name in aeronautics the world over.
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Twin Trip, Part II
We spend a sleepless night worrying about our airplane, then move on to an Arkansas adventure.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Although UAVs as surveillance and gunnery spotters are now decades old, the offensively armed UAV first seen over the skies of Afghanistan have for all time changed how air war is waged.
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Alberto Santos Dumont and Aviation History
Famous Brazilian hero & aviation pioneer, Alberto Santos Dumont is regarded in Brazil as the first person to fly an airplane - before the Wright brothers themselves.
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Celebrating the "Birthplace of Aviation"
Question: Why is "Birthplace of Aviation" stamped on so many Ohio license plates? Answer: Wright Patterson AFB, John Glenn, NASA research, an Astronaut Grove ... just to name a few.
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French Aviation History
In France in 1783 the Montgolfier brothers are the first in history to leave the earths surface in a balloon, aviation madness was born! The next step, Powered Flight!
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Getting Away the Objective on Ocracoke Island
Remote Ocracoke Island is part of the least developed region of North Carolina's Outer Banks. Known for simple pursuits and miles of open beach, it is reachable by ferry.
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Sayonara, Suite101.com
I'm a little sad to be saying goodbye to this topic, but the time has come to move on.
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America Needs A New Space Program
How NASA Monopolizes Space and How it Harms a Potentially Strong Commercial Space Industry.
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St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line: The World’s First Airline, Part 3
This is the third of a series studying the world's first airline. This piece focuses on the group behind the airline.
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The Rise of Commercial Aviation - Part One
How did the U.S. civil aviation system evolve? This article takes a look at the birth of the largest commercial air transport net in the world.
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Virgin Airlines Group—Aiming for the Stars…And Getting There?
This site has looked at the beginnings of commercial flight in the ventures of the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, and Chalk's Ocean Airways. This article looks at an airline aiming even higher--to the stars! (If Ralph Kramden were around, maybe he'd buy Alice a ticket hoping it could go "to the moon.")
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Nicknames and Designations
A brief look into a few of the nicknames that astronauts have given their spacecraft officially and unoffically.
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Ocracoke Island: A Magical Adventure
Ocracoke Island, the most difficult to reach of the North Carolina Outer Banks barrier islands is a unique place to visit. In this article I discuss the effects of this magical place on me even years after my last visit.
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IGNORANCE-BACKED EXTRATERRESTRIAL, IRRESPONSIBLE HUMAN CLONING
During the last few months people around the world have been shocked by news that humans are about to be cloned. They come from two sources. An expected one: The Rael Church which made its first announcement less than six months after Dolly's cloning in 1997 and the other from a team of so called scientists, Panayiotis Zavos from the US (Not an MD), Severino Antinori(MD) from Italy and Abi Ben Abraham (MD) from Israel. Is this responsible?
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Space History
A Brief History of the U.S. Space Program


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