#Airparks

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Airpark — Prehistoric Feeling. 2022 : Eugenia Hall.

! acquire the album ★ attach a coffee !

[everydayesterday]

A Tree Swallow, showing off its iridescence on a sunny day. These are such beautiful birds.

2023-05-06 Nashville, TN (Cornelia Fort Airpark)

photos by me. Cross-posted to the Macaulay Library (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)

[Image ID: Four photos by the original poster, showing a Tree Swallow standing upon a rusted metal fence post, against a green field (blurred due to the focus of the photographs). The bird is black, white, and iridescent blue. In the first photo, some feathers atop the bird's head are ruffled, being blown by the wind. In the second photo, the bird's body is contorted, and its leg is elevated to scratch its head. In the third photo, the bird is ordinarily perched with its beak slightly open. In the fourth photo, the bird is hunched over to its front, with its right wing flared out.]

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Lockheed A-12 60-6924 by Mark Allison Via Flickr: Article 942 - The first A-12 built on display alongside it's SR-71 successor at the Blackbird Airpark in Palmdale, CA. Article 924 was first flown on the 26th April 1962 and accumulated 418.2 flight hours during its flying life. -14/10/2022

[reisman123]

Commercial Properties for Sale in Phoenix

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A good vibe ♡

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handprints, footprints all on my glass

Jack Schlossberg x reader | 1.6k wc

minors dni please and thanks, this is hag business

summary: it’s a short ride from the afterparty to the airport, theoretically

cw: shameless smut, she comes first 💪, dry humping, dom reader sorta, pathetic simp Jack enjoyers make some noise!!!, oral (f receiving), fingering, we’re degrading him a bit whoops, accidental vabbing (?????) girl idk, reader wears the pants not the panties, they’re in one of those Mercedes vans, wear your seatbelts everywhere but here

The jet lag was undoubtedly winning. As luck would have it, the busiest weeks of the year for you and Jack overlapped nearly entirely. It had been nonstop flights, engagements, meetings, press releases, dinner parties, galas, openings of buildings for charities for either dogs or orphans, orphaned dogs maybe, for so long you’d entirely lost track and were ever thankful that most of your speaking assignments were behind you. This last afterparty had fried you both; you didn’t have a single networking conversation left in you. Collapsed opposite you in the jump seat, Jack looked just as spent as you felt.

Of course, he still looked too good. It was fucking sweltering in that venue, and he had loosened his evergreen evening tie and slightly unbuttoned his dress shirt the very second you were shielded by the limo tint. Faint wisps of chest hair peered out from the opening, a fresh tan making his teeth look even whiter. Gun to your head, he’d had his pants taken in too much at the hips, but you’d never say anything that would threaten such a view.

There wasn’t time for that; you were in the home stretch of this hell month and had a packed 16 hour day tomorrow. One last email once over, and you could abandon your work iPad and pass out for the flight back to New York.

“Have you been like that all night?” he asks tentatively.

“Like what?” There’s no immediate response, so you look up from checking tomorrow’s agenda to see Jack shamelessly staring up your cocktail dress at your lack of underwear. The spell breaks when you recross your legs and playfully kick his shin.

“Eyes up here. So what if I was?”

Jack blinks dumbly at you and clears his throat. His eyebrows draw together out of confusion.

“But I saw you get dressed this morning. Where’s that pair I just bought you?”

“They’re wrapped in your pocket square. Did you forget to switch it out for a dry one before lunch?” you ask, holding back a shit-eating grin.

It’s hard to deny the rush you get watching Jack go pale and fish the handkerchief out of the breast pocket of his discarded suit jacket, still sticky from cleaning you up a few hours ago. Sure enough, there’s a crumpled La Perla thong cradled in the middle. You interrupt his stuttering protests when you kick your pumps off and slide a foot up his leg.

“Oh please, like you don’t love walking around smelling like me.”

“I do,” his ears are turning red. “but I hugged like twenty people today!”

