Mykola Melnyk

Mykola Mykolayovych Melnyk (; 17 December 1953 – 26 July 2013), also known as Nikolai Melnik, was a Soviet-Ukrainian pilot and liquidator hero renowned for his high-risk helicopter mission on the dangerously-radioactive Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant building immediately after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
For this operation, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, and the Igor I. Sikorsky Award for Humanitarian Service.
Early life.
Mykola Melnyk was born on December 17, 1953 and grew up in the town of Stavyshche in the Kyiv Oblast in Ukraine (at that time the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic). Upon his school graduation, Melnyk worked as a sports coach, and later as a telephone station technician in Stavyshche, later moving to Zaporizhia for a construction job. In 1972–74 he served his conscript service in the Soviet Armed Forces.
Pilot career.
In 1979 Mykola Melnyk graduated from the Civil Aviation Pilot School (KLUGA) in Kremenchuk and began working as a civilian helicopter pilot in different cities. Later he continued his education at the Kremenchuk Department of the Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute and the Civil Aviation Academy in Leningrad. After graduation from the special test pilot school in 1984, Melnyk worked as a test pilot, particularly for the Kamov helicopter design bureau in Feodosiya.
Chernobyl mission.
After the April 1986 Chernobyl disaster, Melnyk was directed to work in the cleanup operations. Lethal levels of radiation created after the Reactor #4 fire prevented ground liquidator teams from most operations on the roof of the power plant building. However, helicopters could reach and leave the area above the building within seconds, thus inflicting less health damage to the personnel on board. They were employed to cover building openings with sandbags and lead slabs, install necessary equipment, commence aerial photography and atmospheric radioactive contamination monitoring.
Melnyk, among others, was assigned to such missions as an experienced civilian helicopter pilot. He flew 46 sorties over the reactor building, for a combined total duration of 52 hours. The most important of those sorties was the so-called "Operation Igla" (Operation Needle), the June 19, 1986 installation of a giant -long radiation probe on top of the building by means of a precision drop from a Kamov coaxial rotor helicopter. This operation was described as dropping a "needle" into a precise spot; it was considered especially difficult. When Melnyk successfully completed the operation during a training exercise in Moscow, the observers broke into applause. Melnyk did not know the purpose of the training, however, until several days later when he flew to Kyiv to undertake the actual mission. The first attempt to insert the "needle" into the actual reactor was foiled by a frozen crust above the target; Melnyk succeeded on the third try.
According to the "Remembrance Book" by the Chornobyl Museum, Melnyk participated in the 'liquidator' operations on site of the disaster from May 20, 1986 until September 9, 1986. In 1994, he underwent two surgeries related to health problems attributed to his radiation exposure.
Subsequent aviation career and death.
Upon return from Chernobyl mission, Melnyk continued his work as a test pilot at the Kamov helicopter testing center in Feodosiya until 1992. In independent Ukraine, the facility was reorganized as a separate Feodosiya Kamov Research and Production Enterprise "Vertolit" (Феодосійське науково-виробниче об'єднання "Вертоліт" імені Камова).
Some time after the fall of the Soviet Union, Melnyk co-founded a cargo airline in Kyiv. The company operated Antonov An-24 airplanes and Kamov helicopters as a subcontractor for DHL and United Parcel Service. However, he gradually became disappointed with the business, citing lack of sustainable demand for his helicopter specialization.
In 1995, Spanish airline Helicopteros del Sureste approached Melnyk for help with purchase of Soviet-made helicopters. Melnyk used the opportunity to move to Alicante (Spain), where he became contracted as a pilot and instructor specializing in Soviet-designed helicopters with the Helicopteros del Sureste. He trained at least 25 local pilots and also has worked in aerial firefighting. As of 2006, Melnyk had 13,400 recorded flight hours.
According to a Ukrainian regional newspaper, Mykola Melnyk died in Spain on July 26, 2013.
Recognition and awards.
Soviet awards.
Melnyk was awarded as a Hero of the Soviet Union, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR issued on October 6, 1987 for his "courage, heroism and self-sacrifice displayed during liquidation of the Chernobyl NPP accident consequences". Later he was also decorated with the Soviet Order of Lenin for the same deeds.
International awards.
In 1990, as part of its "Salute to Excellence" awards program, the Helicopter Association International honored Melnyk (as "Nikolai Melnik") with its Igor I. Sikorsky Award for Humanitarian Service. The Sikorsky award is presented annually to one or more persons "who best demonstrate(s) the value of civil rotorcraft to society by saving lives, protecting property, and aiding those in distress". The award to Melnyk recognized his efforts as a Chernobyl 'liquidator'. The award committee specified that Melnyk was recognized as a representative of "all the valiant aircrews who participated in relief efforts following the Chernobyl nuclear power station accident".
In Spain Melnyk received a Spanish royal award for aerial firefighting.


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Transair Georgia

Transair Georgia was an airline based in Georgia.
Incidents.
In late-September 1993, three Transair Georgia aircraft were destroyed by Abkhazian rebels over the course of three days, leaving a total of 136 people dead. The first aircraft (a Tu-134) went down in the Black Sea whilst on approach to Sukhumi Dranda Airport, the second (a Tu-154, reportedly carrying Georgian troops) went down on the runway at the airport, and the third (another Tu-134) was attacked on the ground with mortar/artillery fire.
Fleet.
The Transair Georgia fleet included the following aircraft:


Japanese destroyer Hasu

The Japanese destroyer was one of 21 s built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1910s. After serving for 23 years and throughout the Pacific War, she was retired 12 October 1945 and scuttled as breakwater in Fukui in 1946.
Design and description.
The "Momi" class was designed with higher speed and better seakeeping than the preceding second-class destroyers. The ships had an overall length of and were between perpendiculars. They had a beam of , and a mean draft of . The "Momi"-class ships displaced at standard load and at deep load. "Hasu" was powered by two Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam provided by three Kampon water-tube boilers. The turbines were designed to produce to give the ships a speed of . The ships carried a maximum of of fuel oil which gave them a range of at . Their crew consisted of 110 officers and crewmen.
The main armament of the "Momi"-class ships consisted of three Type 3 guns in single mounts; one gun forward of the well deck, one between the two funnels, and the last gun atop the aft superstructure. The guns were numbered '1' to '3' from front to rear. The ships carried two above-water twin sets of torpedo tubes; one mount was in the well deck between the forward superstructure and the bow gun and the other between the aft funnel and aft superstructure.
In 1939–40, "Hishi" was converted into a patrol boat. Her torpedo tubes, minesweeping gear, and aft 12 cm gun were removed in exchange for two triple mounts for license-built Type 96 light AA guns and 60 depth charges. In addition one boiler was removed, which reduced her speed to from . These changes made her top heavy and ballast had to be added which increased her displacement to .
Construction and career.
"Hasu", built at the Uraga Dock Company in Uraga, was launched on December 8th 1921 and completed on July 31st, 1922. The ship served throughout the Sino-Japanese War and World War II. It was officially retired on October 12th, 1945 and was scuttled as a breakwater in Fukui in 1946.


List of aviation schools in Uganda

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Tom Hughes (Australian politician)

Thomas Eyre Forrest Hughes AO QC (born 26 November 1923) is an Australian former barrister and politician. A member of the Liberal Party, he served as Attorney-General in the Gorton Government from 1969 to 1971 and was a member of the House of Representatives from 1963 to 1972, representing the New South Wales seats of Parkes and Berowra. He is a former president of the New South Wales Bar Association and was one of Sydney's most prominent barristers for a number of decades. Hughes is the last surviving Liberal minister of the Gorton Government.
Early life and education.
Hughes was born on 26 November 1923 in Rose Bay, New South Wales. He was the son of lawyer and aviator Geoffrey Forrest Hughes. His brother was the writer and critic Robert Hughes. His grandfather and great-uncle were members of the New South Wales Legislative Council. He was educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview, and the University of Sydney, where he graduated in law. He enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in May 1942 and was discharged in February 1946. In 2005 he was awarded the French Légion d'honneur for his courage while flying planes in the Invasion of Normandy. He was called to the New South Wales bar in 1949, becoming a QC in 1962.
Hughes appeared in a number of high-profile defamation cases. In 1960 he successfully defended Australian Consolidated Press, its editor-in-chief David McNicoll, and political journalist Alan Reid against a suit brought by union secretary Charlie Oliver. In 1964 he represented author Hal Porter against "The Mercury" for publishing a bad review of his autobiography.
Politics.
Hughes defeated the long-serving Labor member Les Haylen to unexpectedly win the seat of Parkes at the 1963 elections. He switched to the Division of Berowra at the 1969 federal election and was subsequently appointed Attorney-General in the Second Gorton Ministry.
Hughes continued to practise as a barrister during his time as a backbencher. In 1967 he represented Clive Evatt Jr., nephew of former ALP leader H. V. Evatt, against the New South Wales Bar Association in a professional misconduct case. In August 1969, he represented Alexander McLeod-Lindsay at a special inquiry into his conviction for attempting to murder his wife, arguing there had been a mistrial.
Attorney-General.
In May 1970, Hughes publicly spoke in favour of decriminalising homosexuality, in the context of the drafting of new criminal codes for the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory. In the same year he supported Rae Else-Mitchell's call for federal and state courts to be merged into a single judicial system.
Hughes came into conflict with university students on a number of occasions. He was "jostled" by protestors after a speech at the University of Sydney in July 1970 and subsequently abandoned his car, inadvertently causing over 300 police to be called out when the event's organisers could not locate him. At a speech to the Australian National University's Liberal Club in September 1970, he was interrupted by anti-war demonstrators and "grabbed a Vietcong flag from a student and tore it from its supporting pole". The previous month his home in Bellevue Hill had been invaded by anti-war demonstrators, resulting in eight students and two press photographers being arrested. He reportedly "came out carrying a cricket bat and scuffled with some of the demonstrators" before performing a citizen's arrest on one student. Hughes was charged with unlawful assault in relation to his use of the bat, but was found not guilty by reason of provocation.
Hughes supported John Gorton in the 1971 leadership spill and was not retained as attorney-general when William McMahon replaced Gorton as party leader and prime minister. He later spoke of a "feeling of having been wronged" over the demotion. In August 1971 he opposed McMahon's attempts to sack Gorton from the new ministry, describing them as "bordering on the insane". Hughes quickly returned to his legal practice, appearing before the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory a few months after his sacking. He was opposed for Liberal preselection in October 1971 by four other candidates, winning a majority on the first ballot. "The Canberra Times" reported that his bid for renomination was opposed by the conservative faction led by Jim Cameron, and that since leaving the ministry his comments "had established him as one of the principal spokesmen for the 'radical wing' of the Liberal Party".
In November 1971, Hughes announced his decision to retire from federal politics at the next election, citing a desire to return to practising law full-time.
Later career.
In September 1972 Hughes was elected to the council of the Australian National University, to a term expiring in 1975.
After leaving politics he became one of the leading figures at the Sydney bar, and was president of the New South Wales Bar Association between 1973 and 1975. He was formerly engaged in full-time practice as a member of Sydney's Blackstone Chambers, and as of 2016 was the most senior member of the NSW Bar.
In 1974 Hughes defended New South Wales premier Robert Askin against a defamation suit brought by Jack Mundey, the president of the Communist Party of Australia. In 1976 he simultaneously appeared for prime minister Gough Whitlam in the New South Wales Court of Petty Sessions while representing Vic Garland against Whitlam in the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory. The cases were unrelated and as such there was no perceived conflict of interest. Hughes assisted media mogul Kerry Packer at the Costigan Royal Commission in 1984. In the same year he represented bookmaker Bill Waterhouse at the New South Wales Racing Appeals Tribunal following the Fine Cotton scandal.
Hughes represented High Court judge Lionel Murphy in several different venues relating to his alleged attempts to pervert the course of justice. In 1984 he appeared for Murphy before a Senate committee, and the following year he represented Murphy in his appeal against a conviction for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
In 2002, "The Sydney Morning Herald" reported that Hughes was still working full-time at the age of 78, as one of only two active barristers admitted to the New South Wales bar in the 1940s.
Hughes delivered the eulogy at the state memorial service for John Gorton in May 2002. His speech was highly critical of Malcolm Fraser's actions in 1971, which he termed a "political assassination". Fraser was in attendance at the service.
Personal life.
In 1951 Hughes married Joanna Fitzgerald, a niece of the poet R. D. Fitzgerald. The couple had three children together – Lucy, Tom Jr. and Michael. Lucy served as Lord Mayor of Sydney (2000–2002) and married Malcolm Turnbull, who became prime minister of Australia (2015–2018). Tom followed his father into the legal profession, often serving as his junior. Michael became a stockbroker and business executive, also holding senior office in the Liberal Party's organisational wing.
Hughes and his first wife divorced in 1972. He subsequently proposed marriage to actress Kate Fitzpatrick, who turned him down. He remarried in 1981 to Chrissie Abel Smith (), at a ceremony officiated by Ted Noffs.
Hughes was raised Catholic. He left the church for a period due to disagreements with its social policies, but rejoined in the early 1990s.
In the early 1970s Hughes bought an farming property at Gurrundah, New South Wales. He initially raised cattle but in 1976 established a Poll Dorset sheep stud with six rams and 320 ewes. He won prizes at local agricultural shows and exhibited at the Sydney Royal Easter Show.


