Rodney Bewes

Rodney Bewes (27 November 1937 – 21 November 2017) was a British television actor and writer who portrayed Bob Ferris in the BBC television sitcom "The Likely Lads" (1964–66) and its colour sequel "Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?" (1973–74). Bewes' later career was of a much lower profile, but he continued to work as a stage actor.
Early life.
Bewes was born in Bingley in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to Horace, an Eastern Electricity Board showroom clerk, and Bessie, who was a teacher of children with learning difficulties. His family lived for a few years in the Crossflatts district of Bingley, before they moved to Luton, where he attended Stopsley Secondary School. Because of his early ill-health (he suffered from asthma and bronchitis), one of the reasons the family moved, his mother tended to keep him off school. His illness receded, and the family eventually returned to the north.
Having seen an advertisement in the "Daily Herald", Bewes auditioned for the title role in "Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School" just before he turned 13, and was in the last two short-listed for the role, losing to Gerald Campion. However, he did appear in two early television roles for the BBC, "Mystery at Mountcliffe Chase" and "The Pickwick Papers" (both 1952). At 14, he moved to London to attend RADA's preparatory school.
After two years of national service in the RAF, Bewes attended RADA. He was working nights in hotels, doing the washing-up, to finance his studies at RADA during the day, and hence was frequently to be found asleep in class. He was expelled during his final year.
Early career.
Bewes began appearing in repertory theatre and obtained parts in the television drama series "Dixon of Dock Green" (1962) and "Z-Cars" (1963). He also appeared in the film version of "Billy Liar" (1963) as Arthur Crabtree, alongside his close friend Tom Courtenay. The two men shared a flat at the time; Bewes, having seen Courtenay's script, independently and successfully approached the casting director for the part. The following year his northern working-class background and natural northern accent stood him in good stead, landing him the role of Bob Ferris in "The Likely Lads" (1964–66) after Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais had seen him in "Billy Liar".
In "The Likely Lads" Ferris was the more ambitious of two Newcastle factory workers, with Terry Collier (James Bolam) being his lazy and more cynical friend. The series, at first broadcast on the newly launched BBC2, proved successful both critically and in the ratings when it was shown on the BBC1 and ran for three series. Between his two spells as a 'Likely Lad', Bewes also appeared in "Man in a Suitcase" (1967), "Father, Dear Father" (1968) and as "Mr Rodney" on "The Basil Brush Show" (1968–69). He starred in his own ITV sitcom "Dear Mother...Love Albert" (later known as "Albert!", 1969–72), which he created and co-wrote with Derrick Goodwin.
Bewes appeared in the 1969 theatrical production of "She Stoops to Conquer" as Tony Lumpkin. He also appeared in the film "Spring and Port Wine" (1970) which starred James Mason, and played the Knave of Hearts in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (1972). Bewes and Bolam reunited for the sequel that continued the Bob and Terry saga, "Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?" (1973–74), which by common consent surpassed the original. It ran for two series of 13 episodes, followed by a Christmas special in 1974. The original series was adapted for radio (1967–68) as was the sequel (1975), and a cinema spin-off ("The Likely Lads", 1976) also followed.
Bewes' later film roles included "Jabberwocky" (1977), "Unidentified Flying Oddball" (1979) and "The Wildcats of St Trinian's" (1980). Although better known for his comedy and light entertainment roles, viewers were given an opportunity to see Bewes' serious acting ability in a made-for-TV film adaptation of John Ford's 17th century play, "'Tis Pity She's a Whore" (1980). Despite a guest role in the "Doctor Who" serial "Resurrection of the Daleks" in 1984, his television career had largely ended by the mid-1980s.
Later career.
On the West End stage, Bewes appeared in the play "Middle-Age Spread" and "Funny Money", a farce by Ray Cooney.
In 1981, he starred in "A Very Private Man" on BBC Radio. During 1982, he served as spokesman for the now defunct trade organisation the British Onion Marketing Board, appearing in a number of print advertisements during the year.
Bewes remained active as a stage performer in the 1990s and later with one-man versions of "Three Men in a Boat" and "Diary of a Nobody", both of which shows he toured extensively in the UK.
Bewes final appearance on television was in 2009 when he played retired bank manager Edward Walton in the "Heartbeat" episode "Ties That Bind."
In July 2013, he was The Marshal (Philippe Pétain) in the Southwark Playhouse production of Peter Ustinov's "The Moment of Truth". He was back in Edinburgh again in 2015 for an autobiographical show, "An Audience with Rodney Bewes... Who?"
Bewes' autobiography, "A Likely Story", was published in September 2005. In the autobiography, and on Michael Parkinson's BBC Radio 2 show in 2005, he stated that his "Likely Lads" co-star James Bolam had not spoken to him for the past 30 years. It had been assumed for years that Bolam and Bewes were friends off-screen as well as on; a pretence they kept up because their public expected it. However, they had comprehensively fallen out when Bewes indiscreetly related a personal anecdote about Bolam in a 1976 press interview, and had not spoken since. He blamed Bolam's fear of having his privacy invaded, and of being eternally typecast, leading to his refusing to allow repeats of "The Likely Lads". The final breach, said Bewes, occurred when, having told an anecdote about the birth of his own triplets, he followed on with a story of how Bolam's wife, Sue, had told him she was pregnant while he was driving, and he almost crashed the car. Bewes repeated this story, thinking it was already public knowledge; but then, on realising he might have crossed a line, phoned Bolam to forewarn him of the article, and got a frosty reaction. "There was this dreadful silence. He put the phone down. I called him back, he didn't answer. He hasn't spoken to me since."
In 2010, Bewes also complained about his former co-star's refusal to allow "The Likely Lads" to be repeated on network television (both must give approval), preventing him earning anything from the repeats; "he must be very wealthy; me, I've just got an overdraft and a mortgage". Shortly before he died, in an interview with the "Daily Mirror", Bewes once more lamented the loss of his friendship with Bolam. Bolam, however, denied such a rift ever existed, stating after Bewes' death that they "didn't talk for 40 years because of their busy schedules rather than resentment", and he had "nothing but fond memories" of Bewes.
Death.
Bewes died on 21 November 2017, six days before his 80th birthday, in his seaside home at Cadgwith in Cornwall. He is survived by a daughter and three sons.