“Page six has been trying to pin down that musky “cologne” you use for ages. I think you’re safe.” You briefly wonder if you’re leaking onto the leather seats, but that train of thought is halted by Jack’s hand reaching to remove his tie.

“Keep it on.”

He snaps to attention at the direct order.

“Oh yeah?”

“Yeah, I like my handle.”

“Do you come with an off switch?”

Break lights flash on in the surrounding lanes. Just your luck; it’s complete gridlock in the few miles between here and the airpark. Maybe there was a little time.

Your foot slides higher, and Jack hisses through his teeth at the contact.

“Why don’t you try and find it?”

There’s barely a millisecond of hesitation before he falls onto you, licking stripes of sweat off your skin from your cleavage to your cheekbones. As always, he’s loud in the way that only a guy who never gets told to shut the fuck up can be: every breath shudders its way out, and he’s basically whimpering into your mouth by the time he gets there, louder when his right hand finds you, in fact, dripping all over the seat. You doubt you’ll ever get used to how thick his fingers are, or the vulgar noises they make when he’s showing off his grip strength knocking on your g spot.

He’d rolled his shirt sleeves up for the afterparty, but his watch was still squarely in the splash zone, and for the briefest of moments you wonder if it’s as waterproof as the cheaper ones he wears surfing. The thought is quickly pushed aside as Jack works you until you’re jolting off the seat trying to get his fingers deeper.

One good yank on his hair gets him off your neck, and he’s so dazed and fucked out already that you almost cum right there.

“Someone looks hungry,” you tease.

“Fuck, please let me-“ He’s cut off by the van suddenly lurching forward and throwing you both off balance, leaving only your vice grip on his tie keeping him in place. There’s a filthy squelch when he pulls his fingers out to suck them clean as he sinks down to his knees. It’s so warm that your dress is sticking to your thighs, and he rapidly loses patience trying to slide it up to your waist.

“This is a rental!” you squeal when the fabric rips, spraying sequins all over the floor. Jack doesn’t even flinch and wraps his lips snugly around your clit.

“Whatever, I’ll buy it,” he mumbles without breaking contact. You find yourself sliding down the sweat slick leather to grind against his face, and he has the nerve to lean back to watch your hips buck desperately.

“I love when you chase it,” he grins. Without missing a beat, you lock your legs around his head and shut him up against you.

“Don’t fucking tease me. I’m not the one humping the floor like a dog.” The mumbly, docile “sorry” that vibrates through you is the hottest thing he’s said all day. And he really is, if his overly enthusiastic slurping indicates anything. Those rapid, precise little strokes of his tongue always froth you up like he’s got a mouthful of soap. By the time you get tired of spelling your name on his nose and shove him to the floor to straddle his face, he’s completely lathered in you.

He lets out a little bleat of surprise when you roughly grab his hair and start manhandling him as if he’s a wet wipe, though he really should expect it by now. Normally, you’d be distractingly aware of the very real possibility the driver can hear the way you’re snarling his name, but time is not on your side right now. The last break lights recede, leaving the compartment only lit by dim blue under-seat bulbs. Your movements grow more frenzied; you’re totally disregarding Jack’s lung capacity and not even aiming for his mouth anymore, just using his whole face like it’s all he’s made for. Right as you begin to worry you have nothing left in the tank due to the lunch commute, a muffled, drawn-out “please” from beneath you sends you tumbling right over the edge. Your orgasm hits you more like a tranquilizer than anything else as the last dregs of your energy drench his face.

As soon as he feels your contractions lessen, he’s tossing you off to sit on his thighs and fumbling with his belt buckle. The van makes a hard right turn onto the final road to the airpark, and Jack lets out a frustrated groan knowing the clock is ticking. Still, he knows not to get in your way when you shove his hands away and slide right back on top of his dick, so hard you can feel the heat radiating through the fabric. You know you’re fucking up his dress pants grinding on him like this, but if nothing else, the linen will dry fast.

