When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Lydia Litvyak - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Litvyak

    Her first kill was a Ju 88 which fell in flames from the sky after several bursts. Then she shot down a Bf 109 G-2 "Gustav" on the tail of her squadron commander, Belyaeva. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] The Bf 109 was piloted by a decorated pilot from the 4th Air Fleet, the 11-victory ace [ 1 ] Staff Sergeant Erwin Meier of the 2nd Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 53 .

  3. Republic (Plato) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_(Plato)

    Plato imagines a group of people who have lived their entire lives as prisoners, chained to the wall of a cave in the subterranean so they are unable to see the outside world behind them. However a constant flame illuminates various moving objects outside, which are silhouetted on the wall of the cave visible to the prisoners.

  4. Another Earth - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Earth

    Another Earth had its world premiere at the 27th Sundance Film Festival in January 2011. It was released in dramatic competition. It was released in dramatic competition. Variety reported: "[It] has been deemed one of the more highly praised pics of the fest as it received a standing ovation after the screening and strong word of mouth from ...

  5. Ring of Gyges - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Gyges

    The Ring of Gyges / ˈ dʒ aɪ ˌ dʒ iː z / (Ancient Greek: Γύγου Δακτύλιος, Gúgou Daktúlios, Attic Greek pronunciation: [ˈɡyːˌɡoː dakˈtylios]) is a hypothetical magic ring mentioned by the philosopher Plato in Book 2 of his Republic (2:359a–2:360d). [1] It grants its owner the power to become invisible at will.

  6. Sabiha Gökçen - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabiha_Gökçen

    She became the world's first female fighter pilot, [1] [4] [5] at age 23. [ 6 ] [ a ] As an orphan , [ 12 ] she was one of the nine children adopted by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk . She is recognized as the first female combat pilot by The Guinness Book of World Records [ 1 ] and was selected as the only female pilot for the poster of " The 20 ...

  7. Navy aviator scores first air-to-air victory by a US female ...

    www.aol.com/navy-aviator-scores-first-air...

    The first air-to-air victory by a female pilot comes 30 years after Lt. Kara Hultgreen became the first carrier-based female fighter pilot in the Navy, flying the F-14 Tomcat off the USS Abraham ...

  8. Turi Widerøe - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turi_Widerøe

    Turi Widerøe (born 23 November 1937) is a Norwegian aviator who was the world's first female commercial air pilot for a major airline. The daughter of aviator Viggo Widerøe (who founded the airline Widerøe), she was originally educated as a book designer.

  9. Lynn Rippelmeyer - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Rippelmeyer

    Lynn Rippelmeyer is the first woman to fly the Boeing 747, the first woman to captain a 747 trans-oceanic, part of the first all-female crew, and first flight attendant to become an airline pilot. In retirement, she authored two books to chronicle her aviation journey - Life Takes Wings and Life Takes Flight and founded the nonprofit, ROSE ...