RAF Elsham Wolds

Royal Air Force Elsham Wolds or more simply RAF Elsham Wolds is a former Royal Air Force station in England, which operated in the First World War and the Second World War. It is located just to the north east of the village of Elsham in north Lincolnshire.
First World War.
An airfield was established at Elsham as early as December 1916 and used by C Flight of No. 33 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps, initially operating F.E.2 and later Avro 504 and Bristol F.2 Fighter biplanes. From June 1918 to June 1919 it was also the squadron's headquarters, taking over from Gainsborough.
The site was the most northerly of three airfields, along with RAF Kirton in Lindsey (B Flight) and RAF Scampton (A Flight), equally spaced between the cities of Hull and Lincoln for countering Zeppelin night raids. C Flight also acted as observers for the artillery batteries located at Spurn Head and Kilnsea.
The flight stayed at Elsham until June 1918, the wooden huts and a small aircraft shed that had been erected were demolished by 1919 when the station was abandoned back to agriculture at the end of the First World War.
Second World War.
In the late 1930s with a new war on the horizon, extra airfields were again needed to accommodate an expansion of the RAF. Former First World War stations were surveyed for suitability, and an area just to the west of the original Elsham site was deemed to be better suited.
Work began in the winter of 1939-1940, and the station opened with the arrival in July 1941 of 103 Squadron. The station was equipped with a main runway long, and two subsidiaries of and . Three hangars (two T-2's and one J-Type) and 27 aircraft hardstands (later increased to 36) were built. Three more T-2 hangars were built in 1944. Accommodation for around 2,500 personnel was dispersed in the nearby farmland.
No. 103 is credited with more operational sorties than any other No. 1 Group RAF squadron, and consequently suffered the group's highest losses. Of the 248 bombers lost on operations flying from Elsham Wolds, 198 were from No. 103 Squadron. By type, losses were 28 Vickers Wellingtons, 12 Halifaxes and 208 Lancasters. One Elsham Wolds Lancaster, Lancaster III ED888 M2 (Mike Squared) which served with both Nos. 103 and 576, held the Bomber Command record for operational sorties, having completed 140 between May 1943 and December 1944. A total of 974 operational hours.
Australian Don Charlwood was a navigator operating out of Elsham Wolds. In his highly regarded memoir, "No Moon Tonight", he writes movingly about his many comrades who died, those that did not (a much smaller number), and about the feelings of aircrews facing such high loss rates. Describing his arrival at Elsham Wolds with a group of 20 other young men, he wrote: ". . . of our twenty only eight were destined to depart . . . a few months later."
Post war.
RAF Elsham Wolds closed in 1947 and shortly afterwards DP's (Displaced Persons), Poles and Ukrainians were temporarily housed in the buildings whilst working at the Scunthorpe Steelworks. Some contemplated transit to the US or Canada, others to set roots, mostly in Scunthorpe.
Colloquially, it started to be known as "Warsaw Hamlet" and the Post Office delivered letters using that address. By the late 1952 early '53 the DP's had moved on and once again the site reverted to first agriculture use and later as the site of an industrial estate. The history of the site is reflected in the road names on the estate which include Halifax Approach and Wellington Way. In the 1970s the site was bisected by the A15 road that was built to link the M180 motorway to the Humber Bridge. The control tower lasted into the 1980s and was used as a house for a time, which was said to be haunted. The J-Type hangar is still standing.
Current use.
A large radio and telephone mast has been placed on top of Elsham hill.
 The tower is at the west end of the main runway and was during the 60s was used to relay radar from RAF Station Patrington and RAF Station Staxton Wold to RAF Lindholme near Doncaster
A memorial garden is located in the southwestern part of the old aerodrome site.


Ogden Air Logistics Complex

The Ogden Air Logistics Complex (OO-ALC) performs programmed depot maintenance on a number of US Air Force weapon systems. Specifically it supports A-10 Thunderbolt II, B-2 Spirit, F-16 Fighting Falcon, and LGM-30G Minuteman III systems. Additionally, the center is responsible for landing gear systems, conventional munitions, solid propellants, and composite materials. It is located at Hill Air Force Base.
The former Ogden Air Logistics Center was re-designated as the Ogden Air Logistics Complex on 12 July 2012.
Since 2012 the Complex has supervised the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.


No. 606 Squadron RAF

No 606 (Chiltern) Squadron was formed as a Royal Auxiliary Air Force helicopter support squadron in 1996 at RAF Benson and gaining its official number three years later on 1 October 1999. It provides personnel for the RAF tactical support helicopter fleet and does not operate any aircraft itself.
History.
The squadron code ‘BG’ was allocated to No 606 Squadron RAuxAF in 1939, but it was never activated during the Second World War.
Since its reformation in 1996, personnel from the squadron have deployed on Operations across the globe including Afghanistan, the Falkland Islands, Cyprus and Iraq.


No. 8 Flying Training School RAF

No. 8 Flying Training School (8 FTS) is a former Royal Air Force flying training school that operated between 1936 and 1964.
History.
First formation.
8 FTS at RAF Montrose became 8 SFTS on 3 September 1939 and was disbanded on 25 March 1942 at RAF Montrose and absorbed by No. 2 Flying Instructors School RAF.
History of 2 FIS.
2 FIS was initially formed at RAF Cranwell but was disbanded only after two months. It then reformed at RAF Montrose on 5 January 1942 being redesignated No. 2 Flying Instructors School (Advanced) RAF on 7 April 1942, disbanding still at Montrose on 11 July 1945.
Second formation.
Reformed at RAF Dalcross as 8 FTS became No. 8 (Advanced) Flying Training School RAF from 1 June 1951 then disbanded two years later still at Dalcross.
Third formation.
Reformed at RAF Driffield as 8 FTS by redesignating No. 203 Advanced Flying School RAF then was disbanded at RAF Swinderby.
History of 203 AFS.
203 AFS was formed at RAF Keevil on 1 July 1947 by redesignating No. 61 OTU. It was disbanded to become No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit RAF at RAF Stradishall but reformed at RAF Driffield one day later. It was finally disbanded on 1 June 1954 still at Driffield.


Naval Air Station Moffett


David Snyder (politician)

David Snyder is the potential U.S. Representative for from Carver, Minnesota. The district includes most of the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities, as well as St. Cloud, Minnesota. During the 2016 election, he will be facing the Republican nominee, Tom Emmer. Before expressing his interest as a congressman, he was previously a helicopter pilot in the United States Army, where he attained the Chief Warrant Officer rank.
U.S. House of Representatives.
2016 election.
On May 22, 2016, the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party endorsed Snyder at the nominee for the election in . Snyder won the initial endorsement out of defeating potential nominees Judy Adams and Bob Helland by receiving 74 out of 118 ballots. Following the announcement, Snyder raised between $16,000 and $20,000 for his campaign.