“I’m sleeping on the plane whether you finish or not, so make it work.” He doesn’t have enough time to be pissed at you, and he knows it. The sight of him so desperately rutting up against you is nearly enough to get you there all over again. All the tendons in his neck stand out as he presses his lips together trying to focus. His legs splay frantically in an attempt to ground himself, one jet black Oxford wedging under the jump seat and the other pressed flat against the far window. Jack’s head tips back and his eyes screw up in concentration, but you can’t have that, no matter how tasty his Adam’s apple looks. You loop his tie around your hand one more time and yank him back to earth,

“Uh-uh. Look at me when I’m making you cum.” That’ll do it. His expression softens then freezes as his eyes unfocus and his mouth falls open. He sounds downright melodic when he cums, just one long note that gets bounced up and down the scale before trailing off to a whine, and you relish every little twitch of him spilling into his pants, so far from you but certainly close enough.

The van rolls to a stop, and suddenly it’s a fumbling nightmare of you both trying to fish your shoes out from under the seats and smooth each others hair. You snatch Jack’s blazer to cover the rip in your dress, shove the iPad and pocket square-thong mess into your work bag, and throw the door open with what you hope is a believable amount of nobody-get-between-me-and-my-lie-flat-seat urgency.

Wobbly legs insist you grab his hand to step out of the van, and, of course, there’s a fucking pap pressed to the tarmac fence. Jack’s reflexes don’t stand a chance at turning him away in time after what you’ve put him through. When the flash catches his face, you can only look horrified as it perfectly captures the shine you’ve left on him.

Gossipy headlines and vague, tasteful PR statement drafts are already zipping through your head. Add it to the agenda: 16.5 hour day incoming.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Brand new 2024 Spanish Mission Style estate in Queen Creek, AZ. Who designed this thing? It has only 3bds, but 11baths, 32,000 sq ft. Sheesh! Priced at $19.5m + $329mo. HOA.

It's still not finished. Walking thru that entrance it looks like there is, or is going to be, a water feature. Plus, there are connections on these columns either for statues or lights.

Huge 2 story living room w/fireplace in Arizona. I have friends there- it's hot as blazes. But, the ad says 25,000 sq ft of air conditioned space- can you imagine the electric bill?

Open concept living room/kitchen. Look at the balcony on the upper left.

The kitchen isn't finished. The appliances aren't in yet.

If I didn't see the toilet and sink, I'd think that this was an elevator.

I'm gonna say that this is a bedroom. It has the scalloped Spanish ceilings.

You're gonna see a lot of baths, b/c there are 11 of them. This one has a big stone double sink and tile shower. I hope they put tile on the wall around those faucets.

I don't know what this is, but it can't be another bathroom. Whatever it is, it has a kitchenette.

Another bath. I guess maybe there's going to be a tub in here.

This is a bedroom.

Huge en-suite.

And, the walk-in closet. There are 2, one for each person.

In the courtyard, multiple swimming pools with fountains and firepots

Plus an outdoor kitchen with a mission bell tower. They didn't put the bell in yet.

This is a hangar, with a flight office, so I guess you can have several planes. And, the ad describes that as a "big ass fan" on the ceiling. It's called the Pegasus Airpark b/c it's perfectly situated on a North/South double lot, for a massive 350' of taxiway for the planes.

Here's the putting green, b/c for some reason, every millionaire plays golf.

Outdoor basketball court, plus a sand volleyball court, and pickleball. The gym has a firepole slide down to a first floor hidden door. The main house has a 5,000 sq ft basement: bowling alley, 75 ft shooting range, Tiger Woods' (Full Swing Pro 2.0) Golf Simulator.

Pool house/guest house.

Sauna and shower.

Courtyard garden.

2.09 acre lot. Where is the runway? That brown strip? I guess all the residents have hangars.

