民用變軍用的主角:


• 767-200ER: This model seats 224 passengers in two classes; 181 passengers under a three-class configuration.

• 767-300ER: This model seats 269 in two classes and 218 in three classes and has a range capability of 6,115 nautical miles;

• 767-400ER: Seats 304 passengers in two classes, or 245 passengers in a three-class configuration with a range of up to 5,645 nautical miles.

• More than 26 airlines use the 767.

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平衡全球武力結構的奇型建築:


• Headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense (Army, Navy and Air Force)

• Five-sided building in Arlington County, Virginia, covering 34 acres.

• Designed by George Edwin Bergstrom.

• Built 1941-43 at a cost of $83 million.

• Has five floors and is built of structural steel and reinforced concrete.

• Building has five concentric pentagons or rings.

• Large concourse within it for Pentagon workers.

• One of the world's largest office buildings with three times the floor space of the Empire State Building in New York.

• 3.7 million square feet of usable floor space for approximately 23,000 people.

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由讚嘆轉為追憶的紐約景點:


• The World Trade Center had two 110-story buildings, known as the "Twin Towers" and five smaller buildings.

• Tower One was 1,368 feet (414 meters) tall

• Tower Two was 1,362 feet (412 meters) tall

• The Twin Towers were the tallest until the Sears Tower surpassed them.

• Architects: Minoru Yamaski & Associates and Emery, Roth & Sons.

• Built of aluminum and steel.

• The foundation of each tower extended more than 70 feet below ground, resting on solid bedrock.

• Constructed on six acres of landfill.

• The towers were the best known examples of "tube buildings," which are strenghtened by closely spaced columns and beams in the outer walls.

• Each tower consisted of 104 passenger elevators and 21,800 windows.

• About 50,000 people worked in the complex, which housed the offices of more than 430 businesses from 26 countries.

• Completed in 1970.

• Automatic window-washing machines cleaned 600,000 square feet of glass.

Source: World Trade Center and PBS