John Bahnsen

John C. "Doc" Bahnsen, Jr. (born November 8, 1934) is a retired United States Army Brigadier General and decorated veteran of the Vietnam War.
Early years.
John Charles Bahnsen, Jr. was born to John C. Bahnsen and Evelyn Williams in Albany, Georgia. on November 8, 1934. His nickname, "Doc", stems from his grandfather, Dr. Peter F. Bahnsen, who immigrated with his parents to the United States from Denmark. In 1890, Peter became Georgia's first state veterinarian and operated a state-of-the-art dairy farm in Americus, Georgia.
The family moved to Rochelle, Georgia, in 1941, where John Charles Bahnsen's father worked as the federal soil conservationist for Wilcox County. Bahnsen attended Rochelle's public schools until tenth grade. He then went to live with his grandfather and aunt in Americus, Georgia, because the high school curriculum in Americus offered more math and science courses than Rochelle's. After 18 months in Americus, he gained admission to Marion Military Institute in Marion, Alabama. Bahnsen was then appointed to the United States Military Academy by United States Senator Walter F. George, a close political acquaintance of his grandfather Bahnsen.
West Point.
Bahnsen began his studies at West Point in 1952. He won his numerals as a pole vaulter on the plebe track and field team. He also participated on intramural teams, including wrestling, lacrosse, swimming, football, and soccer.
As a cadet, Bahnsen met George S. Patton IV and Hank Emerson, who were then assigned to West Point as tactical officers, and they became his mentors. Bahnsen was a mediocre student, but excelled in military science and physical education courses On June 5, 1956, he graduated with a commission as an Infantry Second Lieutenant, ranking 406th out of 480 in his class.
Early career.
After graduation from the Infantry Officer Basic Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, Lieutenant Bahnsen attended Airborne School.
He married his childhood sweetheart, Patricia Fitzgerald, prior to attending Fixed Wing Flight School at Camp Gary, Texas and Fort Rucker, Alabama. They had four children: Jon Christian, Bradley Duncan, Leeanne, and James Fitzgerald.
Bahnsen's first troop assignment was in West Germany as an aviator in Artillery Flight, 3rd Aviation Company, 3rd Infantry Division. While there he transferred to the Armor branch, which led to command of B Company, 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment. He excelled in command, qualifying all 17 of his company's tank crews on their first run at the Tank Crew Qualification Course in Grafenwöhr, for which he received the Army Commendation Medal.
Bahnsen next attended the Rotary Wing Aviator Course at Fort Wolters, Texas, followed by the Armor Officer Advanced Course at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He remained at the Armor School as an instructor of armored cavalry and air cavalry tactics before being assigned to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas to attend the Command and General Staff College.
Vietnam, first tour.
On October 4, 1965, Bahnsen reported for duty with the 145th Combat Aviation Battalion then stationed at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, contiguous to Saigon, and was assigned to command the 118th Aviation Company's (Thunderbirds) gunship platoon (Bandits) at Bien Hoa Air Base. Among the highlights of this assignment was a mission to support Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing for Operation Double Eagle, working out of Kỳ Hà south of Da Nang, for which he was awarded his first of five Silver Stars.
Bahnsen's brother Peter (USMA, 1958) was in Vietnam at the same time, carrying out a variety of operations for the Special Forces. Peter reportedly rode with Doc on at least one helicopter assault mission.
Soon after returning from Operation Double Eagle, Bahnsen became operations officer for the 118th Aviation Company. Shortly afterwards, he was assigned to the 12th Combat Aviation Group at Long Binh and promoted to major.
While at the 12th Aviation Group Bahnsen created a "Top Gun" competition to improve helicopter weapons marksmanship by offering prizes and bragging rights for the best scores.
During this combat tour, Bahnsen had a relationship with Thach Thi Hung, "the Dragon Lady of Bien Hoa." On his departure from Vietnam, she was pregnant. Three months after he left Vietnam, Hung was killed in an automobile accident. Her son, Minh, survived the accident and later made his way to the United States, where he met his father for the first time. Minh later lived with Doc Bahnsen for about a year before returning to his home in California to pursue a career in the film industry. Minh Bahnsen has since worked on several films as an electrician and grip, including "National Treasure" and "Thor".
Pentagon duty.
In December 1966, Bahnsen reported for duty with the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Force Development. Assigned as a staff officer in the Army Aviation Directorate, his duties involved verifying the readiness of aviation and air cavalry units set to deploy to Vietnam. During this assignment, he enrolled in graduate courses offered by George Washington University.
In April 1968, Bahnsen was part of the Army's response to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., spending a day patrolling Washington, D.C. during the post-assassination rioting.
Bahnsen re-established his relationship with Patton while they were both assigned to The Pentagon, and when Patton rotated to Vietnam to take command of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, he arranged to have Bahnsen released from staff duties early in order to take command of the regiment's Air Cavalry Troop.
Vietnam, second tour.
Arriving in Vietnam on October 14, 1968, Bahnsen assumed command of a troop composed of UH-1 "slicks" (troop transport helicopters), OH-6 scout helicopters, AH-1 gunships, and an infantry aero rifle platoon (ARPs).
Bahnsen's Air Cav troop saw action daily. As an example, one of its ARPs, Specialist Fourth Class Jim Weller, was involved in 300 enemy contacts during his 13 months in Vietnam. Bahnsen frequently fought from the air in his UH-1 command and control helicopter, and often joined his troops on the ground to lead infantry operations. During this period his reputation for combat leadership and courage under fire grew to near-legendary proportions.
On January 1, 1969, Bahnsen was piloting his helicopter during combat when a white phosphorus grenade exploded inside the aircraft. Crew member Rodney J. T. Yano was burned, and ammunition inside the aircraft started to detonate. Though he had lost the use of one arm and couldn't see well, he continued to throw burning and exploding munitions off the aircraft, further injuring himself. Yano died as a result, but prevented a crash and additional deaths or injuries to the crew. He received the Medal of Honor, and Bahnsen has been active in other efforts to recognize Yano, including a tank range at Fort Knox, a hangar at Fort Rucker, and a vehicle washing facility at Fort Benning.
In January, 1969 Bahnsen was involved in an action which included landing under fire to mark a landing zone, firing on the enemy with his rifle while he directed artillery fire from his low-flying command and control helicopter, evacuating his crew members after they were wounded, and leading a subsequent infantry ground attack. He received the Distinguished Service Cross.
During his command he began a relationship with Phyllis "Fif" Shaughnessy, a civilian employee of the International Recreation Association under contract with the U.S. State Department. Bahnsen and his wife Pat were divorced at the end of his tour, and he and Fif were married.
When Patton left command, his final Officer Efficiency report (OER) on Bahnsen read in part: "The rated officer is the best, most highly motivated and professionally competent combat leader I have served with in twenty-three years of service, to include the Korean War and two tours in Vietnam. It is emphasized that the fine reputation this Regiment now enjoys is due primarily to the actions, reactions, and methods of operation of Major Bahnsen . . . He is one of those rare professionals who truly enjoys fighting, taking risks and sparring with a wily and slippery foe. He is utterly fearless and because of this, demands the same from his unit. . . . I cannot praise Major Bahnsen too highly for his fantastic performance in battle."
Patton was succeeded by Colonel Jimmie Leach, a battle-hardened veteran of World War II and Korea, who assigned Bahnsen to command the regiment's 1st Squadron, which included a headquarters troop with aviation section, three armored cavalry troops, a tank company, a howitzer battery, and an attached platoon of combat engineers. Squadrons are normally commanded by lieutenant colonels, and Bahnsen was the only major to command a squadron in the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment during the Vietnam War.
Under Bahnsen's command, 1st Squadron was engaged in enemy contacts over a broad area of the III Corps Tactical Zone, the military region between Saigon and the Central Highlands, particularly the Iron Triangle, the K4 Woods, the Fishhook, and the Michelin Rubber Plantation. Elements of the squadron were often under the operational control of units in the 1st Infantry Division, 1st Cavalry Division, 25th Infantry Division, and 18th Division.
Bahnsen's reputation continued to grow, and it was common for him to be given tactical command of a battle in progress despite being outranked by the commander of the principal maneuver unit. In an OER prepared by Colonel Leach, Leach observed: "Major Bahnsen is the most outstanding combat commander I know. He is intelligent, aggressive, persuasive and extremely efficient. A dynamic young officer who excels in everything He does. The bravest soldier I've ever seen." Major General Elvy B. Roberts, the 1st Air Cavalry Division commander, added his observations: "Unquestionably the finest combat leader-commander in the regiment. An alert, tenacious fighter with an abundance of ideas and common sense. At the forefront of all enemy contacts, night or day".
Bahnsen ended his second tour in Vietnam on September 8, 1969. On September 6, 1st Squadron had a major enemy contact in the Michelin Plantation, for which Bahnsen received his fifth Silver Star.
Bahnsen disagreed with the Nixon Administration's efforts to seek a negotiated peace agreement with the North Vietnamese. ahnsen has long argued that the U.S., South Vietnam and other allies were winning the war and would have achieved a military victory had the "fog of politics" not obscured the tactical success.
Post-Vietnam career.
As a newly promoted lieutenant colonel, Bahnsen was assigned to West Germany as commander of 1st Battalion, 32nd Armor, serving from 1969 to 1971.
After completing his battalion command, Bahnsen attended the Army War College, concurrently completing a Master of Science degree in public administration from Shippensburg State College.
Three years after Bahnsen and Fif Shaughnessy were married, they divorced and Bahnsen remarried his first wife, Pat.
After completing the War College, Bahnsen was assigned to the Combat Arms Training Board at Fort Benning as the Armor team leader. The board worked to develop state-of-the-art training methods and systems, with its most notable success being the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) which remains one of the Army's most important training systems.
In 1974 Bahnsen and his wife Pat were divorced for the second time, and he subsequently married Peggy Miller. Miller later joined the Army and served in the Adjutant General Corps, retiring as a lieutenant colonel after 20 years in uniform.
Bahnsen was next assigned to the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), where he played a key role in the establishment of the Fort Irwin National Training Center. He directed major studies to improve Army training and readiness, and oversaw the production of How-To-Fight booklets and training films.
Receiving an early promotion to colonel, Bahnsen was assigned to Fort Rucker as the first TRADOC Program Manager for Attack Helicopters. His next assignment was Commander of the 1st Aviation Brigade. He was then promoted to brigadier general and assigned as Assistant Division Commander of the 2nd Armored Division. He then served as Chief of Staff of the Combined Field Army (Republic of Korea/United States) in South Korea.
After his tour in Korea, Bahnsen was assigned as Chief of Staff for the III Armored Corps at Fort Hood.
Retirement.
Retiring in 1986, Bahnsen returned to West Point, where his wife Peggy was the first woman to serve as a regimental tactical officer (RTO), placing her in command of one-quarter of the Corps of Cadets. He was employed as a Program Manager at BDM Corporation, and then formed his own firm, Bahnsen, Inc., which performed consulting services for military and defense contractors.
After his wife's retirement, the Bahnsens settled in her hometown, New Cumberland, West Virginia. In addition to operating the Miller Family Farm, they have been active in the Republican Party, and both served on the state Republican Committee. They are participants in Camp Lincoln, a week-long summer camp for West Virginia teenagers.
Bahnsen built a wildlife habitat in one of the farm's wooded areas, and raises corn and milo to feed the quail, doves, pheasants, and deer that live on the property. The Bahnsens maintain a stream-fed pond for fishing. He raises and trains English pointers, hosts an annual invitation-only dove shoot, and hunts fast-flying birds in the Midwest each year.
Bahnsen is reportedly a breakfast regular at John's Home Cooking, a New Cumberland landmark.
Active in his West Point class reunions and other events, Bahnsen gives lectures on leadership to Army audiences. "Papa John", as he is known to his grandchildren (especially Jon Bradley), frequently travels to Rochelle to visit with his family, including ex-wife Pat, with whom he maintains an amicable relationship.
Awards.
Bahnsen was one of the most highly decorated officers of the Vietnam War. His awards include:

After retirement, Bahnsen was awarded the Order of Saint George (Gold) by the U.S. Army Armor Association, Order of Military Medical Merit (O2M3) by the Army Medical Regiment, Order of Saint Michael (Bronze) by the Army Aviation Association of America, and Order of Saint Barbara by the U.S. Army Field Artillery Association
Bahnsen is a member of the Army Aviation Hall of Fame and the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame.
Legacy.
Bahnsen and his brother Peter, who retired from the Army as a lieutenant colonel, are rugby enthusiasts, and established the Bahnsen Pistol Award, presented annually to the captain of West Point's rugby team in honor of their parents.
The Bahnsens also endowed the Future American Warrior Award at Marion Military Institute, a pistol presented each year to the graduate who demonstrates the most leadership potential.
The West Point class of 1956 funded the building of the Bahnsen Conference Room in the Anderson Rugby Complex at West Point.


26th Cyberspace Operations Group

The United States Air Force's 26th Cyberspace Operations Group is a network operations unit located at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The group is commanded by Colonel Sean Kern.


Erik C. Peterson (general)

Erik C. Peterson is a United States Army major general who serves as the Director of Force Development of the United States Army. Previously, he was the Commanding General of the First Army Division West. In April 2021, he was nominated for promotion to lieutenant general.


List of airlines of Macau

This is a list of airlines which have a current Air Operator Certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of Macau (, ).


List of Libyan Airlines destinations

Following the 2011 Libyan Civil War, Libyan Airlines offers scheduled flights to the following destinations:


List of helicopter airlines

This is a list of helicopter airlines. These are airlines which provide transport for passengers or cargo, or both, with fleets that comprise a significant proportion of helicopters.
Helicopter airlines.
Defunct or renamed.
- OSS AIR management Pvt LTD - India ( 2006
Services offered.
Some companies focus solely on winning ongoing contracts in a single industry sector, such as oil & gas. Other companies cater to a wider range of clients by offering one-off charter flights on an ad hoc basis. Services can include:
Other helicopter companies.
These are companies which do not qualify as airlines, strictly speaking, because they specialise in services other than the transport of passengers and cargo.


John Horner (organist)

John Adam Horner FRCO LRAM (18 October 1899 – 10 October 1973) was a Scottish organist, choirmaster and music teacher in South Australia.
History.
Horner was born at Stepps, Lanarkshire, son of William Horner, commercial clerk, and Jeanie Pollack, née Adam. He received his education mainly in northern England and began to study accountancy. At the age of 16 he was organist at St Andrew's Episcopal Church, Milngavie, Dunbartonshire. He studied piano under Agnes Millar, and organ under John Pullein, Dr. Stanley Marchant, of St. Paul's Cathedral, and Prof. Joseph Cox Bridge of Durham University.
During the Great War he joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1917 and served with the Royal Air Force in Italy, after which he studied for his LRAM.
Horner was a teacher of organ and pianoforte at the Glasgow Athenaeum School of Music, organist with the Scottish Orchestra Company, and instructor of the Glasgow University orchestral society and Glasgow Amateur Orchestral Society. He was organist and choirmaster at Woodlands Church, Glasgow, and assisted at St. Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow.
Horner was appointed to the academic staff of the University of Adelaide's Elder Conservatorium in 1927 as a replacement for Harold Wylde, who retired in 1925. He arrived in South Australia aboard "Cathay" in February 1928.
He was one of those (with Frederic Finlay and W. Lawrence Haggitt, W. R. Knox abstaining) who protested the appointment of John Dempster as City Organist in 1929 without due process. (Harold Wylde succeeded him in 1933) Similar controversies had arisen between W. R. Pybus and T. H. Jones in 1891.
He served as part-time organist and choirmaster with
He gave regular organ recitals which earned for him a reputation as one of the finest organists in Australia.
He helped found the Lydian Singers in 1935 and the Stow Music Club.
He was a member of the Savage Club.
He later served as music critic for "The Advertiser" and music adviser to the Adelaide Festival of Arts
He was appointed State president of the Australian Arts Council and South Australian ambassador to the UNESCO conference which founded the Australian Society for Music Education. Horner became acting Director of the Conservatorium in 1964 and retired in 1966.
Recognition.
Horner was invested OBE in June 1970.
Family.
John Horner married Marjorie Laura Ball ( –1977) on 10 December 1928. They had one son. Marjorie was a fine pianist.