[northernpintail]

Overcast day at the Airpark

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Courtenay Airpark #90 © Bev Byerley

[everydayesterday]

Wild Turkeys, including a leucistic female (this coloration occurs in approx. 1/100,000 per Audubon).

photos by me, 2024-03-25. A cloudy day at Cornelia Fort Airpark, so I will try another day when the lighting conditions are better, hoping that the leucistic bird is still around.

[usafphantom2]

Where are the SR 71’s today?

They are all on display in America with one exception. #962 is at Duxford, Great Britain. this SR-71 was the one that was the most frequently stationed in Great Britain It’s a permanent loan from the United States to Great Britain with our thanks.

Arizona

#17951 flew on March 5, 1965, and served as a test bird throughout its career. It is currently displayed at the Pima Air Museum, Tucson, AZ.

California

California is home to more SR-71 aircraft than any other state. It houses six of them, listed below:

•SR-71A #17955 - AFFTC Museum, Edwards AFB, CA.

•SR-71A #17960 - Castle Air Museum near Atwater, CA.

•SR-71A #17963 - Beale AFB, CA.

•SR-71A #17973 - Blackbird Airpark, Palmdale, CA.

•SR-71A #17975 - March Field Museum, March AFB, CA.

•SR-71A #17980 - NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center as #844.

Florida

In Florida, specifically at the USAF Armament Museum, Eglin AFB, FL, the SR-71A #61-7959, also known as the "Big Tail," is on display. This nickname dates to 1975, when it was chosen as the platform for a new series of sensors placed in an extension towards the rear of the aircraft . The last flight of this aircraft took place on October 29, 1976

Georgia

At the Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB, GA, the Blackbird SR-71A #17958 is on display. According to various records, on July 28, 1976, this example facilitated a human being (pilot captain Eldon W. Joersz and major RSO George T. Morgan Jr.) to reach the highest speed ever aboard an aircraft.

Kansas

SR-71A #17961 accumulated 1601 flight hours until February 2, 1977, the date of its last flight. It is currently on display between a Northrop T-38 Talon advanced trainer and a life-size replica of the Space Shuttle at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, Hutchinson, KS

Louisiana

At the 8th Air Force Museum, Barksdale AFB, LA, the SR-71A #17967 is on display, one of two examples reactivated in 1995 for USAF service before the program was canceled in 1998. Over the years, this aircraft accumulated more than 2700 flight hours.

Texas

At the USAF History and Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB, TX, is SR-71A #17979, which was used as a reconnaissance aircraft during Operation Giant Reach in the Egyptian-Israeli war.

Michigan

Two trainer variants were built, denoted SR-71Bs. One crashed on approach to Beale AFB on January 11, 1968, while the other, SR-71B #17956, is displayed at the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo, MI. This SR-71 has more flight hours than any other Blackbird, nearly 4000, and is believed to have been photographed more times than any other.

Nebraska

At the Strategic Air and Space Museum near Ashland, NE, SR-71A #17964 is on display. Its first flight took place in 1966, and the last in 1990, when it was delivered to Offutt AFB, NE, to be permanently exhibited

Ohio

The first operational ( Jerry O’Malley and Ed Payne) mission of an SR-71 was carried out by SR-71A #17976 before concluding its career with about 3000 flight hours. It is among the first SR-71s to be permanently exhibited and best preserved. It is displayed at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

Oregon

Below the right wing of Howard Hughes' H-4 Hercules at the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, OR, is the most complete and accurate SR-71, SR-71A #17971, which has accumulated over 3500 flight hours.

Utah

As mentioned, after January 11, 1968, when half of the SR-71 trainer fleet was lost due to the crash of #17957, a replacement trainer was built, designated SR-71C #17981. This aircraft is currently on display at the Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill AFB, UT. Irregular maintenance procedures and aftermarket construction caused constant yaw of the aircraft; therefore, the SR-71C was used on a limited basis between 1969-1976.

