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Air Dancing II
The subject of yesterday’s blog was unique. The things the human mind can come up with to entertain itself amaze me. Even more amazing is the control the human mind has over the physical body. The cliché about being able … Continue reading →
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Tagged a 20-something year-old brain trapped in a 50-something year-old body, a mighty blast of wind, aeronautical engineers, Air Dancing, air pressure, angle-of-attack, athletics, born too early, born too late, choreography, dance, engineering, fighter pilots, lift, mathematics, mechanics, music, sky diving, sticking our hand outside the window of the car, the concept of “q”, the human mind, to fly, “airspeed”, “dynamic pressure”, “relative wind”, “relative work” (RW), “Whoa! That ain’t right!”
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Air Dancing
For those of us who fly, we know our ability to fly is predicated on mathematics and air. In other words, to fly you must have lift and to generate lift, you have to have a lot of air pressure. … Continue reading →
Posted in Flying, Life in General
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Tagged a mighty blast of wind, aeronautical engineers, Air Dancing, air pressure, airspeed, angle-of-attack, athletics, choreography, dance, engineering, fighter pilots, lift, mathematics, mechanics, music, relative wind, sky diving, sticking our hand outside the window of the car, the concept of “q”, to fly, “dynamic pressure”, “relative work” (RW)
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Math in English
Did you know there is math in English? I majored in journalism just to avoid having to deal with mathematics. And then, just when I thought I was safe from the numbers, the principles of math leap from the written … Continue reading →
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Tagged engineering, English, logical math, majored in journalism, math courses, Math in English, mathematics, newspaper writing styles, numbers, numbers must agree, subject verb agreement, your paycheck
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