Central Airlines (China)

China Central Airlines, also known as Zhongzhou Airlines, is a Chinese cargo airlines based at Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport.
Central Airlines was originally founded as Homeland Airlines. It was established in 2019. It received its Air Operator's Certificate in April 2020 and started operations the next month. It operates both domestic and international flights with a fleet of three Boeing 737 Freighters. Only one of Central's aircraft is active as of 2020.
Central Airlines was first approved to operate Zhengzhou-Wuxi-Quanzhou/Shenzhen/Haikou flights in 2020. It has expressed interest in operating to Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan as well.


USS YAG-2

The USS YAG-2 (ex-"Hoi Kong", ex-"Robert O.", later "Yamashiro Maru") was a miscellaneous auxiliary service craft of the United States Navy that served during World War II.
History.
She was built in by the South China Shipbuilding and Repair Works Ltd. in Hong Kong and launched in 1931 as the "Hoi Kong". She was steel-hulled. In 1934, she was acquired by the North Negros Sugar Company in Manapla, Philippines and renamed "Robert O." On 19 June 1941, the United States Navy purchased her from the North Negros Sugar Company and designated her as a Miscellaneous Auxiliary Service Craft (YAG). She was assigned to the Cavite Navy Yard, 16th Naval District. On 25 October 1941, she began a conversion to a net tender which was expected to be completed by 15 December 1941. Prior to her completion, she was attacked and destroyed by enemy aircraft during the Japanese attack on Cavite Navy Yard on 10 December 1941. She was officially listed as lost on 2 January 1942 - the date of the Japanese occupation of Manila - and struck from the Naval List on 22 February 1943. In 1942 or 1943, she was salvaged by the Japanese, renamed the "Yamashiro Maru" (registration 2213), and commissioned as an Imperial Japanese Army transport. Her ultimate fate is unknown.
She was awarded one battle star.


Matrosovo

Matrosovo is a former air base on Sakhalin Island, Russia located 14 km north of Leonidovo. It served as a dispersal airfield for military aircraft on Sakhalin Island during the Cold War.
Matrosovo was identified on Western Intelligence documents around 1962. The Central Intelligence Agency's collection of declassified documents do not show that any aircraft were ever observed at this airfield, and no documents after 1970 reference the airfield.
In 1985 a Tupolev Tu-16 from Khorol crashed at or near this airfield. Matrosovo was not used after the Cold War and has fallen into a state of decay.


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List of airlines of Japan

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List of defunct airlines of the Philippines

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Dudley Sutton

Dudley Sutton (6 April 1933 – 15 September 2018) was an English actor. Active in radio, stage, film, and television, he was best known for his role in the BBC Television drama series "Lovejoy".
Early life.
Dudley Sutton was born in Kingston upon Thames, and educated at a boys' boarding school at Lifton Park, Devon. He served in the Royal Air Force as a mechanic before enrolling in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, from which he was later expelled for responding to rock-and-roll.
Career.
After early stage work with Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop, Sutton became known for his unusual roles in two films directed by Sidney J. Furie. He played a frustrated teenager accused with his friends of murder in "The Boys" (1962) and a gay biker in "The Leather Boys" (1964), both parts showing his potential for offbeat screen personae. At a reunion of the three surviving stars of the earlier film in London on 17 September 2017, Sutton related that he felt himself privileged that these movies had dealt with two matters close to his heart: the iniquity of the death penalty, and gay rights.
On stage, he played the title role in the original production of Joe Orton's "Entertaining Mr Sloane" (1964), and transferred with it to Broadway the following year. From 25 May 1966, he appeared in "Tango", a play by Slawomir Mrozek at the Aldwych Theatre alongside Patience Collier, Peter Jeffrey, Mike Pratt, and Ursula Mohan under director Trevor Nunn.
Sutton appeared in many films during his career, including "Rotten to the Core" (1965), "Crossplot" (1969), "The Devils" (1971), "Madame Sin" (1972), "The Pink Panther Strikes Again" (1976), "Fellini's Casanova" (1976), "Edward II" (1991), and "The Football Factory" (2004).
Among his many television appearances were his roles as Tinker Dill in "Lovejoy" (1986 and 1991–94) – whose friendship with Lovejoy, the title character, and expertise in the antique trade was the backbone of the show – as Mr Carter in the "Beiderbecke Trilogy" and as Oleg Kirov in "Smiley's People" (1982). He also featured in "The Sweeney" episode "Golden Boy" and in a Christmas special episode of "Porridge" (1976) as the somewhat-unstable, prison trustee-turned-hostage-taker Reg Urwin, with Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale.
In 1999, he appeared in the BBC Radio play "Cosmos the Mystic Dog". In 2004, he made an appearance in the soap opera "EastEnders" for sixteen episodes, playing Wilfred Atkins, a conman.
In 2003, Sutton found inspiration from the internet "where apparently people say that every time you masturbate God kills a kitten." From that statement, he developed a comic piece about "a young man's emotions and feelings, from the moment he's a baby tugging at his cock onwards." In August 2003, he performed the one-man "Killing Kittens" show at Edinburgh's Underbelly.
Sutton followed up "Killing Kittens" with a second autobiographical show "Pandora's Lunchbox" in 2006. Following a performance as William Blake in Peter Ackroyd's BBC television series "The Romantics", Sutton joined the cast of "Albion Rising" at St Giles in the Fields Church, London, in April 2007. He reprised the role in the film of the same name in 2009.
Sutton had a small role in the British teenage drama "Skins" as Freddie's granddad. He also appeared in the episode of "Holby City" broadcast on 15 March 2011 as a patient who fell down an escalator in a shopping centre. In 2012, he featured in the video "Once And For All" by Clock Opera.
Sutton also appeared in episode three of the BBC comedy series "Family Tree" ("The Austerity Games"), which was first broadcast in July 2013, and was a guest star in episode three of the BBC series "Boomers" in 2014. He played William Makepeace in "Emmerdale" in 2014.
In 2015 he appeared as a Roman Catholic rector in the BBC TV series "Father Brown" episode 3.6 "The Upcott Fraternity". He also appeared in two episodes of the BBC's day time show, "Doctors", in August 2015. He narrated the 2016 documentary "The Future of Work and Death". In November 2017 he played the lead role in a video for the Tom Chaplin song "Midnight Mass".
Personal life.
He married American actress Marjorie Steele in 1961; she had previously been married to the millionaire producer Huntington Hartford. Sutton and Steele had one child together, but divorced in 1965. He married a further 3 times.
Death.
Sutton died of cancer on 15 September 2018 at the age of 85. He is survived by three children, Peter, Barnaby and Fanny.


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Rosario Seaplane Base

Rosario Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base located adjacent to Rosario on Orcas Island in San Juan County, Washington, United States. It is owned by the Rosario Resort.
Facilities and aircraft.
Rosario Seaplane Base has two seaplane landing areas: 7/25 is 2,500 by 1,000 feet (762 x 305 m) and 16/34 is 10,000 by 1,000 feet (3,048 x 305 m). For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2009, the airport had 2,500 aircraft operations, an average of 208 per month: 84% air taxi and 16% general aviation.


Manila International Airport station

Manila International Airport station also known as MIA Station is an under construction station on the Line 1 and it is a part of the Line 1 South Extension Project. As the name implies, this station is planned to connect Line 1 to Ninoy Aquino International Airport. However, it will not directly connect Line 1 to the airport. The Manila International Airport station would be built in Parañaque.
The Line 1 plan calls for a mostly elevated extension of approximately 11.7 km. The extension will have 8 passenger stations with an option for 2 future stations (Manuyo Uno and Talaba).
As of April 25, 2021, the project is 54.41% complete. Partial operation of the project will be in the end of 2021 and full operation will be in first quarter of 2024.