Virginia

The state of Virginia hosts two SR-71s:

•SR-71A #17968 is displayed at the Science Museum in Richmond, VA. 2. The #972 at Udvar-Hazy

Chantilly,

Linda Sheffield

@Habubrats71 via X

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Bob and Rob’s Great Adventure

Originally, I had planned to fly to Vancouver Island in the week after the Labour Day weekend with Sheldon P. Sheldon flies a Challenger. The Challenger Ultralight community back East have a yearly winter flying called Montebello. Westabello has occurred in Wetaskiwin for the last 10 years. This year they planned on Coastalbello at the Courtenay Airpark on the Island the weekend after the long…

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25 Jahre Tanz in die Integration

25 Jahre Tanz in die Integration Next Level und X-Ception auf dem Weg zur Weltmeisterschaft in Blackpool/England: hier Zwischenstation Flughafen Manchester. (Foto: pm) Jubiläumsfeier des Projekts 99 mit Showprogramm Buchen. (vs) „Drogenszene in Buchen katastrophal“ oder „‘Soko‘ soll Drogenkriminalität bekämpfen“ oder „Ein Rauschgift-Dealer der Oberliga“, solche und ähnliche Schlagzeilen, die sich fast ausnahmslos auf Spätaussiedler bezogen, beunruhigten Ende der 1990-er Jahre fast wöchentlich die Bevölkerung im Altkreis Buchen. Darunter auch der damalige Sonderschulkonrektor und Stadtrat Volker Schwender, der den Verlauf der monatelangen Gemeinderatsdiskussionen zum Thema „Wie integrieren wir 2.500 Russlanddeutsche und ihre Kinder und Jugendlichen“ unbefriedigend fand. „Es war für mich höchste Zeit zu handeln“, erinnert sich Schwender und gründete das ‚Integrations- und Präventionsprojekt Hiphop-Breakdance‘ (IPHB) als sinnvolles Freizeitangebot“, weil er von Schülern erfahren hatte, dass viele russlanddeutsche Jugendliche „auf Breakdance stehen“. Abonnieren Sie kostenlos unseren NOKZEIT-KANAL auf Whatsapp. Um Missverständnissen vorzubeugen: kein:e Tänzer:in des Projektes war jemals drogenabhängig, das wollte und konnte das Projekt durch Prävention/Vorbeugung durch sinnvolle Freizeitgestaltung und durch kreatives Tanzen verhindern. So begann 1999 ein unerwartet erfolgreiches, inzwischen (inter)national bekanntes Projekt in der Gymnastikhalle der Meister-Eckehart-Schule. Das das Projekt 99 wurde zum Aushängeschild Buchens und des Neckar-Odenwald-Kreises, wie Bürgermeister Roland Burger und Landrat Dr. Achim Brötel bestätigen. Anerkennung von Leistung In der Überzeugung, dass nur die Anerkennung von Leistung innerhalb des Projektes, aber auch extern durch die Gesellschaft zunächst eine Integrationsbereitschaft und schließlich die Integration fördert, leitete Volker Schwender bis heute das Projekt. Schwender, schon damals voller Hochachtung und Respekt vor den Moves und Powermoves (= Akrobatik) von Breakdancern, war tief beeindruckt, mit wie viel Spaß und Freude sich die Jungs abmühten, durch langes, intensives und schweißtreibendes Training einen Move nach dem anderen zu erlernen. Das konnte manchmal Monate dauern und Fortschritte waren aus tanzpädagogischen Gründen stets begleitet von gegenseitiger Anerkennung. Die erste Möglichkeit in der Öffentlichkeit zu zeigen, was man kann, war das 25-jährige Jubiläum der Gesamtstadt Buchen auf der großen Bühne in der Sporthalle des Schulzentrums. Als Projektleiter war Volker Schwender immer bedacht, alles fotografisch festzuhalten und über die Presse zu berichten, um eine größtmögliche gesellschaftliche Anerkennung zu ermöglichen. Der Vorort-Applaus und die Presseberichte verursachten wieder einen erheblichen Motivationsschub, sodass sich eine unglaubliche Eigendynamik entwickelte. Nun wollte man sich mit anderen vergleichen und organisierte die Teilnahme an kleineren Wettbewerben von Jugendhäusern in Wertheim, Bad Mergentheim, Sinsheim, Freiburg. Die Erfolge trieben den Ehrgeiz auf die Spitze: „Wir wollen den Durchbruch schaffen – und zwar bundesweit!