The crew of Space Shuttle Challenger were not killed in the explosion and breakup of the orbiter, but rather the impact of the crew cabin with the ocean 2:45 minutes later.
That was my grandfather born in 1893,Strong Men Armed said:
Surprised no one mentioned this one:
The Wright brothers are credited with the first aircraft flight, in 1903. Charles Lindbergh flew solo across the Atlantic in 1927. Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon in 1969. Three of the most significant events in aviation history. A child who was 10 years old in 1903 would have been 76 in 1969, and would have remembered all three.
The advances in aeronautical engineering over 66 years may be unmatched in any other field of endeavor.
This one makes you shudder.P.H. Dexippus said:
The crew of Space Shuttle Challenger were not killed in the explosion and breakup of the orbiter, but rather the impact of the crew cabin with the ocean 2:45 minutes later.
Leggo My Elko said:This one makes you shudder.P.H. Dexippus said:
The crew of Space Shuttle Challenger were not killed in the explosion and breakup of the orbiter, but rather the impact of the crew cabin with the ocean 2:45 minutes later.
Strong Men Armed said:
Surprised no one mentioned this one:
The Wright brothers are credited with the first aircraft flight, in 1903. Charles Lindbergh flew solo across the Atlantic in 1927. Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon in 1969. Three of the most significant events in aviation history. A child who was 10 years old in 1903 would have been 76 in 1969, and would have remembered all three.
The advances in aeronautical engineering over 66 years may be unmatched in any other field of endeavor.
They died from trauma due to massive G forces as the orbiter spun out of control shortly before its disintegration. Burning was postmortem.BQ78 said:
Wrong Space shuttle, the one over Texas they mercifully burned up before hitting the ground
My photo belowMcInnis said:
And five years after the Wright Brother's famous flight at Kittyhawk in 1903, Orville Wright became the first pilot of a fatal air crash. A passenger, Army Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge, was killed during a crash of a plane being flown by Wright at Ft. Meyers, VA.
Do we count the 4 dozen or so soldiers sent on suicide missions to destroy a Nazi Chateua or kill a Nazi general who is going to assassinate Hitler?Green2Maroon said:
By way of comparison, the U.S. Army executed about 160 soldiers during and after World War II. Only one soldier was executed for desertion, Pvt. Eddie Slovik. The rest of the executions were for rape and/or murder.
I do not believe that is correct. He was #59 in his class.Quote:
Jimmy Carter graduated from the Naval Academy as the #1 cadet
BQ78 said:
In World War II the German Army handed down 30,000 death sentences for its soldiers, 22,000 were carried out. By comparison there were 48 total in World War I.
Probably the most notable person ever to graduate first in their class in any of the service academies was Douglas MacArthur.Jabin said:I do not believe that is correct. He was #59 in his class.Quote:
Jimmy Carter graduated from the Naval Academy as the #1 cadet
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/jimmy-carter-in-uniform#:~:text=Jimmy%20Carter%20completed%20the%20Naval,a%20class%20of%20820%20students.
Aggie_Journalist said:BQ78 said:
In World War II the German Army handed down 30,000 death sentences for its soldiers, 22,000 were carried out. By comparison there were 48 total in World War I.
I can think of one WWI vet I wish the Germans had shot