Virgin Group

Virgin Group Ltd. is a British multinational venture capital conglomerate founded by Sir Richard Branson and Nik Powell in 1970.
Virgin Group's date of incorporation is listed as 1989 by Companies House, who class it as a holding company; however Virgin's business and trading activities date back to the 1970s. The net worth of Virgin Group was estimated at £5–5.5 billion as of November 2014.
History.
The name "Virgin" arose when Richard Branson and Nik Powell formed a record shop. They considered themselves virgins in business. Branson has described the "V" in the logo as an expressive tick, representing the Virgin seal of approval.
The original logo from 1973 was a completely different design intended to be used for the record company that was founded by Richard Branson and Nik Powell. The logo was designed by British science-fiction artist and designer Roger Dean. According to Richard Branson in interviews and on the Virgin website, the more recent signature logo, introduced in 1978, was based on one that a designer scribbled on a napkin after a design meeting.
Corporate affairs.
Virgin Group has its headquarters at The Battleship Building in the Paddington district of the City of Westminster. Previously it was in The School House, Brook Green, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
The Virgin Group of companies have a complex structure that contains elements of a generic conglomerate and a keiretsu, and sometimes it simply licences its brand. Examples of licensing are Virgin Records and Virgin Media, which are owned by Universal Music Group and Liberty Global respectively.
In mid-May 2013, the Virgin Group expressed its intention to seek out opportunities in Australia's healthcare industry to consolidate on the Group's Australian fitness centres. The Group also runs over 100 National Health Service (NHS) services in the United Kingdom and the healthcare division of medical services group Assura after entering the British healthcare industry in 2011.
Virgin Group announced the establishment of Virgin Voyages on 4 December 2014 with financial backing from Bain Capital. The cruise line would be led by CEO Tom McAlpin, would have two new large ships built and be based in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area.
Virgin StartUp.
Virgin StartUp is the Virgin Group's not-for-profit company, helping entrepreneurs across the UK to start, fund and scale their business. In 2013, Sir Richard visited Boxpark in Shoreditch, London, to launch the new organisation, revealing that he wanted to support anyone that had the same dreams and ambitions that he did as a young boy: “It was £300 from my mum that sparked the Virgin adventure 40 years ago. Today, young people need that same help and I believe Virgin StartUp will provide it – with access to early capital, strong mentorship, advice and promotion.”
The organisation became a delivery partner for the UK Government's Start Up Loans Company, providing loan finance of between £500 and £25,000, advice, and mentoring to thousands of start-ups across the country. In 2016, it was awarded European Regional Development Funding and subsequently launched Ready, Steady, Grow with Virgin StartUp, a programme of support aimed at start-ups that were ready to grow. A year later, it launched the UK's first equity-based crowdfunding accelerator programme, Crowdboost.
By 2018, the organisation had supported over 11,000 UK-based entrepreneurs, with over £35m in pre-seed funding.
Foodpreneur.
In 2014, Branson and Virgin StartUp launched the "Foodpreneur" food and drink focused start-up competition. Winners received mentorship from Branson, legal support, and brand counseling. The 2014 winners included Proper Beans, Killer Tomato, Sweetpea Pantry, and Sweet Virtues.
In 2015, winners were given the opportunity to pitch Target Corporation buyers in the US. The 2015 winners included Pip & Nut, Double Dutch Drinks, Harry Bromptons, Cauli Rice, and Mallow and Marsh.
Only one start-up was announced winner of the 2017 Foodpreneur prize, The Snaffling Pig Co., who won a six-week rental space at Intu Lakeside, the retail center with the highest foot traffic in the U.K.
Controversies.
The parent company, Virgin Group Holdings Ltd, is registered in the British Virgin Islands. Richard Branson and his family hold a £2.7 billion stake in this offshore, tax-free, tax haven company.
The group's health business received significant media coverage over its legal battle with NHS groups. It sued clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in Surrey after it lost out on an £82 million contract to provide children's health services across the country. The NHS bodies settled out of court with a £328,000 payout to Virgin Care, resulting in some controversy. More than 100,000 people backed a petition calling on the company to stop "dragging the NHS through the courts".
In 2019, it was discovered that cell phones being sold by Virgin subsidiary company Assurance Wireless came with unremovable Chinese malware preinstalled.


Kangersuatsiaq Heliport

Kangersuatsiaq Heliport is a heliport in Kangersuatsiaq, a village in the Upernavik Archipelago of Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The heliport is considered a "helistop", and is served by Air Greenland as part of a government contract.
Airlines and destinations.
Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Upernavik Archipelago. These mostly cargo flights are not featured in the timetable, although they can be pre-booked. Departure times for these flights as specified during booking are by definition approximate, with the settlement service optimized on the fly depending on local demand for a given day.


Nagqu Dagring Airport

Nagqu Dagring Airport () is a planned airport that will serve Seni in the Nagqu of Tibet. If built it will be the highest airport in the world at , surpassing Daocheng Yading Airport as the highest. The airport is part of a Chinese government development scheme to build 97 airports across China by 2020. By then, the authorities intend that four-fifths of China's population will be within a 90-minute drive of an airport.
In 2015 it was announced that construction of the airport has been delayed due to the necessity to develop higher technological standards on very high altitude buildings (China has the world's four highest airports).


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HTMS Sri Ayudhya

HTMS "Sri Ayudhya" (, ) was a coastal defence ship of the Royal Thai Navy. It was in service from 1938 to 1951, being active during the Franco-Thai war in which its sister ship HTMS "Thonburi" was heavily damaged in the Battle of Ko Chang. "Sri Ayudhya" later served as flagship of the navy until it was sunk as a result of fighting in the Manhattan Rebellion.
Construction and career.
In the 1930s the Royal Siamese Navy pursued plans to upgrade and expand its limited forces. This was approved by parliament in 1935, and 18 million baht was allocated for the procurement of new equipment. In December 1935, the navy contracted the Japanese Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation of Kobe to build two coastal defence ships for 5.727 million baht. "Sri Ayudhya" was delivered on 16 June 1938 and commissioned on 19 July; its sister ship "Thonburi" followed in October that year.
When the Franco-Thai war broke out in late 1940, the navy assigned "Sri Ayudhya" and "Thonburi" to the First Squadron, tasked with patrolling the eastern waters against potential French attacks. On the night of 14 January, the group led by "Thonburi" set sail from Sattahip Naval Base to relieve "Sri Ayudhya" and its convoy, which had been stationed at the island of Ko Chang in Trat Province. They rendezvoused the following morning, and the "Sri Ayudhya" group returned to Sattahip. Two days later, at dawn on 17 January, "Thonburi" and other ships in the group were engaged by French naval forces in what became the Battle of Ko Chang. "Sri Ayudhya" was sent to assist in the battle, but only arrived in the afternoon after hostilities had ceased. However, some French reports erroneously noted that "Sri Ayudhya" was damaged by a torpedo during the battle.
"Sri Ayudhya" didn't see action after World War II, although it became regarded as the flagship of the navy. It served as a royal transport vessel for Kings Ananda Mahidol and Bhumibol Adulyadej during the final legs of their respective return trips from Switzerland in 1938 and 1950.
Manhattan Rebellion.
On 29 June 1951, in a coup attempt known as the Manhattan Rebellion, a group of junior naval officers held Prime Minister Plaek Pibulsonggram (Phibun) at gunpoint during a boat-transfer ceremony at Ratchaworadit Pier on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. Phibun was taken aboard the "Sri Ayudhya" and held hostage. General stations were called, and the ship began to make way downstream towards the Naval Ordnance Department in Bang Na. However, the coup plotters failed to secure the opening of the Memorial Bridge, and the ship thus could not continue. Fighting quickly ensued, and the naval units that sided with the rebels became heavily outnumbered by the army, police and air forces, who were loyal to the government. Fighting subsided during the night but resumed and intensified early the next morning. "Sri Ayudhya" joined the fight, but its engines were soon disabled and the ship became dead in the water in front of Wichaiprasit Fort. It was heavily fired upon from the eastern bank by guns and mortars, and, by afternoon, was also bombarded by AT-6 trainer planes. Heavy fires broke out, and the order was given to abandon ship. Phibun had to swim ashore along with the sailors, but was uninjured. The fires continued throughout the night and into the next day, when fighting ceased. The heavily damaged "Sri Ayudhya" finally sank in the night of 1 July.
The wreck of "Sri Ayudhya" was later salvaged for scrap, as it had become a navigational hazard. The ship was officially struck from the naval register on 8 October 1959 in Ministerial Order 350/21315.


