With a wide fuselage, distinctive high tail, and multiwheeled landing gear, the C-130 Hercules is one of the most versatile and rugged transport aircraft ever built. Beyond its role as a versatile cargo and troop transport, C-130s are used as bombers, cannon-firing gunships, hurricane hunters, aerial refueling tankers, air ambulances, firefighters, and even aerial sprayers. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcMDRmqWsqJ%2BnwaLAyKilZpmVp7y0vMCcnGg%3D

The headquarters for Turner Broadcasting System, founded by Ted Turner in 1970, are located in Atlanta. Today the system comprises a variety of television networks, including TBS Superstation, CNN, Turner Classic Movies, and Cartoon Network, as well as Internet sites and radio networks. Courtesy of Turner Broadcasting The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print.

Because of its strategic location at the mouth of the Savannah River, Tybee Island has played an important role in the military history of Georgia. The island's lighthouse, constructed in 1736, was used as part of a warning system during the War of 1812. The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print.

The W. C. Bradley Company, headquartered in Columbus, comprises several manufacturing, sales, and real estate enterprises. The company’s products include such home and leisure consumer products as barbecue grills, outdoor lamps, and fishing tackle, and its real estate division is a major seller, developer, and redeveloper of commercial and residential properties in Columbus. In 2005 Georgia Trend reported that the W. C. Bradley Company was Georgia’s nineteenth-largest privately held company, with approximately $650 million in revenue and 2,500 employees.

The composer Wallingford Riegger is pictured circa 1909 as a student in Berlin, Germany, where he studied the cello and composition for three years. A native of Albany, Riegger was summoned to testify before the Congressional House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1957, but he refused to answer their questions about suspected Communists. From Wallingford Riegger: Two Essays in Musical Biography, by S. Spackman The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print.