Swanberg Air

Swanberg Air was an airline based in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. It operated cargo, scheduled and charter passenger services in Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. The airline ceased operations in 2011.
Destinations.
Destinations:


Los Angeles World Airports

Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) is the airport authority that owns and operates Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Van Nuys Airport (VNY) for the city of Los Angeles, California. LAWA formerly owned and operated Ontario International Airport (ONT) and Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD) as well. Its headquarters are on the grounds of LAX in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Westchester.
History.
LAWA was established in 1928 as the Los Angeles Department of Airports for the purpose of operating Los Angeles Municipal Airport, originally known as Mines Field. The Department of Airports changed its name to Los Angeles World Airports in 1997.
Los Angeles International Airport.
Los Angeles Municipal Airport eventually became Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
Van Nuys Airport.
In 1949, LAWA acquired the Van Nuys Army Airfield in the San Fernando Valley from the U.S. War Assets Administration for the token fee of one dollar. LAWA changed the airfield's name to San Fernando Valley Airport before renaming it Van Nuys Airport (VNY).
Ontario International Airport.
In 1967, the city of Ontario in neighboring San Bernardino County asked LAWA to enter into a Joint Powers Agreement for the operation and management of Ontario International Airport (ONT). LAWA acquired ONT from the city of Ontario in 1985 and expanded the airport's 485 acres of land to more than 1,700 acres and invested more than US$500 million in improvements. In April 2013, the city of Ontario filed a legal complaint against LAWA alleging mismanagement of ONT, ultimately resulting in a 40% decline of traffic between 2007 and 2013. LAWA countered the complaint citing the Great Recession was responsible for the decline in activity. After years of negotiations, LAWA sold back its shares of ONT to the newly-formed Ontario International Airport Authority (OIAA) in December 2015 for a total of US$190 million. It transferred operational management of the airport to OIAA on November 1, 2016.
Palmdale Regional Airport.
In 1969, LAWA began searching for the location of a secondary international airport to relieve congestion at LAX. The location that LAWA decided on was in the Antelope Valley near the city of Palmdale. From 1969 to 1983, LAWA acquired over 17,500 acres through voluntary acquisitions and eminent domain to develop an intercontinental airport. Development of "Palmdale Intercontinental Airport" never materialized due in part to lack of demand for commercial air services, environmental litigation, and opposition from the United States Air Force (USAF) whose United States Air Force Plant 42 is located adjacent to LAWA-acquired land. LAWA entered into a lease agreement with the USAF to use Air Force Plant 42 runways and to build and operate a small terminal. Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD) began commercial operations in June 1971, but was not able to maintain steady demand with passenger traffic peaking in 1978 with 36,000 passengers before airline services eventually ceased in 1983. Two airlines began operating commercial services at PMD in 1990, but were again unable to maintain demand and ended services in 1998. In June 2007, United Airlines began operating at PMD, but ceased operations in December 2008 citing lack of demand. At the end of 2013, LAWA transferred its lease with the USAF to the City of Palmdale.
Operations.
Airports.
Los Angeles World Airports owns and operates two airports:
Ground transportation.
LAWA operates the FlyAway bus service, which runs two shuttle routes between LAX and the following: Van Nuys in the San Fernando Valley, and Los Angeles Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles.
The agency is currently constructing plans to operate the LAX Automated People Mover.
Landholdings.
LAWA still owns over 17,500 acres of land in the Antelope Valley that was acquired for the yet-to-be-developed "Palmdale Intercontinental Airport" and leases portions of it.
Revenue and expenditures.
LAWA raises revenue by collecting aircraft landing fees, in addition to property leases and concession fees from airport tenants. Expenditures include runway and building maintenance fees, capital improvements and administration.
Governance.
LAWA is a branch of the city of Los Angeles and is governed by a seven-member Board of Airport Commissioners. The Los Angeles City Charter requires one member to reside within the area surrounding LAX and another member to reside within the area surrounding VNY. The board is appointed by the Mayor of Los Angeles and approved by Los Angeles City Council. The Mayor also appoints the Executive Director who oversees over 4,000 employees and the day-to-day operations of the two airports. The current Executive Director is Deborah A. Flint, who was appointed in June 2015.
Board of Airport Commissioners.
As of May 2019, the Board of Airport Commissioners are as follows:
List of Executive Directors.
Below is the list of LAWA Executive Directors from 1928 to the present:
Law enforcement.
LAWA maintains its own police department, the Los Angeles Airport Police sometimes referred to as "LAWAPD" or "LAXPD". LAWAPD is the fourth largest law enforcement agency in Los Angeles County, with more than 1,100 law enforcement, security and staff personnel. LAWAPD has patrolled jointly with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) since the opening of the current terminal area in 1961. In 2002, then-mayor James Hahn assigned additional LAPD officers to LAX to provide armed law enforcement officer coverage at passenger screening stations. Those officers are trained by LAWAPD officers to perform this function. They are assigned on an overtime basis, with LAWA reimbursing LAPD and, in turn, receiving substantial reimbursement from the Transportation Security Administration.


Malcolm C. Grow

Major General Malcolm Cummings Grow (November 19, 1887 – October 20, 1960) was the first Surgeon General of the United States Air Force from July 1, 1949 to November 30, 1949.
Biography.
Grow received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in 1909. In August, 1915 Dr. Grow met Dr. Edward Egbert, Chief Surgeon of the American Red Cross Hospital in Kiev, in Washington, D.C. Dr. Egbert convinced Grow to travel with him to Saint Petersburg, Russia, to assist in the Russian war effort. Dr. Grow was commissioned Lt.Colonel in the Imperial Russian Medical Corps and served as regimental surgeon in the First Division of the First Siberian Army Corps in Galicia. Surgeon Grow twice distinguished himself and received the Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class with swords, and was awarded the Cross of St. George, 4th class for gallantry in action. Dr. Grow left Russia after the February Revolution of 1917, and entered the U.S. Army Medical Service later the same year.
While chief flight surgeon of the Army Air Corps from 1934 to 1939 he (in conjunction with Major General Harry G. Armstrong) founded the Aero Medical Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
In July 1943, General Grow received the Legion of Merit for developing body armor to protect combat crews. A study of wounds incurred by members of combat crews showed that nearly 70 percent were caused by missiles of relatively low velocity. He led the way in developing a light body armor and steel helmet that saved many lives and materially improved combat crew morale.
In May 1944, General Grow was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for developing a device to protect gunners from windblast; electrically heated clothing, gloves, boots, handwarmers and casualty bags for wounded; wind and fire resistant face and neck protectors; and a special combat ration for use on long bombing missions. Frostbite cases decreased and flight efficiency increased. After a study of psychiatric failures in combat, he helped institute rest homes, a new special pass system, and special training for medical officers in tactical units. As a result, every casualty of this type was returned to duty.
Such efforts, especially in research, won for him the John Jeffries Award in 1947, the Gorgas Medal in 1950 and many others, including many from other nations. Just prior to his retirement, he received an oak leaf cluster to his Distinguished Service Medal for his efforts in promoting the study of aeromedicine, airborne medical equipment, and organizational planning.
Grow was appointed acting air surgeon for the Army Air Forces in 1945 and Air Surgeon in 1946. He served as the first Surgeon General of the United States Air Force from July 1, 1949 to November 30, 1949.
Retirement and death.
He retired from the Air Force on December 1, 1949, and died October 20, 1960.
Books.
Grow, Malcolm C. Surgeon Grow. An American in the Russian Fighting. New York, NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company. 1918
Grow, Malcolm C. and Harry G. Armstrong. Fit to Fly; a medical handbook for fliers. New York: D. Appleton-Century company, 1941


Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base

Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base is approximately 40 kilometres north of central Bangkok and is the main operating and command base for the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF). In addition, units of the Royal Thai Army and Royal Thai Police have personnel located there.
The first flights to Don Muang were made on 8 March 1914 and involved the transfer of aircraft of the RTAF. Three years earlier, Thailand had sent three army officers to France to train as pilots. On completion of their training in 1911, the pilots were authorized to purchase four Breguets and four Nieuports, which formed the basis of the RTAF.
Royal Thai Air Force Units.
Don Muang RTAFB is an active RTAF base, the home of the 1st Air Division, and consists primarily of non-combat aircraft:
In 1964 the United States Air Force (USAF) helped the RTAF establish a transport squadron of eight C-123 Providers there and also a squadron of 17 UH-34s.
USAF use during the Vietnam War.
During the early years of the Vietnam War (1961–1966), Don Muang was used as a major command and logistics hub of the USAF under the command of the United States Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Thirteenth Air Force.
After the expansion of U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield in 1966, most American units and personnel were transferred from Don Muang, however a small USAF liaison office remained at the base until 1975. The APO for Don Muang was APO San Francisco, 96303.
USAF Advisory Units.
In April 1961, an advance party of the 6010th Tactical Group, USAF, arrived at Don Muang at the request of the Royal Thai government to establish an aircraft warning system. On 20 April 1961 six F-100 Super Sabres from the 510th Tactical Fighter Squadron based at Clark Air Base deployed to Don Muang in Operation "Bell Tone". In March 1962, a small detachment of F-102 Delta Daggers from the 509th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, from Clark AB, Philippines were sent to Don Muang. Their mission was to bolster the air defense capabilities of the Royal Thai Air Force. For the next several years, a minimum of four F-102 interceptors were kept on alert at Don Muang.
In November 1961, four RF-101C reconnaissance aircraft of the 45th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron stationed at Misawa AB, Japan, and their photo lab arrived at Don Muang under "Operation Able Marble". The RF-101s were sent to assist RTAF RT-33 aircraft in performing aerial reconnaissance flights over Laos. The RF-101s stayed until May 1962, then returned for a second deployment during November–December 1962. In November 1961, Detachment 10, 13th Air Force was established there to support USAF operations. In August 1962, elements of the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron from Kadena AB, Okinawa, were deployed to Don Muang flying RF-101Cs. On 14 August 1962 an "Able Marble" F-101C was hit by Pathet Lao antiaircraft fire over the Plain of Jars, but managed to return to Don Muang where it successfully made a belly-landing.
On 6 March 1962, a joint communication was issued by Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Thai Foreign Minister Thanat Koman in which the United States declares its "firm intention... to aid Thailand, its ally and historic friend in resisting communist aggression and subversion". As a result, the Military Assistance Command Thailand (MACT) was set up on 15 May 1962 at Don Muang. On 16 May, eleven C-130s of the 315th Air Division arrived at Don Muang carrying aerial port, flight crew and maintenance personnel to support increased air operations from Thailand. An aeromedical control center was established at Don Muang in mid-1962 and by 1963 a detachment of the 9th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron was based there.
In June 1962, a detachment of four C-123s from the 777th Troop Carrier Squadron deployed to Don Muang. These aircraft largely provided transport to and from other RTAF bases.
In July 1962, Detachment 10 was replaced by the 6010th Tactical Group.
35th Tactical Group.
In November 1962, the 2nd Air Division assumed control of the 6010th Tactical Group. In July 1963 the group was re-designated the 35th Tactical Group. The 35th Tactical Group consisted of the following units:
A detachment of USAF U-21s based at Don Muang supported MACT operations, and in 1964 these were joined by two CV-2 Caribous.
By mid-1964, the situation in Southeast Asia was ambiguous. North Vietnam was determined to take over South Vietnam. Communist forces were making military and political gains in Laos. The United States was taking over the role of "protector" from France in the area and the fear was that communism would prevail over the democratic governments in the region. However, there was no real justification for a full-scale American military involvement in the region.
In early-July 1964, a detachment of C-130Bs from the 6091st Reconnaissance Squadron based at Don Muang began flying "Queen Bee" communications intercept missions off the North Vietnamese coast.
On 31 July 1964, the Gulf of Tonkin Incident occurred. It was a pair of alleged attacks by North Vietnamese gunboats on two US destroyers, the and the , off the North Vietnamese coast in the Gulf of Tonkin. As a result, President Johnson would order more forces to support the South Vietnamese government, and additional USAF forces were dispatched to Thailand, beginning a large scale US military presence in Southeast Asia.
In April 1965, the C-123 detachment was redesignated as Detachment 4, 315th Air Division and in September the C-123s were replaced by four C-130s. Also in April a new aerial port squadron, later designated as the 6th Aerial Port Squadron, replaced the former detachment of the 8th Aerial Port Squadron.
631st Combat Support Group.
In July 1965, the 35th Tactical Group was re-designated the 6236th Combat Support Group and again in April 1966 it was re-designated the 631st Combat Support Group. In March 1965, there were 1,342 enlisted men stationed at Don Muang RTAFB, with their primary mission to provide support for all USAF units and detachments assigned to the base or other bases in Thailand.
Units assigned to Don Muang RTAFB were the following:
USAF withdrawal from Don Muang.
By 1966 the USAF had established a major presence in Thailand, operating from six RTAF bases. At Don Muang the USAF had stationed Strategic Air Command KC-135 tankers for refueling tactical combat aircraft over the skies of Indochina. Thailand was officially neutral in the Vietnam War and the Thai government was reluctant to allow USAF operations from its main civil airport and so most operations were moved to lower visibility RTAF bases.
The USAF 7th Air Force in Saigon wanted to have additional KC-135s in Thailand and the solution reached was to expand the U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield and base the tankers there. Expansion of U-Tapao began in October 1965, with the completed new facility opening at the end of 1967. The runway became operational on 6 July 1966. U-Tapao received its first complement of KC-135 tankers in August 1966. By September, the base was supporting 15 tankers.
The opening of U-Tapao also allowed the United States to route most cargo through that facility rather than having large cargo aircraft arrive in the capital. By 1970 most USAF operations had moved out of Don Muang. In late-1971 the Thai Government allowed US personnel to enter the country direct to the remote RTAF bases without needing to transit Don Muang, further reducing USAF operations there.


Arthur Burr Stone

Arthur Burr Stone (1874–1943) also known as A. B. Stone and "Wizard" Stone, was an American aviation pioneer.
Biography.
He was born in 1874.
Stone fell into Lake Michigan from a height of 1,000 feet on 17 August 1911.
Stone was test pilot for the Queen Aircraft Company.
Stone came to Australia in 1912-13 and flew his Bleriot monoplane in exhibitions. Bert Hinkler became his mechanic. Stone was also a motorcycle wall-of-death rider. Stone also toured New Zealand, and flew at Auckland Domain on 19 April 1913, where "The aircraft made a forced landing after 400 yards; it and the pilot were attacked by members of the disgruntled crowd who felt they had not got their money’s worth."
Stone was in Hamilton on May 12, then on the 4th of June the monoplane was "written off by a fence on the boundary of Napier's racecourse."
Arthur Burr (Wizard) Stone was earmarked to carry the first Government official airmail from Melbourne to Sydney on 23 May 1914. Five days before the scheduled flight, the American barnstormer, while test flying his Metz-Bleriot at Sunshine, Victoria, suffered a mishap and damaged the plane. The flight was cancelled and the mail was carried to Sydney by rail.
He died in 1943.
Anecdotes.
1913: "Leslie and Claude Couper were coming in to take over this bush farm on Oio Road No. 2 in 1913. The road only came over the hill, Kaitieke side, for about a mile and from there on it was just a track. They were coming down the hill through the bush, winding in and out through the bush with their pack horses (jogging quietly) along when they heard an engine overhead just like a motor bike coming but it was an aeroplane, the first (the very first) to fly from the North down to Marton. The pack horses stampeded and bolted - they hadn't heard the like before and of course a bolting pack horse soon loses its pack. That was strewn every-where. A crow bar here, something else there and a stream of ammunition all down the track. But most important of all - the plane arrived at its destination."


List of defunct airlines of Iraq

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Dowty Propellers

Dowty Propellers is a British engineering company based in Gloucester Business Park, Brockworth, Gloucestershire that specialises in the manufacture, repair and overhaul of propellers and propeller components for customers around the world. It is owned by General Electric, forming part of its GE Aviation Systems division.
History.
The company was formed as Rotol Airscrews in 1937 by Rolls-Royce and Bristol Engines to take over both companies' propeller development, the market being too small to support more than one company. The name is a contraction of "ROlls-Royce" and "BrisTOL". Rotol's propellers were always considered leading edge, its models equipping the Hawker Hurricane, Supermarine Spitfire, and many other Second World War-era aircraft. By the end of the war it had introduced the first five-bladed propeller to see widespread use, used on late-model Spitfires. In 1943 the company changed its name from Rotol Airscrews Limited to Rotol Limited, and in 1952 it acquired British Messier Limited, a specialist in landing gear and hydraulics.
In 1958, Bristol Aeroplane and Rolls-Royce agreed to sell Rotol and British Messier to the Dowty Group. By 1959 Rotol and British Messier along with Dowty Equipment and Dowty Fuel Systems became part of the new Dowty Aviation Division based at Cheltenham.
In 1968, the company introduced the first fibreglass propellers, which went on to see widespread use. Since then it has migrated to carbon fibre, and remains a leader in propeller design.
Following a series of changes of ownership, the original Dowty Rotol facility at Staverton is now owned by the Safran Group, operating as part of its Messier-Bugatti-Dowty Landing Gear subsidiary. Propeller design and manufacture was moved a few hundred metres down the road when the company was split into business units under its Dowty ownership in the early 1990s. On 16 January 2007, Dowty Propellers became part of GE Aviation Systems through GE buying Smiths Group’s aerospace division.
On 5 February 2015, a fire at Dowty's Staverton facility caused severe damage to 80% of the factory building, destroying the main production line. A facility at Vantage Point Business Village in Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, was selected for the company's interim propeller blade manufacturing. In late 2019, the company began moving its operations to an all-new purpose-built facility at Gloucester Business Park in Brockworth, on part of the site of the former aerodrome used by the Gloster Aircraft Company.
Operations.
Dowty propellers are used on many turboprop feederliners, including the Dash 8Q400, Saab 340 and Saab 2000, and on turboprop transport aircraft such as later models of the C-130J and Alenia C-27J. Dowty propellers can also be found on LCACs used by the militaries of several countries. The US National Air and Space Museum's Udvar Hazy Center, Virginia, has a Dowty propeller on display.


Benazir Bhutto International Airport

Benazir Bhutto International Airport (, ) is a defunct airport which formerly served the Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area. It was the second-largest airport by air traffic in Pakistan, until 3 May 2018 when it was replaced by the new Islamabad International Airport. Previously also known as Islamabad International Airport, it was renamed after the late Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto in June 2008. The airport handled 4,767,860 passengers between 2015–16, compared to 3,803,060 in 2012-13.
The airport was located in the area of Chaklala in Rawalpindi, which neighbours Islamabad. Following the establishment of the new Islamabad International Airport, the airport is no longer used for civil aviation and now forms a part of the adjoining PAF Base Nur Khan (also known as PAF Base Chaklala).
History and statistics.
In the fiscal year 2008–2009, over 3,136,664 passengers used the former Benazir Bhutto International Airport and 34,025 aircraft movements were registered. The airport served as a hub for the flag carrier, Pakistan International Airlines. It was also the hub of Shaheen Air and a focus city of Airblue.
The government launched a Rs. 399 million project to renovate and expand the airport including the taxi way link adjacent to the lone runway of the airport. The renovation was completed by March, 2015.
The last flight to depart from this airport was PK791 operated by Pakistan International Airlines, heading for Birmingham, UK which departed at 11:39 AM PST marking the end of scheduled commercial flights to the airport.
New airport.
A new airport was constructed in Fateh Jang, Attock District, approximately west of the twin cities. It was built to replace the existing Benazir Bhutto International Airport in response to increasing air traffic and passenger load. It is now completed, and has become the first greenfield airport in Pakistan and the first to support the landing of Airbus A380. Built on an area of 3,289 acres, the project consisted of 90 check-in counters and a parking facility for 2,000 vehicles and will cater to an upward of 10 million people every year in its first phase and up to 25 million in the second phase. The terminal includes 15 gates with ten remote gates, a four-star hotel, duty-free shops, two runways, six taxiways, a food court and 42 immigration counters. The airport is connected to Islamabad via the Kashmir Highway and Rawalpindi via the GT Road. The Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metrobus is also being expanded to connect the airport with the metropolitan area. The airport was opened for commercial flight operations on 3 May 2018.
Facilities.
Benazir Bhutto International Airport was a civil and military airport which handled VIPs as well as public scheduled operations for many airlines. Foreign diplomats, high level government officials, as well as military officials were welcomed at this airport.
The airport was only able to handle eleven wide body aircraft at one time, with an additional five parking places for general aviation aircraft. It could not accommodate large aircraft such as the Airbus A380 or the Boeing 747-8. This airport did not have any air bridges installed, so buses took the passengers from the airport terminal to the aircraft where air stairs were used.
Current status.
Since the airport was built on an airbase, the Pakistan Air Force has taken ownership of the apron and old terminal building of the airfield in a similar fashion to when Lahore's Allama Iqbal International Airport moved its terminals.
The runway is expected to remain in use by the PAF in the near future and VIPs and other dignitaries will continue to use the airbase instead of Islamabad International Airport.
General aviation by private companies is also expected to continue to use this airport instead of the new Islamabad International Airport.