Infrared Space Systems Directorate

The United States Air Force's Infrared Space Systems Directorate is located at Los Angeles Air Force Base.
Current and former designations:


William Tate (lighthouse keeper)

Capt. William J. Tate (December 1, 1869 - June 8, 1953) was the North Landing Lighthouse keeper from 1915 to 1939. He was also an aviation pioneer, having helped the Wright Brothers assemble their aircraft at Kill Devil Hill on the Outer Banks.
Tate was responsible for keeping lit a string of 42 lights stretching over 65 miles of waterway. In addition, William was also responsible for maintaining his keepers quarters. During his years of service, William J. Tate was cited frequently in the Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses for saving lives and property, which is no small feat. In fact, he is cited so often that Coast Guard Historian Dr. Robert Browning remarked, "it is truly amazing that any one man would be cited so many times."
The citations from just his 1917 rescues read as follows:
William's hard work did not go unnoticed. He was given over $400 in raises between 1917 and 1921 to make him one of the best-paid keepers in the United States Lighthouse Service.
William's interest in aviation continued throughout his life. Coupling his interest in flight with his duty as a lighthouse keeper, William Tate realized his dream of flying and became the first member of the Lighthouse Service to inspect lighted Aids to Navigation from an airplane. The flight was made in April, 1920. His report states: "This keeper made the trip along the river in an airplane, flying, about on a level with the lights and within 50 feet of the same, and it was easily seen whether they were burning." This eventually led to the formation of the Lighthouse Service Air Arm, which checked Aids to Navigation from the air.
He helped raise money for a flight monument in Kitty Hawk.
A USCG coastal buoy tender WLM-560 based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is named after him.


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Machel Waikenda

Dr. Machel Waikenda ( ; born 23 April 1981) is a Kenyan politician and the current State House Director of Political Affairs. He was formerly the executive-committee member in charge of youth affairs, sports, and communications in the county government of Kiambu. Between April 2012 and August 2013, Waikenda was the communications director for The National Alliance, which through a merger with 13 other mainstream parties formed the Jubilee Party that brought the then sitting president Uhuru Kenyatta to his reelection in 2017.
Education and Early life.
Machel Waikenda was born on 23 April 1981 in Kiambu County and was named 'Machel' in honor of Samora Machel, the former president of Mozambique. His father, a banker, worked in Central Bank of Kenya and his mother in the civil service.
Waikenda grew up in different towns in Kenya. He spent much of his time in Taita Taveta, Kilifi, and Kaloleni. He completed the last year of his primary school education in Nairobi and sat for his KCPE at St. Mary's School. Thereafter, he went to Makini School where he completed his secondary education.
After graduating from high school, he attended the Sante Fe Community College in Gainesville, Florida where he received his Associate of Arts Degree. Thereafter, he Joined the University of Florida for his bachelor's degree in Science in Electrical Engineering.
Thereafter, Waikenda enrolled in Flight School, Airline Pilot Training in Florida where he received his Commercial Pilots License and a Multi-Engine Rating. While training as a pilot, he enrolled in the University of Phoenix where he graduated with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. He later pursued his PhD in Business Administration in Finance and Entrepreneurship at the United States International University (USIU) Africa and graduated in 2019.
Career.
First Officer Pilot.
Waikenda began his career as a pilot trainee in Kenya airways in 2005 and was promoted to the rank of the First Officer (FO) (also referred to as the co-pilot) six months later. He holds a commercial pilot licence (CPL) with ratings for the 737 and 767 planes and over 3,000 flight hours. He was formerly an employee at Kenya Airways before he quit his career to focus on other business ventures, especially in the entertainment industry.
Politics.
According to sources, Waikenda joined The National Alliance in April 2012 and was the Chief Coordinator for the 2012 By-Elections in Kangema, Ndhiwa, and Kajiado North. He was the acting Executive Director of the Party, Director of Communications, and the Secretary of Arts and Entertainment where he coordinated media and communications affairs. After the party won the presidential and general elections in March 2013, he was appointed to the National Olympics Committee Youth Commission.
During his political career, Waikenda has served as a member of the World Youth Parliament and the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD), an economic development program aimed to provide an overarching vision and policy framework for bolstering economic co-operation and integration among African countries.
Waikenda's published articles primarily revolve around youth unemployment, abstinence from premarital sex, drugs, alcohol and substance abuse, avoidance of crime, and the role of youth in revolutionizing politics and governance. With an estimated youth population of about 10 million, which account for more than 20 per cent of the total population, Kenya is somewhat on the verge of facing what is described as 'youth bulge.' While this situation seems to be a vital asset to the growth of national economy, it has also predisposed the country to a national crises. A majority of youth population has not been able to access employment, particularly in Kiambu County. To address this issue, the government has established a range of platforms to empower the youth. During his tenure, Waikenda strove to enhance the youth's access to funding from various government assistance programs such as the Kiambu Biashara Fund.
In 2013, Waikenda initiated a nationwide program dubbed "Dunda" that was used by the Jubilee Coalition to agitate for support from the youth. The campaign, which involved a range of renowned local artistes such Jaguar, Bamboo, Abbas, Chiwawa, Ally B, G con, and Ben Githae, was meant to inform the youth about their pivotal role in politics and civic rights as well as giving them an opportunity to highlight their issues to political aspirants, especially those allied to the Jubilee Party. Through the extensive media coverage during the campaigns, Waikenda called the government to formulate a framework that would pave the way for the allocation of 2.5 per cent of the country's annual GDP to the Youth Enterprise Capital Fund, a program that would enable the youth to access interest-free business financing. In hindsight, the government-elect announced that it would allocate 30 percent of its procurement tenders to young entrepreneurs.
Initiatives.
Waikenda has been at the forefront of initiating several projects that have primarily revolved around youth affairs. Some of them include the following:
Kiambu Iko Talent Competitions.
During his tenure as the County Executive Member of Youth Affairs, Sports and Communication, Waikenda promoted youth talents through various initiatives such as 'Kiambu Iko Talent Competitions' where the most creative and best performing young people with arts talents were rewarded. He also introduced a football tournament dubbed 'Champions Cup' where he awarded cash prizes to the teams that were crowned the County Champions after a fierce competition from the ward level.
Biashara Fund Mobile Loans.
Through his guidance the Kiambu Youth, Women and Persons with Disabilities Enterprise Development Fund Act (dubbed Biashara Fund) was implemented with continuous disbursements done and repayment of almost all beneficiaries. The principle goal of the fund was to enable Youth, Women and Persons with Disability to access affordable funding for their business, whether start-ups or existing entities. He has expanded the knowledge of youth through conducting capacity building training on various aspects of agri-business, leadership, business management, youth access to government procurement and talent development.


Mikhail Tsiselsky

Mikhail Petrovich Tsiselsky ( ); May 20, 1909 – November 3, 1989 was a Ukrainian Soviet naval pilot during World War II who was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
Biography.
Mikhail Tsiselsky was born on in Stoykovo (a village in Cherkasy Raion of Cherkasy Oblast) to a Ukrainian peasant family. He finished incomplete secondary school and specialized technical school. He lived in Ussuriysk from 1928. He repaired steam locomotives, and became a member of the All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) in 1932.
Tsiselsky joined the Red Army's Fourth Zabaykalsky cavalry regiment in 1932. He completed aircraft maintenance training at Irkutsky in 1934 and subsequently served in the Byelorussian command as an aircraft technician. He completed a naval aviation course at Yeisky in 1936 and then served in the Black Sea Fleet's naval aviation branch.
His first combat mission of the German-Soviet War took place on June 22, 1941. He participated in the destruction of a tank battalion in the -Odessa district. On September 23, Tsiselsky and his unit sunk a heavy troop transport on the Dniester Liman and killing hundreds of Nazi soldiers and officers, as well as 15 tanks and 20 other vehicles in the Perekop-Sevastopol district in a separate action. For great services to the Motherland, Tsiselsky was awarded his first Order of the Red Banner.

Tsiselsky was a Navigator in a bomber squadron of the Baltic Fleet's 12th Guards Aviation Regiment during the German-Soviet War and performed 396 successful combat missions for air reconnaissance and bombardment of enemy ships and troops. He destroyed three troop transports of 11000 tonnes displacement, several vehicle landing craft, motorboats, motor torpedo boat, 31 tanks, 20 cars, fuel storage tanks and 4 transport aircraft. He personally downed three fascist aircraft.
March 6, 1945 he was recognized as a Hero of Soviet Union by decree of the Supreme Soviet for exemplary fulfilment of battle orders on front of the German-Soviet War, and his fortitude and heroism.
Tsiselsky was demobilized as a Major in 1948. During 1948-1955 he worked as a kolkhoz head in a native village. He lived in Kiev from 1955 and worked as a foreman at the "Krasny Rezinschik" plant for the production of mechanical rubber goods.
He died on 3 November 1989 and was buried in Kiev.


