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The World Trade Center in New York City collapsed on September 11, 2001, as result of the al-Qaeda attacks. Two commercial airliners hijacked by al-Qaeda terrorists were deliberately flown into the Twin Towers of the complex, resulting in a total progressive collapse that killed almost 3,000 people. It is the deadliest and costliest building ...
Supersampling or supersampling anti-aliasing ( SSAA) is a spatial anti-aliasing method, i.e. a method used to remove aliasing (jagged and pixelated edges, colloquially known as "jaggies") from images rendered in computer games or other computer programs that generate imagery. Aliasing occurs because unlike real-world objects, which have ...
On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The spacecraft disintegrated 46,000 feet (14 km) above the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 11:39 a.m. EST (16:39 UTC ). It was the first fatal accident involving an American spacecraft ...
Delta Air Lines announced Monday it is giving all its employees a 5% raise worldwide and is hiking starting pay to $19 an hour, after paying out $1.4 billion in profit-sharing bonuses.
A federal lawsuit was filed against Delta Air Lines on Tuesday, July 25 accusing flight attendants of failing to intervene after a male passenger, according to the lawsuit, was served at least 10 ...
Virgil Thomson (November 25, 1896 – September 30, 1989) was an American composer and critic.He was instrumental in the development of the "American Sound" in classical music.
259 as of 2023. [update] [2] The Dassault Rafale ( French pronunciation: [ʁafal], literally meaning "gust of wind", [3] or "burst of fire" in a more military sense) [4] is a French twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. Equipped with a wide range of weapons, the Rafale is intended to ...
The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts were given to Goodyear, whose Corsairs were designated FG, and Brewster, designated F3A .