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The impact on the environment from such a large transportation project prompted some concern among various environmental and social agencies. The environmental concerns extended behind noise and pollution to factors such as economic impacts, energy, and historic resources. Salvucci had to meet with hundreds of governmental and civilian agencies and groups to discuss methods by which to mitigate environmental impacts. As was the case with the previous two actors, Salvucci appeased the concerns of each group. He implemented bypasses and access roads, which reduced noisy traffic flow through neighborhoods. He committed to limiting downtown parking, while also increasing the amount of covered parking. Additionally, he devised a plan to …show more content…
Unlike Salvucci, who focused efforts on the actors to transform associations, Rear Admiral William Moffett focused on transforming the system to accept his artifact. In 1921, Moffett was chosen as the first chief of the navy’s Bureau of Aeronautics. Moffett believed that carriers should no longer be adjuncts to battleships, but should replace them. This would require a fundamental shift in navy thinking and doctrine. The basic entities in this network are: Moffett (heterogeneous engineer), the carrier (artifact), non-aviators, naval aviators, the promotion system, and naval doctrine. Rather than changing his artifact to meet the interests of the other actors, he used the promotion system to alter the associations of the artifact to the aviators, non-aviators, and the doctrine. We will examine those three relationships for this …show more content…
To accomplish this, he had to introduce naval aviators into the promotion system, but this was a significant challenge. It was assumed that because of the inherent danger in flying, wartime would claim many more aviator lives than non-aviators. This required that the navy possess a large number of aviators in peacetime, but this threated the non-aviators’ influential role in the system. There would be too many aviators competing for promotion against the non-aviators. His solution was for the aviators to join the Navy Reserve during peacetime. This allowed the system to accept more promotions of aviators while limiting the impact on the currently accepted role of non-aviators. Additionally, he instituted a program for Navy Captains (who were too old for basic flight school) that allowed them to earn aviation wings through a limited aviation observation program. These non-aviators-turned-aviators provided additional support for Moffett’s integration of the carrier. Over time, these two steps fostered a positive association between non-aviators and the
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In the study of Canadian military history the Avro Arrow has become a buzzword found on the lips of all technological, political and even airforce enthusiast. At the risk of seeming unoriginal in topic selection, this critique reviews the fascinating biography, Fall of an Arrow, by Murray Peden. Peden's historical biography accurately covers a variety of aspects of the A. V. Row Arrow, from specifics in military capability, to competing technological and political/economic significance. This critical evaluation of the mentioned secondary source sets out to evaluate the work as a historical source, focussing on evidence of bias, the apparent coherence of arguments and finally the effectiveness of Peden's underlying points.
Airmen: An Illustrated History: 1939-1949.” Oct. 2012. Vol. 65 Issue 4, pg. 316-319. 4p. Ebsco Host. Tucker, Phillip Thomas, 1953. Web.2014.
Milner, Marc. "The Humble Corvette: Navy, Part 27." Legion Magazine. Legion Magazine, 5 June 2008. Web. 19 Feb. 2014.
The name General Carl ‘Tooey’ Andrew Spaatz has become synonymous with the phrase air power and strategist. Air power has come along way since Wilbur and Orville launched the first airplane in 1902 in the city of Kitty Hawk. Famous engineers have taken the Wright-Brothers design and made great improvements to them while slowly integrating these new powerful means of transportation, weaponry and communication aids into the military. Since the onset of World War I there has been a debate on how to most effectively use these new airplanes in the Army’s collection. Most individuals believed that airplanes should be under control of the Army theater commander, while very few felt that these airplanes should be a separate entity from the Army. One of these few people who believed that the Air Force should be separate is General Spaatz. General Spaatz possessed perseverance, leadership attributes and military knowledge; all factors leading him becoming a substantial proponent of a separate Air Force. Spaatz legacy continues to live on; his leadership skills continue to influence people today as General Spaatz is still able to impact air power in the 21st century.
The Washington Naval Conference. Retrieved from U.S. Department Of State: Office of the Historian: http://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/naval-conference
The U.S. Navy nurtured into a challenging power in the years previous to World War II, with battleship construction being revived in 1937, commencing with the USS North Carolina . It was able to add to its fleets throughout the early years of the war when the US was still not involved, growing production of vessels both large and small. In a conflict that had a number of amphibious landings, naval superiority was important in both Europe and the Pacific. The mutual resource...
Before the war, African-American pilots weren't able to fly in battle due to segregation, even though blacks have been flying for a while beforehand, including pilots such as Bessie Coleman, Charles Alfred Anderson, and more, who'd fought oppression to become pilots (George 5). Army officials thought blacks couldn't fight, aren't as smart as whites, and weren't worthy enough of operating machines as complicated as airplanes. There was hope for African Americans who wanted to fly in the 1930s, when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt began to build up the U.S. armed forces, thinking of military-related ideas such as teaching civilians to fly, passing the Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP) in April 1939, which would provide training for 20,000 college students yearly as private pilots, and soon allowed the Secretary of War to lend equipment to schools for African-American pilot training (George 6). While this program was being developed, Edgar G. Brown, an African-American spokesman for government employees, arranged an unusual flight. Two black pilots from the National Airmen's Association, Dale White and Chauncey Spencer, would fly from Chicago, IL to Washington, D.C. in a run-down biplane. They met with Missouri senator and future president Harry S. Truman on May 9, 1939. Aviation was fairly new and a feat like this was impressive, and thus, it had impressed the president. Harry S. Truman was going to help them, and with the ...
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Captain Aubrey exhibits and demonstrates leadership characteristics that inspire his crew to be the best that they can be. One of the most important leadership traits that Captain Jack has is a single-minded focus on his purpose. All of his decisions are held up against the g...
Snider, D. M. (2008). Dissent and strategic leadership of the military professions. Carlisle Barracks, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College.
Pollution is a major problem for all of us. People need to recognize this situation so we can start making a difference to this problem. In order to start making a difference, the federal government should increase gasoline tax by one dollar a gallon. Fifty percent of this dollar will go towards public transportation, since passenger cars and trucks are a major contribution towards air pollution, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, E.P.A (10/4, http://www.epa.gov/autoemissions/emsns.html). Due to the expected increase after this is put forth, the remaining fifty percent of the dollar will go towards safety on these transits. When public transportation increases, air pollution will decrease, which will lessen the harmful health risks towards the environment.
The purpose of this research is to identify the reason why William Boeing is important in the aviation history. It is about what he did to be put in the history of aviation. The story is told from his anti-lesson years all the way till his death. The Boeing company is the largest aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial and military aircraft of the world. William Boeing did not wake up one day and have it all. It was a slow process. He stayed motivated and continued to work toward his goals. William Boeing was an Entrepreneur. A Entrepreneur that knew what he wanted and was willing to do what it takes to accomplish it. William Edward Boeing surrounded himself around similar people like him. He surrounded himself around wealthy people who had a strong desire for excitement as he did. There is not a bigger company that has made a bigger impact on the aviation community worldwide than the company that Boeing created.