Vasily Reshetnikov

Vasily Vasiliyevich Reshetnikov () (born December 23, 1919) is a former Soviet pilot who served during World War II. Reshetnikov flew 307 missions, mainly as a pilot of a long-range bomber, and in the summer of 1943, received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. After World War II he was named commander of an Aviation Division, Air Corps. Reshetnikov was subsequently promoted to Colonel General and took command of the Long-Range Aviation branch from 1969 to 1980 and was made Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force of the Soviet Union from 1980 to 1986. He turned 100 in December 2019.


Air Canada enRoute Film Festival

The Air Canada enRoute Film Festival was an annual film festival of short films hosted by Air Canada and its in-flight magazine "enRoute". Films are shown as in-flight entertainment as well as screened theatrically in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
Background.
The festival began in 2007. The festival had a different jury each year consisting of film industry professionals including famous actors, writers, directors and producers. The festival's purpose was to generate exposure for emerging filmmakers. The last year the festival was in place was 2016.
2007.
2007 Jury: Atom Egoyan, Piers Handling, Robert Lantos, Donald Sutherland, Denise Robert, Patrick Huard, David La Haye, Torill Kove, Paul Gratton, Geoff Pevere and Hussain Amarshi.
2007 Award Winners:
2008.
2008 Jury: Dan Aykroyd, Wendy Crewson, Colm Feore, Arsinée Khanjian, Andrea Martin, Patricia Rozema, Rob Stewart, Yves Simoneau and Noah Cowan.
2008 Award Winners:
2009.
In 2009, the festival opened up submissions to more than just film students, changing the aim of the festival to emerging filmmakers.
2009 jury: Remy Girard, Judy Gladstone, Deepa Mehta, Lisa Ray, and Michael McGowan.
2009 Award Winners:
2010.
2010 Jury: Alan Cumming, Carlo Rota, Denis Villeneuve, Jason Priestley, Jeremy Podeswa, Kari Skogland, Sheila McCarthy.
2010 Winners:
Awards were presented October 13 at the Drake Hotel.
2011.
2011 Jury: Atom Egoyan, Don Carmody, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Molly Parker, Jean-Marc Vallée.
2011 Winners:
2012.
2012 Jury: Jay Baruchel, Niv Fichman, Mary Harron, Alison Pill, Gordon Pinsent, Callum Keith Rennie, Saul Rubinek, Jacob Tierney and Karine Vanasse.
2012 Winners:
The 2012 gala was held at the Panorama Lounge in Toronto with Master of Ceremonies Ben Mulroney. In 2012, the winner of the best film award received a cash prize of $5,000 and a paid trip to the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.
2013.
2013 Jury: Suzanne Clément, Enrico Colantoni, Wendy Crewson, Sarah Gadon, Evan Goldberg, Martin Katz, Michael McGowan, Chloé Robichaud.
2013 Winners:
2014.
2014 Jury: Don McKellar, Louise Archambault, Jennifer Baichwal, Luc Déry, Michael Fukushima, Guy Maddin, Gia Milani, Andrew Moir, Jennifer Podemski, Laura Vandervoort.
2014 Winners
2015.
2015 Jury: Tatiana Maslany, John Galway, François Girard, Sophie Desmarais, Yassmina Karajah, Ron Mann, Ruba Nadda, Catherine O'Hara, Julie Roy and Albert Shin
2015 Winners
2016.
2016 Jury: Patricia Rozema, Jennifer Baichwal, Stephen Dunn, Caitlin Durlak, Sarah Gadon, Chris Landreth, Jason Priestley and Karine Vanasse
2016 Winners