“, hieß nun ein Appell der Tänzer:innen an den Projektleiter. Dieser organisierte nun hochmotiviert die bisher größten Auftritte u.a. in Saarbrücken und beim Radio-Regenbogen-Open-Air auf dem Baden Airpark in Baden-Baden. Als 2007 Kevin Sauer begann, Choreografien zu entwickeln und einzustudieren, entschlossen sich Volker Schwender und er zu einer effektiven Arbeitsteilung. Sauer konzentrierte sich auf die Kunst und Schwender auf das Management – „jeweils mit hundertprozentigem Einsatz“, so Schwender. Die Anzahl der Auftritte wuchs, der Bekanntheitsgrad des IPHB auch und mit ihm die Teilnehmerzahl. Heute gehören 72 Kinder und Jugendliche im Alter ab fünf Jahre zum IPHB. Heute ist Kevin Sauer nicht nur Tänzer, sondern auch Choreograf und Musikproduzent für die Shows. Als einziger Tänzer der ersten Stunden ist er bis heute dabei. Darin und in der Tatsache, dass viele ehemalige Tänzer:innen ihr tänzerisches „Know How“ anderswo in Kursen weitegeben, manifestiert sich die Nachhaltigkeit des Projektes. Der Tanz in die Integration erwies sich als sehr erfolgreich. Abonnieren Sie kostenlos unseren NOKZEIT-KANAL auf Whatsapp. Der internationale Bekanntheitsgrad der Buchener Tänzer:innen führte sie inzwischen zu Auftritten nach Mumbai (Indien) und 2021 sowie 2023 ins spanische TV nach Madrid, wo sie im November von der Jury den „Goldenen Buzzer“ bekamen und damit ins Finale im Dezember 2023 einzogen (NZ berichtete). Das beispiellos erfolgreiche Projekt wird also 25 Jahre alt und hat in dieser Zeit drei Weltmeister-, zwei Vize-Weltmeister-, drei Vize-Europameister-, 25 Deutscher Meister-Titel als Team, Duo und Solo gewonnen (NZ berichtete). Seit Mai hat das Projekt 99 eine neue Nachwuchsgruppe ReaXion. Der neuen Crew gehören , neun Kinder im Alter von zehn bis13 Jahren an. Das alles muss gefeiert werden. Der Termin steht fest, am 05.Oktober in der Stadthalle Buchen, wird es ab 18 Uhr, ein spannendes Showprogramm mit einem nationalen Hiphop-Wettbewerb und einem Highlight unter dem Thema „Classic meets Hiphop“ geben. Highlight ist das Kurpfälzische Kammerorchester, das zusammen mit dem Locking-Weltmeister David Kwiek die Show präsentieren wird, die sie beim Supertalent von RTL ins Finale brachte (NZ berichtete). Für sein Engagement rund um das Projekt 99 wurde Volker Schwender erst im Frühjahr durch Ministerpräsident Winfried Kretschmann mit dem Verdienstorden des Landes Baden-Württemberg ausgezeichnet (NZ berichtete) Das Jubiläums-Event und die Existenz des „Projekt 99“ ist nur durch Spenden und Sponsoring möglich, weshalb Volker Schwender allen Geldgebern dankt. Karten für die Jubiläumsshow gibt es nur an der Abendkasse, die ab 17 Uhr geöffnet ist (kein Vorverkauf). Der Eintritt für Erwachsene beträgt 9 Euro, Jugendliche zahlen 5 Euro. 3d705fa8 58cd 48f5 a34c 7226626cb704 Das Kurpfälzer Kammerorchester (KKO) mit dem "Locking"-Weltmeister David Quiek. (Foto: Agentur) Lesen Sie den ganzen Artikel