Halifax International Airport Authority

The Halifax International Airport Authority (HIAA) is a Canadian airport authority charged with operating Halifax Stanfield International Airport on behalf of Transport Canada.
The HIAA was established in November 1995 in advance of changes to the operation of Canadian airports by the federal government. The federal government through its Department of Transport had owned and operated the airport since its construction in 1960, however by the 1990s it was examining ways to reduce the payroll and scope of Transport Canada's activities. Beginning with changes to the Canada Transportation Act in 1995, Transport Canada began to divest the operation of sea ports and airports to non-profit authorities.
On February 1, 2000 HIAA took over management of Halifax Stanfield International Airport from Transport Canada. Transport Canada remains the owner of the airport and charges the HIAA rent, as well as establishing regulations governing airport operations.
Since then, HIAA has undertaken an aggressive construction schedule to implement long-neglected improvements to the airport infrastructure. A passenger user fee is charged on all passengers using the airport which helps to fund such improvements to runways and the passenger terminal.


Kurt Kuhlmey

Kurt Kuhlmey (19 November 1913 – 30 April 1993) was a general in the West German Air Force. During World War II, he served as ground-attack aircraft pilot in the Luftwaffe, commanding two air wings. Kuhlmey flew over 500 combat missions, and in July 1942 was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Career.
Kuhlmey began his career as a pilot at the age of 15, when he began flying gliders. In 1934 he joined the "Luftwaffe", which trained him as a pilot. He was commissioned and transferred in 1936 to the 162nd dive bomber division in Schwerin, where he began flying Stukas.
Kuhlmey was "Staffelkapitän" (squadron leader) of 1./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 (StG 1) at the outbreak of war and participated in the German campaigns in Poland, Norway, France, and the Battle of Britain. He also took part in operations against Malta, including the 10 January 1941 Stuka attack on "Illustrious".
As part of I./StG 2 Kuhlmey participated in the invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941. He served in North Africa, becoming "Gruppenkommandeur" (group commander) of II./StG 3 in April 1942. On 18 October 1943 he was promoted to "Geschwaderkommodore" (wing commander), Schlachtgeschwader 3 (SG 3).
On 9 June 1944 the Soviet Union launched a major offensive on the Karelian Isthmus. The Soviet Army forced the Finns to abandon their defensive lines and on 20 June took Viipuri, the second largest city of Finland. As a reinforcement SG 3 was posted to Finland in June 1944, forming "Gefechtsverband Kuhlmey" (Detachment Kuhlmey) with "Oberst" Kuhlmey commanding a composite unit comprising elements of I./SG 3, I./SG 5, II./JG 54 and NAGr.1.
Detachment Kuhlmey's actions in Finland during 16 June and 21 July 1944 was hugely influential in the final outcome of the offensive and of the Finnish Continuation War. Together Finnish Air Force units and Detachment Kuhlmey made 1,020 bombing sorties against the Soviet troops and armour. The Soviets lost some 300 tanks, 120-280 aircraft and over 20,000 troops. As a result, the Soviet advance stalled, and ensuing peace talks led to a cease-fire between the Soviet Union and Finland on 4 September. Finland was therefore not invaded.
Leaving SG 3 in December 1944, by March 1945 "Oberst" Kuhlmey was "Geschwaderkommodore" of SG 2 "Immelmann", and in the last weeks of the war was on the staff of the "General der Schlachtflieger".
After being released from American captivity in July 1945, he rejoined the military in November 1955, as a colonel. Attending courses at Williams and Luke Air Force Base in the US, he received flying training on the F-104 "Starfighter". On 11 September 1959 he was promoted to Brigadier General
and retired a major general. He died on 30 April 1993. At his funeral there was also a wreath "from a grateful Finland".


Frank E. Petersen

Frank Emmanuel Petersen Jr. (March 2, 1932 – August 25, 2015) was a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general. He was the first African-American Marine Corps aviator and the first African-American Marine Corps general.
Petersen retired from the Marine Corps in 1988 after 38 years of service. "At the time of his retirement he was by date of aviator designation the senior ranking aviator in the U.S. Marine Corps and the United States Navy with respective titles of 'Silver Hawk' and 'Gray Eagle'. His date of designation as an aviator also precedes all other aviators in the U.S. Air Force and Army."
In 2010, President Obama appointed Petersen to the Board of Visitors to the United States Naval Academy.
U.S. military career.
Peterson enlisted in the U.S. Navy in June 1950 as a seaman apprentice and served as an electronics technician. When Petersen aced the Navy's entrance exam, the recruiter told him he would make a "great steward." However, being motivated by the recent Korean War combat death of the Navy's first black aviator Jesse L. Brown in December, Petersen vowed to be a combat pilot.
In 1951, he entered the Naval Aviation Cadet Program. In October 1952, he completed flight training and accepted a commission as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps. Petersen served a combat tour in the Korean War (1953) and in the Vietnam War (1968). His first tactical assignment was with VMFA-212 during the Korean War. He would fly over 350 combat missions, and had over 4,000 hours in various fighter/attack aircraft. He held command positions at all levels of Marine Corps aviation, commanding a Marine Fighter Squadron, a Marine Aircraft Group and a Marine Aircraft Wing. He was also the first African-American to command a fighter squadron, a fighter air group, an air wing and a major base.
On February 23, 1979, he was promoted to brigadier general, becoming the first African-American general in the Marine Corps. In May 1983, he advanced to the rank of major general and on 12 June 1986, he was promoted to lieutenant general. Petersen relinquished duties as the Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico, Virginia on July 8, 1988. He served as the Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff from July 8–31 and retired from the Marine Corps on August 1, 1988. Upon his retirement, he was presented the Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious service as the Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico, Virginia, from June 1986 to July 1988.
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On November 9, 2016, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus officially announced that an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer would be named in honor of Petersen. On February 21, 2017, the keel was laid for the future guided-missile destroyer at Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard, Pascagoula, Mississippi.
The Navy said that the ship "will be built in the Flight IIA configuration with the Aegis Baseline 9 Combat System which includes integrated air and missile defense capability. This system delivers quick reaction time, high firepower, and increased electronic countermeasures capability for anti-air warfare".
Later life.
Frank Petersen died at his home in Stevensville, Maryland, on August 25, 2015, from lung cancer. Petersen left behind his wife Alicia Petersen and children Gayle, Frank, Dana Moore, Lyndsay Pulliam and Monique. In 1998, Peterson wrote an autobiography with J Alfred Phelps, "Into the Tigers Jaw".
Military awards.
Petersen's military decorations and awards include:


Avord Air Base

Avord Air Base or BA 702 (), named after Captain Georges Madon, is a base of the French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) located north northwest of Avord in central France.
Airbase 702 hosts about 2,500 personnel (French Air and Space Force military and some civilian). Because of its strategic location in the middle of France it is extremely suitable as a multi purpose base. It has a single runway 06/24, .
Units on the base.
The base perimeter contains some maximum-security zones with:
Other support units:


Dudley Everett

Flight Lieutenant Dudley Tabor Everett (9 March 1912 – 3 May 1943) was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) officer and cricketer. He played a single first-class cricket match for Western Australia during the 1935–36 season, but was killed in a training accident in Canada during World War II.
Everett was born in Perth in March 1912, and went to Hale School. He played cricket and football at school, going to play grade cricket for North Perth (now Joondalup) in the local competition. A right-handed opening batsman known for his fielding at cover, Everett's single first-class match for Western Australia came in October 1935, against a touring MCC side led by Errol Holmes. Opening the batting with Fred Taaffe, he was bowled for a duck by Sandy Baxter in Western Australia's only innings, with the match finishing in a draw after three days. As well as playing cricket, Everett was also a talented field hockey player. As a centre-half or inside-right, he played for Perth and Old Haleians in local competitions, and represented Western Australia at several inter-state carnivals.
Having gained his pilot's licence in January 1935, Everett was called up to the RAAF on the outbreak of war in 1939. He was initially stationed at RAAF Pearce, near Perth, and later worked as an instructor at the Central Flying School (at Camden Aerodrome) and the Elementary Training School (at RAAF Narrandera), both in country New South Wales. At Narrandera, he was one of four WA state cricketers, the others being Gordon Eyres, Keith Jeffreys, and Alexander Barras. While stationed there in January 1941, he severely fractured his leg while working at a makeshift office next to a landing strip at Grong Grong, after the wingtip of a trainee pilot's Tiger Moth clipped his desk. The pilot of the Tiger Moth was killed in the incident, with his instructor, acting as co-pilot, severely injured.
In December 1942, Everett and Eyres, who had gone to school together as well as both playing state cricket, were selected to train with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in Britain, as part of the Empire Air Training Scheme. By early 1943, he was training with the Royal Canadian Air Force at RCAF Base Trenton, in southern Ontario. While on a solo practice flight in a Harvard II on 3 May 1943, he crashed outside of Ameliasburgh, and was killed. Everett held the rank of flight lieutenant at the time of his death, and was buried in Trenton, Ontario.


