F-104 Starfighter

aircraft. Lockheed identified a need for a lighter, faster, more maneuverable aircraft. The company immediately started designing the F-104 Starfighter. There is a major flaw in this line of thinking. The F-104 “responded to a set of circumstances— those of the Korean War— that were already fading into the mists of time”(Terris, 2013). By the time the F-104 was serviceable, the need for the aircraft had passed. The Starfighter simply did not meet the needs of the Air Force after the Korean War. For this reason, the Air Force only ordered 170 aircraft. Lockheed expected to sell around 2,500 Starfighters, so there was work to be done to prevent catastrophic losses. Lockheed turned their attention to overseas markets. “Since they had difficulty persuading governments to place orders for the F-104 strictly on its merits, Lockheed’s overseas executives turned to “unorthodox” sales methods”(Terris, 2013). Lockheed sought people with influences in government that would help sway negotiations in Lockheed’s favor. Middlemen would deliver payments to people of influence in order to secure orders for the F-104. This approach worked successfully in the Netherlands, Japan, Italy, Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia. Lockheed was able to prevent massive losses with overseas sales of the F-104 Starfighter. “In the end, Lockheed sold more than 2,000 Starfighters overseas; it managed to sell fewer than 300 to the U.S. Air Force”(Terris, 2013). At the time, overseas bribery was not…

for capturing the sweeping arc of a bright display or large pillars and curtains over a wide landscape. A fast lens refers to the maximum aperture of the lens or the amount of light that your lens will let in. This is usually designated by an “f-number” – for example f/2.8. The smaller the f-number, the bigger the maximum aperture is for your lens and the more light that will be collected in the image. A lens set at f/2.8 will allow your more light into the camera than will a lens set at f/4.…

The Other Side of the Lens Peering through the viewfinder, I adjusted the focal length of the lens. The girls flitted within the frame, fueled by a sugar-induced hysteria. All five cradled ice cream cones, exuberantly embracing each other with sticky hands. Crisp pine trees lined the path through camp, framing the elated chaos. With a click, I stopped down the aperture, extending the depth of field and drawing each member of my wacky sixth grade group into focus. Hitting the shutter, I captured…

Holmium is a brilliant dim metal found in the lanthanide section on the periodic table, which is for the most part appeared at the bottom of the periodic table. This element has 67 protons in its nucleus, which implies it is the 67th component on the periodic table. Holmium is pliable, which infers it can be bowed and folded. It is the foremost magnetic component of the periodic table. The name comes from the element lanthanum. The lanthanides are also known as rare earth elements. Although…

Today, I decided to play with my own camera of the ESO Canon. I thought that I have learned manual setting on my mentor’s Leica camera. So I wanted to try with my own camera, since it came with manual settings. First, I tried set different ISO, aperture, and shutter-speed numbers. I have to be honest that it wasn’t easy, because I couldn’t tell if is too dark or too bright. I just had to do my best to guess the ISO and shutter speed. With my first try, the first picture was too dark, so I turn…

The running joke about the Super Hornet is that it is a “jack of all trades, and master of none”. The truth is that the Hornet and specifically the Super Hornet has been required to replace the F-14 Tomcat, the S-3 Viking and the A-6 Intruder. That required the Super Hornet to effectively satisfy the mission sets of three aircraft. Boeing was responsible for ensuring that the airframe could handle that challenge, and succeeded in most cases. What Boeing was not contracted to solve, however, was…

Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire was the French author of the novella Candide, also known as "Optimism"(Durant and Durant 724). Voltaire's Candide is a philosophical tale of one man's search for true happiness and his ultimate acceptance of life's disappointments. Candide grows up in the castle of his uncle, a German baron, along with his optimistic scholar, Pangloss, and his young, beautiful cousin, Cunégonde. When Candide falls in love with Cunégonde and his uncle sees them kissing, Candide…

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, a working class mistress and a wealthy bootlegger pay the ultimate price for having lovers outside of their social structure. The social structures in the novel do not revolve solely around the poor, the working class, and the wealthy. Fitzgerald creates a divide between those inheritably rich and those who have worked for their riches. The symbolism of West Egg and East Egg, two fictional communities located on Long Island, are used to emphasize the…

The Effect of Materialism in The Great Gatsby Materialism has a negative influence on the characters in the novel, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. “The most terrible thing about materialism even more terrible than its proneness to violence, is its boredom, from which sex, alcohol, drugs, all devices for putting out the accusing light of reason and suppressing the unrealizable aspirations of love, offers a prospect of deliverance.” This quote, stated by Malcolm Muggeridge, says…

NAME : CRYSTAL MORGAN ID # : 620068655 TUTORIAL TIME : TUESDAY 9-10 AM TUTOR’S NAME : DR. MICHAEL BUCKNOR COURSE CODE : LITS 2301/E 23A COURSE NAME : KEY ISSUES IN LITERARY CRITICISM ASSIGNMENT : COURSE WORK #1 DUE : 18th SEPTEMBER, 2014 STATEMENT : #3 While their financial lifestyles were misguidedly extravagant, it is not only emotional ruin that these characters faced. The Great Gatsby also explores the concepts of economic,…