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Events 8.15 (1800 to 1960)

von Laudon. 1824 – The Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving French general of the American Revolutionary War, arrives in New York and begins a tour of 24 states. 1843 – The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, it is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States. 1843 – Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark. 1863 – The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863). 1893 – Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton. 1899 – Fratton Park football ground in Portsmouth, England is officially first opened. 1907 – Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies. 1914 – A servant of American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin, and murders seven people there. 1914 – The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SS Ancon. 1914 – World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia. 1914 – World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I. 1915 – A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production. 1920 – Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula. 1935 – Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska. 1939 – Twenty-six Junkers Ju 87 bombers commanded by Walter Sigel meet unexpected ground fog during a dive-bombing demonstration for Luftwaffe generals at Neuhammer. Thirteen of them crash and burn. 1939 – The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California. 1940 – An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October. 1941 – Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for espionage. 1942 – World War II: Operation Pedestal: The oil tanker SS Ohio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses. 1943 – World War II: Battle of Trahili: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds. 1944 – World War II: Operation Dragoon: Allied forces land in southern France. 1945 – Emperor Hirohito broadcasts his declaration of surrender following the effective surrender of Japan in World War II; Korea gains independence from the Empire of Japan. 1947 – India gains independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule and joins the Commonwealth of Nations. 1947 – Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi. 1948 – The First Republic of Korea (South Korea) is established in the southern half of the peninsula. 1950 – Measuring Mw 8.6, the largest earthquake on land occurs in the Assam-Tibet-Myanmar border, killing 4,800. 1952 – A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people. 1954 – Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay. 1959 – American Airlines Flight 514, a Boeing 707, crashes near the Calverton Executive Airpark in Calverton, New York, killing all five people on board.

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NASA SARP

This summer, I get to be a part of NASA's Student Airborne Research program, an internship focused on supporting students who have an interest in ecology.

Did you know that NASA actually has an ecology branch? They are involved in nearly every branch of science. Whether researching forest fires, fluctuating pollution, or depleting kelp forests, if it involves science, NASA will take an interest.

The SARP program has two branches: East Coast and West Coast. I'm in the West Coast branch, primarily located in Irvine, California. However, for the first week, we spent our days up in Palmdale, near an airpark where NASA houses its planes. This is prep week, where we meet all our mentors and sit in a lecture room learning the basics of all the categories. At the end of the week, we're randomly assigned groups that will choose the general topic of our independent research projects.

Week 2 is the big one: Flight week. This is were student AIRBORNE research program comes into play. We all get shipped down into Ontario and hop aboard NASA's research planes to fly and collect the data we will be using!

Below I'm pictured with the P3, one of the larger planes now that they retired the DC-8. We had 3 days of flights between the P3 and the tiny B200 where we flew all around Southern and Central California. (Yes I threw up but that's not the point.) The entire time we have the opportunity to talk with the scientists who are operating their instruments and learn from them, as well as chill up in the cockpit.

From there, we move onto Irvine where we live with our groups and all work on the project ideas we come up with. I'm in the Aerosols group, and have the opportunity to study particulate matter produced by dairy farms in the San Joaquin valley, and how that pollution affects the communities around them. Every day, we're learning to code, or talking with some incredibly interesting person, like astronauts on the ISS.

We also met Victor J. Glover during our research flights, but I don't know if I can post that photo. He's a super cool guy though.

So yeah, this program is so cool. When not at work, we get the opportunity to go to the beach, or museums, or on exclusive tours of JPL and AQMD. Weekends are spent snorkeling or hiking, or exploring the thrift shop anti-malls.

Our final presentations are quickly approaching, and even though I'm not quite done, I have no doubt that with the help of the team I'm working with, I'll succeed.

The program accepts rising college seniors (sometimes juniors) who are studying STEM majors (Chemistry, Environmental Science, Biology, Geology, etc). If you're interested in next summer's program, you can check out more information here:

Yipppeeeeee!