Stan Turner (RAF officer)

Percival Stanley Turner, (3 September 1913 – 23 July 1985) served with the Royal Air Force and the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. He holds the record of the most combat hours flown of any Canadian pilot.
Early years.
Turner's parents emigrated to Toronto, Ontario, when he was at a young age. While studying engineering there, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force auxiliary.
Second World War.
In 1938 Turned joined the Royal Air Force, completing his pilot training right at Britain's entry to the Second World War. He was posted to fly Hurricanes with No. 242 Squadron RAF. It was over Dunkirk that he scored the first of his 14 aerial victories he would post during the war. During the Battle of Britain he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC).
After the Battle of Britain, Turner was posted to No. 145 Squadron RAF in June 1941, where he transitioned over to the Supermarine Spitfire Mk II. During this time, Johnnie Johnson remarked that Stan was a "Fearless and great leader" of his squadron. In October 1941 he was awarded a Bar to his DFC while flying over France again.
With a short rest in between, Turner was then given command of No. 411 Squadron RCAF. His posting there spurred many requests to be transferred to the squadron, a notable one accepted was that of Robert Wendell "Buck" McNair. In 1942, he was then transferred to the command of No. 249 Squadron RAF on Malta at the height of the Siege of Malta. In 1943, he became wing leader of 244 Wing, fighting in Italy. In 1944, he was promoted to group captain and commanded No. 127 Wing RCAF.
Stan Turner was also involved in some other interesting and remarkable events during the war. He flew escort for the mission that was agreed to by the Germans to drop an artificial leg to Douglas Bader. Turner and Bader were good friends, despite a rocky start when Bader took over command of the Canadian pilots who had survived the Battle of France. Bader won over Turner and the other Canadians by generously replacing their kit they had lost in France from his personal stores, not to mention by demonstrating his flying skills.
Turner was inducted into Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame in 1974.
In popular culture.
Turner was portrayed by Lee Patterson in "Reach for the Sky", the 1956 film biography of Douglas Bader.


University Airport

University Airport is a public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) west of the central business district of Davis, a city in Yolo County, California, United States. It is owned by the University of California and operated by Transportation Services of the University of California, Davis. Of the ten campuses in the UC system, Davis is the only one with its own airport.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned EDU by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.
The airport opened in 1946 and was acquired by the University of California four years later. 100LL fuel and transient aircraft tiedowns are available. Two fixed base operators are located on the field: the Cal Aggie Flying Farmers flight school and Davis Air Repair.
Facilities and aircraft.
University Airport covers an area of and contains one asphalt paved runway designated 17/35 which measures 3,176 x 50 ft (968 x 15 m). For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2010, the airport had 24,475 aircraft operations, an average of 67 per day: 90% general aviation, 10% air taxi and <1% military.


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Mac Sumner

Mac Sumner (March 27, 1940 – May 7, 2007) was an American politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2005 until 2006.
Early life.
Sumner was born in Missouri in 1940 and moved to Oregon at the age of seven. He served in the United States Air Force.
Career.
Sumner was appointed to the Molalla, Oregon City Council in October 1997 and elected in 1998, and served as mayor of the city from 2001 until 2002. He remained on the city council until the spring of 2004, when he resigned to run for the House. Sumner won in the crowded Republican primary and was elected, defeating Democrat Jim Gilbert. He was reelected in 2006, easily winning the primary and then the general election, once again defeating Gilbert.
Sumner was diagnosed with lung cancer in September 2006, and resigned on December 8. He was succeeded by Vic Gilliam, a part-time actor, educator, and political aide.
Sumner died on May 7, 2007, at the age of 67. Upon his death, Sumner was praised by then-Governor Ted Kulongoski.
Personal life.
Sumner and his wife, Sandy, had seven children.


List of airlines of Tanzania

This is a list of airlines currently operating in Tanzania.


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Ivan L. Slavich Jr.

Ivan L. Slavich Jr. (September 9, 1927October 20, 2012) was a United States Army colonel who helped pioneer the use of the HU-1A "Huey" helicopter as a tactical close-in support assault ship, and commanded the first armed combat helicopter unit in American military history. He served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War; his military service also included an early enlistment in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Slavich served from 1951 to 1975 as a U.S. Army officer. He served from 1945 to 1947 as an enlisted U.S. Marine.
Early life and education.
Slavich was born on September 9, 1927, in San Francisco, California. His father, Ivan Slavich, Sr., was the Clerk of the San Francisco Municipal Court and a Democratic ward politician, and his mother, Mary Foley, hailed from Ireland. His grandfather was a Croatian barrel maker in the California wine country. He grew up in San Francisco, attending the St. Ignatius College Preparatory School and the University of San Francisco where he graduated in 1951 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Other educational accomplishments include a master's degree in business administration from George Washington University, and an advanced degree in administrative management from Harvard University. He was married three times.
Military service.
Slavich's military career began in 1945 when he was drafted into the United States Marine Corps after graduating from high school. After serving his enlistment, he attended the University of San Francisco under U.S. Army ROTC, serving as a reserve second lieutenant from February 1950. He received his commission as an infantry second lieutenant in the Regular Army in 1951 upon his graduation. Slavich attended Basic Infantry training at Fort Benning, Georgia, and then reported to Korea for assignment as an infantry platoon leader and company commander with the 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. Following the Korean War, he returned to Fort Benning for advanced infantry training, serving first as an aide-de-camp and then as a parachuting instructor with the airborne department.
Vietnam War.
HU-1A/UH-1B Counter-Insurgency.
After earning his wings for fixed-wing and helicopter at the U.S. Army Aviation School at Fort Rucker, Alabama, Slavich was deployed to Okinawa with the 503rd Infantry Regiment. In 1960, while stationed in Okinawa, then Major Slavich discovered a detachment of 12 HU-1A "Huey" support helicopters. He formed a company, and worked to arm the helicopters as the French had armed theirs during the Algerian War in the late 1950s. The goal was to prove that the HU-1A (and later, UH-1B) helicopters could be sufficiently armed to provide effective close-in tactical support for troop-carrying ships. Armed with four 7.62-millimeter machine guns and two rocket pods, each with eight rockets, all mounted outside the helicopter just above the skids, the firepower of the HU-1A exceeded that carried by World War II fighter planes.
These "makeshift killers", armed with homemade rocket mounts and machine gun brackets, ultimately attracted the attention of the Pentagon. With the help of General Earle Wheeler, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Slavich and his men were finally able to test their experiment in combat. The unit was first deployed to Thailand, and then in 1962, the testing ground was moved to the battlefield when Slavich took command of the newly formed Utility Tactical Transport Company (UTT) in Vietnam. The UTT was tasked with providing close-in battlefield support to the dual-rotor H-21 troop carriers. By flying in formation with the troop carriers and employing a unique circular daisy chain pattern at the landing zone so that each Huey was covered by the one immediately behind it, five to six Hueys were able to protect up to 30 H-21 troop carriers at one time.
Under Slavich's command, the UTT quickly earned a reputation for "innovative use of helicopter-borne firepower, finely honed aviator skills, and aggressive support of the ground soldier". Slavich and his men again and again proved that the highly maneuverable and extremely tactical Huey gunships were far superior to fixed-wing aircraft when it came to the kind of close-in support that was required for a Southeast Asian battlefield, especially when lines often blurred between enemy camp and civilian village. Unlike fixed-wing fighter bombers, the low flying, slow cruising Hueys could provide "discriminating fire" to neutralize ground fire in the landing zone while sparing noncombatants. This was especially important to Slavich. According to Neil Sheehan who, like other journalists assigned to cover combat in Vietnam, would often fly on missions at Slavich's invitation, "[Slavich] was very responsible not to kill women and children. He wanted to fight other soldiers. It's a moral code he has to a high degree. Part of the ethic of a genuine soldier." Sheehan continued: "He made every one of his pilots considerate. They thought—and looked—before opening fire." Slavich put it simply, "All your firepower is no good if you kill women and children."
Brigadier General Joseph Stilwell Jr. wrote at that time of the uniqueness of the helicopter unit, commenting that it was "the only one of its kind in the Army and the only one doing the kind of work it does in a combat environment" in the midst of formidable obstacles such as "the development of appropriate maneuvers, operation of outdated HU-1A helicopters with commensurate parts supply problems, use of jury rigged weaponry, and administrative problems connected with a unit on temporary station orders which had also to perform certain test objectives as well." Stilwell concluded, "That this unit has gained the reputation and respect and professional competence it has may be solely contributed to the drive, ambition, dedication, and integrity displayed by Major Slavich during this period of command."
Once word spread about the effectiveness of the UTT, Army and Marine transport pilots refused to fly without UTT support; at times, Slavich and his men would fly up to five and six missions a day, proving to his superiors "that these most vulnerable of military machines were, when flown with originality and daring, in fact not vulnerable at all". General Paul Harkins, head of over 14,000 advisers in South Vietnam, called the UTT "the most essential unit in my command". In a 1963 fitness report for Slavich, General Stilwell—who rode shotgun with him on numerous missions, even occasionally serving as his door gunner—wrote: "[Slavich's] unit, beyond a doubt, has offered more protection and saved more American lives, through the ingenuity of employment, than any other element in a counter-insurgency role in the Republic of Vietnam."
The Air War: Politics and the Press.
Although the UTT's experimental mission of providing close-in tactical support was a success, the ongoing issue of politics remained. Owing to the Key West Agreement of 1948, the air force essentially owned the skies when it came to the use of strategic and tactical air assets. The achievements of "Slavich's People", as they were called, repeatedly drew the ire of the air force, creating a second front of sorts in the Vietnam arena: a PR war. Slavich excelled in that battle as well. Not one to merely tell war correspondents about the Hueys and what they could accomplish, he often invited the journalists to fly on missions so they could see for themselves, usually with very little notice and often much to the chagrin of the army's Public Information Office (PIO). As he saw it, if it was his job was to sell the army and the Hueys, there was no better sales force than the press.
Some of the best known correspondents of the war—David Halberstam, Neil Sheehan, Peter Arnett, Charley Mohr, and Horst Faas—flew often with Slavich and became his good friends. Since they and other journalists previously had to content themselves with getting sanitized talking points from the PIO or renting cars to find the battles themselves, when Slavich offered to take them directly into the fight, they were eager to hop a ride. In "Once Upon a Distant War", William Prochnau wrote that Slavich not only gave [the journalists] the skies, he gave them the war, affording them a rare and unfettered bird's eye view of the unfolding conflict below. Said Halberstam, "After Ivan came in, you just couldn't bullshit us anymore. We could find out anything."
Post–Vietnam War.
From 1963, Slavich served as the aviation action officer with DCS/OPS, United States Continental Army Command, followed by a tour as a student in the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia. He returned to Korea in 1968, serving first as infantry battalion commander, 2nd Infantry Division and finally as G3 director of plans and operations, 2nd Infantry Division. He was then assigned as the aviation battalion commander of the 82nd Aviation Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Slavich attended the United States Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island in 1971, and served as the Third Brigade commander, 8th Infantry Division in Mannheim, West Germany until 1973. He retired in 1975 after serving as the brigade commander, U.S. Army Readiness Division at Fort Devens, Massachusetts.
Later life and death.
After retiring from the U.S. Army in 1975, Slavich settled in North Carolina, where he taught at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte before embarking on a successful career in real estate. He was the president of McGuire Commercial Properties in Charlotte, and the Oppel Company of Tega Cay, a residential building company in Tega Cay, South Carolina. Slavich retired to Marco Island, Florida in 1987, where he lived until his death on October 20, 2012. He is survived by his wife, Miriam, 8 children and step-children, and 19 grandchildren.


