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  1. Hindenburg Disaster
    The 2001 documentary Hindenburg Disaster: Probable Cause suggested another theory. A 16-year-old boy had smelled what he described as gasoline when he was standing below the Hindenburg's aft port engine. During the investigation, commander Charles Rosendahl dismissed this clue. Some have suggested he had smelled diesel fuel, which could have leaked and could have created highly flammable oil vapor that could have ignited the ship. They ... suggested that overheating engines may have played a role in the theory. This theory is thought by some to be misleading because it may have misinterpreted the statements by the crewmen of the lower fin. The show thought the crewmen saw a flash in the keel catwalk, when in reality they saw something in the axial catwalk.
  2. Hindenburg Disaster -- Americas
    To appreciate the Hindenburg disaster, you have to know a little bit about the time period. The Hindenburg was a massive dirigible built in 1936. There are no dirigibles in widespread use today, but at the time the dirigible was a fairly common way to travel long distances in luxury. This is one reason that the Hindenburg disaster was so interesting -- dirigible travel was something for rich people in the 1930s, in the same way that the Supersonic Concorde was a way for rich people to travel in the 1980s. If you needed to get from Europe to America in the 1930s, the normal way to do it was on a boat. The crossing took about a week at 20 to 30 knots.
  3. Hindenburg Disaster -- Airship
    The first hint of impending disaster came just a few minutes later when Hindenburg crewman dropped their mooring lines from an altitude of 200 ft (60 m). At that moment of 7:25 PM, witnesses on the ground reported seeing a small flame rising from just in front of the top tail fin of the great ship. Two crewman stationed near the lower tail fin both happened to be looking towards Gas Cell 4 when they noticed a sudden bright flash of light near the catwalk. The two ... indicated they heard a small explosion, the sound reminding them of the burner on a stove being turned on. Almost immediately, the men were surrounded by an inferno as the airship ignited.
  4. Hindenburg Disaster -- Theories
    The Hindenburg disaster has been the subject of many books, movies, and television programs. Some of the best books about the airship include Golden Age of the Great Passenger Airships by Harold Dick and Douglas Robinson as well as Rick Archbold's Hindenburg: An Illustrated History with fantastic illustrations by Ken Marschall. Though difficult to find, perhaps the best source promoting the sabotage theory is A. A. Hoehling's Who Destroyed the Hindenburg?.
  5. Ozone -- Air
    Ozone pollution is a key component of smog. It is mainly a daytime problem during the summer months. Strong sunlight and hot weather causes ground level ozone to form in harmful concentrations in the air.
  6. Con Air
    In the case of Con Air, the director is Simon West. He's not as successful, stylish, or instantly recognizable as Michael Bay, and that may be why the film works so well; it turns out that no Michael Bay knockoff can screw it up quite like the real thing. If Bay and West are just two of many workers on the Bruckheimer assembly line, Bay is the showiest and West is the most efficient, and guess whose product works better?
  7. Air Supply
    The rock group Air Supply is known for many top 10 songs such as ‘Lost in Love’, ‘All Out of Love’, ‘The One That You Love’, ‘Sweet Dreams’ and ‘Making Love Out of Nothing at All’. They stopped by KUSI on April 27, 2006 to play a few of their songs.
  8. Us Air -- Us Air Force
    Given the wide range of support networks necessary to keep the Air Force operational, there is a great range of opportunities available in the US Air Force for people of all educational backgrounds and aspirations. Enlisted personnel—generally high school graduates with or without a college degree—form the largest part of the Air Force team. Regardless of their educational background, all enlisted personnel receive an equal opportunity to continue their education through on-duty military training and higher education. Recruits choosing to pursue a college education can apply for a commission as an officer upon completion of their degrees.
  9. Clear Channel Communications -- Air
    Clear Channel Outdoor has already deployed Qwikker technology in the USA, Australia, Belgium, Ireland and New Zealand, with further international deployments planned. The two companies have committed to a rollout in the next twelve months of over one thousand additional locations in the US alone, encompassing street furniture, malls, and airport locations. Each enabled location will allow consumers with a mobile phone to opt-in to receive content, via Bluetooth, when they are in the vicinity of an advertising panel indicating the availability of the service.
  10. Pollution -- Air Pollution
    One of the greatest challenges caused by air pollution is global warming, an increase in Earth’s temperature due to the buildup of certain atmospheric gases such as carbon dioxide. With the heavy use of fossil fuels in the 20th century, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide have risen dramatically. Carbon dioxide and other gases, known as greenhouse gases, reduce the escape of heat from the planet without blocking radiation coming from the Sun. Because of this greenhouse effect, average global temperatures are expected to rise 1.4 to 5.8 Celsius degrees (2.5 to 10.4 Fahrenheit degrees) by the year 2100. Although this trend appears to be a small change, the increase would make the Earth warmer than it has been in the last 125,000 years, possibly changing climate patterns, affecting crop production, disrupting wildlife distributions, and raising the sea level.
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