FL Technics

FL Technics is a global provider of aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania. The company has Base Maintenance facilities in Lithuania, Indonesia and China and provides Line Maintenance support across Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific, the CIS states, and Russia.
An EASA Part-145, Part-M, Part-147, Part-21, FAA-145 (Indonesia) certified company, FL Technics serves a wide range of Boeing, Airbus, ATR, Embraer and other types of aircraft.
FL Technics is a part of Avia Solutions Group, which is led by Jonas Janukenas, CEO, and Gediminas Ziemelis, Chairman of the Board. Zilvinas Lapinskas is the CEO of FL Technics.
History.
2005 - Company Establishment
The company was founded in Lithuania and opened its first hangar at the Vilnius International Airport.
2007– Initial Expansion at the Main Airport
The company added a second hangar at the Vilnius International Airport. Since then FL Technics occupies 2 aircraft maintenance hangars, a warehouse, and backshop facilities at the Vilnius International Airport – 13 742 sq. meters in total. The hangars consist of five airframe maintenance bays.
Certificates.
Base and Line Maintenance Certificates
Full Aircraft Engineering and Design Certificates
Component and Material Provider Certificates
Technical Training Certificates
Awards.
In 2013, FL Technics was named one of the most valuable companies for Lithuania and its citizens.
In 2019, FL Technics received The Asian MRO of the year award.
In 2019, FL Technics ranked No. 4 in the top 10 energy/industry companies in Lithuania.
Official websites.
FL Technics Official Website
FL Technics Training Official Website
FL ARI Official Website
Storm Aviation Official Website
Flash Line Maintenance S.r.l. Official Website


Dishforth Airfield

Dishforth Airfield is a Royal Air Force/British Army station in North Yorkshire, England. It was an Army Air Corps helicopter base and a Relief Landing Ground for RAF Linton-on-Ouse. The current Unit based at Dishforth is 6 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps.
It is located next to the A1(M) at Junction 49 with the A168. Dishforth airfield is built over part of the Great North Road which is also the old A1.
History.
The airfield is situated on the former site of RAF Dishforth which opened in 1936 and ceased operations with the Royal Air Force in 1992 to become Dishforth Airfield.
Dishforth was the first base to receive the Apache helicopter, and had 16, divided between 2 squadrons. Following a reshuffle of AAC units in 2006/2007 Apaches were concentrated on Wattisham Airfield in Suffolk. Between 2007 and 2016, Dishforth had three squadrons of Lynx Mk.7 helicopters & Lynx Mk.9A helicopters. In 2007, personnel and Apache helicopters from the Army Air Corps took part in the rescue mission at Jugroom Fort, which involved marines being strapped to the sides of the helicopter as it flew into Taliban held territory to recover their dead colleague.
Dishforth Airfield recently underwent a major expansion as 6 Force Logistic Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps moved from Gutersloh in Germany to Dishforth. The official handover took place on 30 June 2016. 9 Regiment Army Air Corps disbanded and most of its soldiers merged with 1 Regiment Army Air Corps who also moved from Germany to RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset.
In November 2016 the Ministry of Defence announced that the site would close in 2031.


Fastjet

Fastjet Plc is a British/South African-based holding company for a group of low-cost carriers that operate in Africa. The company's stated aim is to become the continent's first low-cost, pan-African airline, and the operation was initially created with the acquisition of Fly540, an airline operating in East Africa; flights in Fastjet's own name commenced in November 2012 in Tanzania. In order to satisfy local ownership and other requirements, the strategy is to create locally incorporated airlines or a series of licensees to operate services, using a common branding, operational standards and sales platform.
Fastjet Zimbabwe commenced flights in October 2015, and Fastjet Mozambique in November 2017. Plans have also been announced for domestic operations in South Africa.
As of February 2018, the airline operates four Embraer E145 aircraft across East- and southern Africa. It has carried in excess of 2.5 million passengers with an aggregate 90% on-time performance.
Fastjet is also a multi-award-winning airline. In 2017, 2018, and 2019 they were named by the World Travel Awards as Africa's Leading Low-Cost Airline, and Skytrax World Airline Awards named Fastjet the 2017 and 2019 Best African Low-Cost Airline.
History.
Initial proposals.
Originally reported to be competing with easyJet, it was later claimed that Fastjet was planned to be a transatlantic long-haul airline. It was eventually revealed that Fastjet was a proposed low-cost African airline, and that an agreement had been signed with Rubicon Investments.
In June 2012 the plans became clearer. To start the operations, Rubicon Diversified Investments Plc (later renamed Fastjet Plc) completed the acquisition of Lonrho's airline division for a transaction value of US$85.7m, satisfied by the issue of Rubicon ordinary shares to Lonrho. Key shareholders in the enlarged company would be Lonrho and Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, through his easyGroup Holdings Limited (“easyGroup”). The airline division acquired included the African regional airline Fly 540, operating in Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, which would form the platform for the development of a low-cost carrier for Africa, branded ‘Fastjet’ under the terms of the easyGroup brand licence agreement.
Commencement of operations.
The airline chose Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, as its first operating base in Africa, with flights from Julius Nyerere International Airport commencing on 29 November 2012. Initially flights operated successfully between Dar es Salaam and Kilimanjaro, and between Dar es Salaam and Mwanza. Further routes were to be added quickly, both domestically and to other East African destinations, and FastJet said it would move its operation office from Tanzania to Kenya, once it has approval to operate in Kenya. Once established in East Africa, Fastjet also had plans to launch in Ghana and Angola. In May 2014 Fly540 Ghana and Fly540 Angola were both shut down as they were incompatible with the Fastjet low-cost model.
Expansion of services.
As well as expanding services from the base in Tanzania, in October 2015 the company obtained an Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) for Zimbabwe, and announced its plans to launch fastjet Zimbabwe. The initial flights between its base at Harare International Airport to Victoria Falls commenced on 28 October 2015, and flights to Johannesburg commenced from 1 February 2016. Although Fastjet Zambia was at an advanced planning stage, in April 2016 it was announced that progress was being deferred until at least the final quarter of 2016.
Restructuring 2016-17.
With troubled operations and continued losses, majority shareholder Stelios Haji-Ioannou through his holding in EasyGroup successfully changed the board of fastjet Plc with the departure of six board members in a short period of time. Ed Winters was replaced as CEO by Nico Bezuidenhout, from rival low-cost airline MangoSA, on 1 August 2016.
Bezuidenhout instigated a 'Stabilisation Plan', which included reducing unprofitable routes, switching from A319s to (smaller) Embraer aircraft and moving the airline's headquarters from London Gatwick Airport to Africa - later revealed as a move to Johannesburg. The aim was to achieve cashflow breakeven in the fourth quarter of 2017. As part of a further fundraising in September 2017, to raise not less than US$44m, it was revealed that the Plan's objectives had been achieved or were on track.
Resumption of growth.
At the time of the fundraising, it was announced in September 2017 that domestic flights would be launched in both Mozambique and South Africa, by way of brand licence agreements with Solenta Aviation Mozambique and Federal Airlines respectively. Both were established profitable airlines, but only flew small aircraft, operating air shuttle, scheduled and charter services. Fastjet Mozambique commenced operations on 3 November 2017 with flights from Maputo to Beira, Nampula and Tete.
2017 also saw fastjet revise the company slogan from "smart travel" to "for everyone", further reinforcing the company's mandate to make air travel in Africa more affordable and open to all, particularly those who never thought it possible.
2018 and beyond.
As of February 2018, CEO Nico Bezuidenhout continues to build on fastjet's current routes, with the launch of a Dar es Salaam to Kigoma flight. The airline launched daily flights between Harare and Bulawayo on 20 July 2018, marking it as the most affordable airline to operate the Harare Bulawayo route. More route launches are expected throughout the course of the year.
As of September 2019, CEO Nico Bezuidenhout has stepped down as the chief executive officer of Fastjet.He has been replaced by Mark Hurst on an intermim basis, while a permanent replacement can be appointed.
Corporate affairs.
Ownership.
Fastjet Plc (FJET:LSE) is incorporated in England and Wales and is traded on the London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market (AIM). The company intends to evaluate a dual listing of the Company on the AltX market of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
Current estimated major interests in ordinary shares (as at April 2017) are:
Structure.
The Group's stated aim is to become the continent's first low-cost, pan-African airline, but each country has different local ownership and other requirements. To accommodate this, Fastjet use a combination of brand licenses and partially owned locally incorporated airlines to operate services, all using common branding, operational standards and sales platform. The current structure is:
The subsidiaries are included in the Group financial statements, because although the Group holds 50% or less of the voting rights in each, it controls the management, operations and distributions through contractual agreements as well as its shareholding.
Brand ownership.
The Fastjet brand was originally owned by Easygroup Holdings Ltd, and licensed to Fastjet Plc. On 29 June 2017 Fastjet Plc entered into an agreement with Easygroup Holdings Ltd to acquire all intellectual property rights associated with the fastjet brand for $2.5 million.
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, who established the fastjet brand in 2012, stated, “fastjet is a great brand in all its African markets, making it a highly valuable asset for the company. I have accepted the view of the current board that the company should own its own brand rather than licence it from me.”
Business trends.
Fastjet Group results are shown below (as at year ending 31 December 2016). Fastjet began trading under its own name on 29 November 2012. Financial results below for 2012 for Fastjet were for the 18-month period ended 31 December 2012. The company and group report in US Dollars.
Group Head Office.
Fastjet's Group head office is located in South Africa[2]. Prior to 2017, it was based at London Gatwick Airport in Crawley, West Sussex. The move to South Africa was done to lower the cost of doing business.
The registered office and Fastjet plc head office is in London.
Each locally incorporated airline has a registered/head office in its country of operation.[19]
Destinations.
Fastjet serves 5 destinations in two African countries.
Fleet.
Current fleet
Fastjet operates four Embraer 145 aircraft.
The E145 seats up to 50 passengers. This aircraft operates across all FastJet routes, barring Tanzania.
The airline's name and URL is painted on the body of the aircraft with the company mascot "Mr Grey" placed on the tail of the plane. Touches of red and yellow can be seen on the aircraft's wings and engines.
Historical fleet
Previously, fastjet operated the Airbus A319 and the Embraer E190. Due to passenger load on routes, these aircraft were grounded in favour of the smaller Embraer aircraft.


Trailing-arm suspension

A trailing-arm suspension, sometimes referred as trailing-link is a vehicle suspension design in which one or more arms (or "links") are connected between (and perpendicular to and forward of) the axle and a pivot point (located on the chassis of a motor vehicle). It is typically used on the rear axle of a motor vehicle. A leading arm, as used on the Citroën 2CV and the M422 Mighty Mite, has an arm connected between (and perpendicular to, and to the rear of) the axle and the chassis. It is used on the front axle.
Types.
Trailing-arm.
Trailing-arm designs in live axle setups often use just two or three links and a Panhard rod to locate the wheel laterally. A trailing arm design can also be used in an independent suspension arrangement. Each wheel hub is located only by a large, roughly triangular arm that pivots at one point, ahead of the wheel. Seen from the side, this arm is roughly parallel to the ground, with the angle changing based on road irregularities. A twist-beam rear suspension is very similar except that the arms are connected by a beam, used to locate the wheels and which twists and has an anti-roll effect.
Some aircraft also use trailing arms in their landing gear, with oleo struts for shock absorption. A trailing arm landing gear results in smoother landings and a better ride when taxiing compared to other types of landing gear.
Semi-trailing arm.
A semi-trailing arm suspension is a supple independent rear suspension system for automobiles where each wheel hub is located only by a large, roughly triangular arm that pivots at two points. Viewed from the top, the line formed by the two pivots is somewhere between parallel and perpendicular to the car's longitudinal axis; it is generally parallel to the ground. Trailing-arm and multilink suspension designs are much more commonly used for the rear wheels of a vehicle where they can allow for a flatter floor and more cargo room. Many small, front-wheel drive vehicles feature a MacPherson strut front suspension and trailing-arm rear axle.


Allegheny Commuter


Lander (video game)

Lander is an action shooter game developed in-house at the Manchester office of Psygnosis. It was released for Microsoft Windows in Spring 1999 and published under the Psygnosis label shortly before the Manchester office was closed and the Psygnosis label was fully absorbed into Sony. Lander was inspired by the classic game Thrust (and to a lesser extent Lunar Lander), and featured similar gameplay of controlling a ship with realistic thrust and inertia, but with a new 3D game environment. Critically, the game was badly received by most critics, but had occasional highly positive reviews by those who had found the control system to be rewarding rather than frustrating.
Gameplay.
The player takes on the role of a mercenary lander pilot, looking to make his fortune while travelling on the interplanetary cruise ship "Drake's Exception" while it makes a historical voyage of visiting each planet of the solar system in turn due to the rare event of all the planets aligning. As the "Drakes Exception" stops at each planet, the player is able to take on missions tendered by various people and organisations. These missions are delivered to the player via a series of emails. The majority of missions on offer require the player to find the entrance of an underground complex, gain entry and locate a particular object which then must be brought to the surface by the use of the ship's tractor beam. When an object is being towed, its weight and momentum directly affects the handling of the Player's ship. Coupled with the various obstacles present in most missions, such as moving machinery, defensive turrets and armed ground vehicles, making your way to safety becomes a lot more difficult especially when you factor in limited fuel and the Player's inability to drop the cargo at will and re-fuel. There is at least one occasion where is not true however, as during the 'Macbeth colony' mission there is a fuel pod in the latter stage of the level where the cargo can be placed beside it, allowing the Player to re-fuel and more importantly, bring the cargo with them from the beginning of the mission rather than leaving it and then backtracking later on.
On successful completion of the mission the player is paid and the money can be used to purchase new Landers, parts, ammo and the bare necessities such as fuel and shield recharges.
If the player performs well or performs a special action in certain missions then alternate missions are made available. It is not uncommon for players to complete the game multiple times and end up finding new missions. There are a total of 29 missions it the game (not including the two training missions) but only about 22 are played in a single run.
Control System.
Although Lander had an arcade feel, controlling the ship in three axes proved quite difficult to master, often taking days for some to become confident and competent. The default control system relied upon mouse movement to control tilt and roll, whilst the keyboard controlled the yaw. Lander's input system does have a degree of flexibility, allowing other input devices such as an analogue joystick and even allows for the use of an analogue throttle to control the ship's thrust, allowing for a much finer control of the craft to the point of being able to hover on the spot and fly in straight lines in directions other than up and down.
Due to this unique control system and unlike the earlier games it was inspired by, Lander was never particularly popular outside of a small loyal fan base.


Arthur Mather (rugby league)

Arthur "Mick" Edward Mather (3 May 1918 - 4 August 2005) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s.
Background.
Graduated into Souths playing ranks from Marist Bros High School Darlinghurst. Following school, he became a Fitter and Turner and achieved a Higher Trade Certificate in Marine Engineering and Applied Mechanics at Sydney Technical College in 1937. Mather Joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 1940 and flew bombers over Europe and the Middle East during World War II. Mather was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in the Battle of Tobruk. He stayed in the Air Force after the war, receiving the Air Force Cross in 1965 before retiring as Wing Commodore (DFC, AFC) in 1973.
Playing career.
Mather made his debut with the South Sydney Rabbitohs in round 10 vs the Newtown Jets in 1939. Souths won that game 13–8. That ended up being the only game he played that season. Souths finished with 9 wins out of 14 games to sneak into the finals. They defeated the home side St. George Dragons in the semi finals 10–23, however, they lost 33–4 to the Balmain Tigers in the grand final.
Mather scored his first and only career try in round 6 in a 24–13 loss to the Jets. He made six more appearances that season without scoring another try.
Mather ended his career in the game early – as well as his career as a water-polo player and lifesaver at Maroubra Surf Life-Saving Club – to pursue a career in the Air Force.
Personal life.
Mather retired from the Air Force in 1973. He died in 2005 at age 87 at Parramatta, although some sources say he died in Newcastle.


Cambridge Bay Water Aerodrome

Cambridge Bay Water Aerodrome is located just east of the community of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada. Landing is usually possible only from the middle of July until the middle of September but ice may be encountered until well into August.


List of airlines of Angola

This is a list of airlines that have an air operator's certificate issued by the national aviation authority of Angola, the Instituto Nacional de Aviação Civil.


Mikoyan MiG-33

MiG-33 was the development designation of the aircraft that was eventually delivered as the MiG-29. Certain variants of the MiG-29 were designated MiG-33.
The designation MiG-33 has been associated with two different Mikoyan fighter designs. It was first employed for a single-engine, lightweight strike fighter similar in capabilities to the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon. More formally known as "Project 33", development work began on this design about 1980, but was cancelled in 1986 as the result of changing Soviet Air Forces requirements. However, in 1998 China purchased the design and test data from Russia to aid in expediting the development of the CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder. More recently, the "MiG-33" designation was introduced at the 1994 Farnborough Airshow as the briefly used marketing name for the "MiG-29ME" export model of the MiG-29M Fulcrum-E, a comprehensively upgraded, fully multirole version of the MiG-29. Although only a few MiG-29M aircraft were built (and none exported), they have served as prototypes for the development of the latest, most advanced Fulcrum variant, the MiG-35.
Project 33.
Around 1980, the Mikoyan OKB design bureau began working on a light "strike fighter" that was intended to be a direct competitor to the F-16 Fighting Falcon. This new Mikoyan design, designated "Izdeliye 33" ("Izd 33") (and variously translated as "Article 33", "Project 33", "Product 33", or "Project R-33"), was of conventional layout and similar in appearance to the F-16. It was powered by a single Klimov RD-33 afterburning turbofan engine – the same engine used by the twin-engined MiG-29. While extensive wind tunnel testing was conducted on the design, no prototypes were built since the Soviet Air Force (VVS) dropped its support for concept about 1986. The program was one of several victims of the VVS’ changing operational needs, financial constraints, and a growing preference for multirole designs.
MiG-33 "Super Fulcrum".
During the early 1990s, it became briefly popular for Sukhoi and Mikoyan to assign new designations for upgraded models to make them appear "new and improved" instead of just "improved". The VVS did not accept these marketing designations and most were soon dropped. Following Sukhoi's initiative in this approach, Mikoyan's first such offering was the "MiG-29ME", which first publicly appeared as the "MiG-33" at the 1994 Farnborough Airshow. The MiG-29ME was the export version of the "MiG-29M" (Product 9.15) "Super Fulcrum", a comprehensively upgraded, fully multirole version of the MiG-29.


Peter Olver (RAF officer)

Wing Commander Peter Olver, DFC (4 April 191714 February 2013) was a British World War II Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Supermarine Spitfire fighter ace.
Biography.
Olver was born in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. He trained as a pilot after joining the RAF Volunteer Reserve and joined No. 611 Squadron RAF in September 1940 as a Pilot Officer. He then joined No. 603 Squadron RAF based at RAF Hornchurch. On 25 October 1940 he bailed out of his Spitfire II P7309 near Brede, Sussex on his first sortie after being attacked by a Messerschmitt Bf 109 and was injured on landing. He quickly recovered and after claiming his first kill he joined No. 66 Squadron RAF with which he shot down at least three more aircraft.
After posting to North Africa he became the commander of No. 238 Squadron RAF and No. 213 Squadron RAF flying the Hawker Hurricane and destroyed three Italian biplane fighters on the ground. Awarded the DFC, he commanded 1 Squadron SAAF flying MK V Spitfires, destroyed an Italian Macchi C.202 fighter and was promoted to Wing Commander when the existing commander was killed. Following the Allied invasion of Sicily he shot down an Bf 109 but was then himself attacked and crash landed. He then spent the remainder of the war as a PoW in camps, including Stalag Luft III.
Later life.
He married a Women's Auxiliary Air Force Officer and left the RAF to become a farmer in Kenya. After Kenyan Independence he returned to the UK where he farmed in Devon and Wiltshire. He had four sons.


List of American Airlines accidents and incidents

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