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Alexander Pokryshkin

Alexander Ivanovich Pokryshkin (; – 13 November 1985) was one of the highest-scoring Soviet aces, and the highest-scoring pilot ever to fly an American aircraft, having achieved the great majority of his kills in the Lend-Lease Bell P-39 Airacobra. During World War II, Pokryshkin earned the title Hero of the Soviet Union three times: 24 May 1943, 24 August 1943, and 19 August 1944. After the war, he reached the rank of Marshal of Aviation.
During the war he strongly promoted the training in and use of improved aerial combat techniques that included vertical maneuvers that newer fighter aircraft were capable of carrying out, and he spent much of his time studying aerobatics for combat situations.
Early years.
Pokryshkin was born in Novonikolayevsk (now Novosibirsk) in Tomsk Governorate, son of a Russian peasant-turned-factory worker. He grew up in a poor, crime-ridden part of town, but unlike most of his peers he was more interested in learning than in fighting and petty crime. His nickname in his early teens was "Engineer". He caught the "aviation bug" when he was 12 years old at a local air show, and the dream never left him. In 1928, after seven years of school, he found work as a construction worker. In 1930, despite his father's protests, he left home and entered a local technical college, where he received a degree in 18 months and worked for six more as a steel worker at a local munitions factory. Subsequently, he volunteered for the army and was sent to an aviation school. His dream finally seemed to be coming true. Unfortunately the flight school was suddenly closed, and all students were instead transferred to be trained as aircraft mechanics. Dozens of official requests were denied with a simple explanation: "Soviet aviation needs mechanics just as badly".
Pokryshkin still strived to excel as a mechanic. Graduating in 1933, he quickly rose through the ranks. By December 1934, he became the Senior Aviation Mechanic of the 74th Rifle Division. He stayed in that capacity until November 1938. During that time his creative nature became clearly visible: he invented improvements to the ShKAS machine gun and the R-5 reconnaissance aircraft among other things.
Finally, during his vacation in the winter of 1938 Pokryshkin was able to circumvent the authorities by passing a yearly civilian pilot program in only 17 days. This automatically made him eligible for flight school. Without even packing a suitcase, he boarded a train to flight school. He graduated with top honours in 1939, and with the rank of senior lieutenant he was assigned to the 55th Fighter Regiment.
World War II.
Early experiences.
He was stationed in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in June 1941, close to the border, and his airfield was bombed on 22 June, the first day of the war.
His first involvement in air combat was a disaster. Seeing an aircraft in the air of a type he had never seen before, he attacked and shot it down, only to notice as it was going down that it had Soviet red stars on the wings. It was a Soviet Su-2 light bomber of the 211th Bomber Aviation Regiment, piloted by squadron commander Mikhail Gudzenko. This was a new bomber type that was kept secret even from other Soviet pilots. He then frantically flew in front of all the other MiG 3 pilots who were lining up on the other Sukhoi bombers, thwarting any other Soviet losses by other pilots of his unit. Luckily, Gudzenko survived, although the navigator was killed.
He claimed his first shootdown of an enemy aircraft when he shot down a Bf 109 the next day, while he and his wingman were on a reconnaissance mission, and were jumped by five enemy fighters. On 3 July, having claimed several more victories, he was shot down by German flak behind enemy lines and spent four days getting back to his unit. During the first weeks of the war, Pokryshkin began to see very clearly how outdated the Soviet combat doctrine was, and started slowly drafting his own ideas in his meticulous notebooks. He carefully recorded all details of all air engagements he and all his friends were involved in, and came up with detailed analysis of each. He fought in very complicated conditions: constant retreat, poor- to no-controlling and communication from HQ, and overwhelming odds versus a superior opponent. He would later say "one who hasn't fought in 1941–1942 has not truly tasted war".
Pokryshkin survived several close calls during this time. A machine gun round drove through the right side of the cockpit, cut his shoulder straps, ricocheted off the left side and scratched his chin, covering the entire windscreen in blood. Twice, unexploded bombs landed between his feet, one time during a dramatic low-level raid on his airfield by a pair of Ju 88s. Pokryshkin tried to defend his fighter, one of the very few remaining serviceable aircraft, by removing a flexible machine gun from the nearby bomber and placing it on top of his fighter's fuselage. One of the German bombers saw Pokryshkin firing the only machine gun in the area and flew straight at him, dropping small bombs in a shallow dive. Pokryshkin watched a string of explosions running up to him, but the bomb that landed immediately next to him did not explode. The Ju 88 had dropped it too low; the bomb had insufficient time to arm itself before hitting the ground.
In the autumn of 1941 Pokryshkin, flying a MiG-3 (possibly winter-camouflaged), took off in sleet and rain conditions after two other pilots had crashed on takeoff. His mission was to locate von Kleist's 1st Panzer Group, which had been stopped in front of Shakhty, and then their position lost by the Soviet forces. After some time flying at low altitude, low on gasoline, in bad weather, he finally found them, and was able to return safely to base with this critical information. For the successful completion of this mission, he was awarded the Order of Lenin.
When the German summer offensive of 1942 began, part of 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment had been re-equipped with the Yakovlev Yak-1 fighter, including Pokryshkin's squadron. In that period Pokryshkin flew missions escorting Su-2 and Il-2 Shturmovik aircraft, and frequently was engaged by German fighters. On 17 July 1942, during a dogfight with Bf 109s, he became separated from his wingman Konstantin Figichov, and was jumped by a "Rotte" of Bf 109G-2 "Gustavs" flown by the "experte Feldwebel" Hans Dammers and his wingman "Unteroffizier" Kurt Keiser (7./JG 52). Initially Pokryshkin dived to escape, but realizing that the heavier and faster Gustavs would catch him, he performed a chandelle and then a barrel roll. This caused the Germans to overshoot, and then Pokryshkin shot down (and killed) Keiser at short range. Dammers attacked Pokryshkin shortly afterwards, damaging his Yak-1. But once more Pokryshkin performed a barrel roll, forced Dammers to slide forward, and then shot down the German ace.
In the late summer of 1942, his regiment was recalled from the front lines to convert to a new fighter type, the Bell P-39 Airacobra. While training in the rear, Pokryshkin frequently clashed with the regiment's new commander, Isayev (the former regimental navigator), who could not stand his criticism of Soviet air combat doctrine. Isayev fabricated a court-martial case, accusing Pokryshkin of cowardice, insubordination, and disobeying orders. Pokryshkin was grounded, removed from the regiment's headquarters, and had his Party membership cancelled. However, he was helped by his squadron mates, the regimental political commissar, and the divisional commanders, and he was soon vindicated. The 216 Fighter Aviation Division's leadership dismissed the case against him, and had him reinstated.
Kuban.
Pokryshkin's most significant contribution to the war effort and the most impressive kill record came during the battle for the Kuban region in 1943. The area east of the Crimean peninsula had seen vicious air combat in the months that led to the Soviet assault on Crimea itself, where the Kuban-based Soviet air regiments flew against Crimea-based Luftwaffe Geschwader. Pokryshkin's regiment fought against such renowned German fighter units as JG 52 and JG 3 'Udet'. The area saw some of the most fierce fighting on the Eastern Front, with daily engagements of up to 200 aircraft in the air. Pokryshkin's innovative tactics of using different fighter types stacked in altitude, the so-called 'pendulum' flight pattern for patrolling the airspace, and the use of ground-based radar, forward based controllers and an advanced central ground control system, contributed to the first great Soviet Air Force victory over the Luftwaffe.
In the summer of 1942, the 4th Air Army in which Pokryshkin served received their first mobile radar stations. They were tested in directing interceptions of German and Romanian aircraft over water, and they proved highly successful.
In early January 1943, 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment was sent to 25th Depot Fighter Aviation Regiment, a unit tasked with checking that Soviet-made and Lend-Lease aircraft were ready for combat service) near the Iranian border, to re-equip with new aircraft, and also to receive new pilots. Many of these planes had to be ferried in from Iran. Whilst there were delays in assembly by the Americans in Iran, the Soviet pilots involved felt that the Americans were willfully impeding the war effort. It was at this time that the unit converted to the P-39 Airacobra which, when all had arrived, transformed the unit into a 3-squadron regiment. 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment received 14 P-39L-1s, seven P-39Ks (the very last of which was assigned to Pokryshkin) and 11 P-39D-2s. The unit returned to action on 8 April 1943. During the remainder of the month, Pokryshkin was credited with 11 Bf 109s and one Ju 88 destroyed.
He was credited with a Bf 109 destroyed on his very first Airacobra mission, on 9 April 1943, and scored four Bf 109 kills on 12 April 1943, one of his more successful days. He scored again on 15, 16, 20, 21, and 24 April – one Bf 109 on each day, adding a Ju 88 (probably in fact an He 111) on 29 April, plus one more Bf 109 on 30 April.
On 4 May 1943 Pokryshkin gained three confirmed kills two Ju 87 and a Bf 109.
In most subsequent fights, Pokryshkin would usually take the most difficult role, attacking the German flight leader, who was often an aggressive "experte". He had learned in 1941–42 that shooting down the flight leader would demoralise the enemy and often cause them to scramble home. Taking that into account, several such "experten" were almost certainly among his kills during the month of May that year. On 6 May 1943 Pokryshkin shot down a Bf 109, probably the plane of 9-kills ace "Unteroffizier" Heinz Scholze (4./JG 52), who crashed while trying to land at Kuteinikovo. Two days later, his victim may have been the Bf 109G-4 of "Leutnant" Helmut Haberda (an "experte" of 5./JG 52 with 58 victories to his credit), though the "Luftwaffe" credited the loss to Soviet flak.
Pokryshkin received his first 'Hero of the Soviet Union' award on 24 May 1943, and was promoted to major in June, having become commanding officer of his squadron. On 23 June, he exchanged his old P-39K-1 USAAF Serial Number 42-4421, "White 13", for the famous P-39N USAAF S.N. 42-9004, "White 100". He flew aircraft designated 100 for the rest of the war, such as P-39N-5 42-19185, after 42-9004 was damaged in August or September 1943, except for the test of the Berlin autobahn as a runway in Konstantin Sukhov's "White 50", which was much photographed.
The Campaign in Ukraine.
In mid-July the 216 Fighter Aviation Division (then redesignated 9 Guards Fighter Aviation Division) was deployed in southern Ukraine to help take the Donbass area. There he continued to defeat German aces – on 23 July 1943 Pokryshkin shot down the 56-kills "experte" "Uffz." Hans Ellendt, of 4./JG 52.
Occasionally his P-39s also escorted the Pe-2 bombers. In that role, he used his nickname "Sotka" ("One Hundred") – his radio call sign), because he knew very well that the "Luftwaffe" ordered its airmen to stay on the ground if they knew he was in the air. A Pe-2 pilot of the 36 Bomber Aviation Regiment, Timofey P. Puniov, recalled that because of the heavy casualties inflicted by the German fighters, the 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment was tasked to escort them. Puniov clearly remembers that twice Pokryshkin violated radio silence saying openly in the frequency: "Vnimanie! Ya – sotka. Poedu na rabotu!" (Attention! I'm "100". I'm going to work!). Neither on those two occasions nor after did the German fighters try to intercept the 36th Bomber Aviation Regiment.
On 20 August, Isaev, who had been the Unit Navigator, and then Commanding Officer, and with whom Pokryshkin had strong differences, took measures to have Pokryshkin stripped of his Hero of the Soviet Union, expelled from the regiment, and hauled before a tribunal. From 10 PM that night at least through the following day, Pokryshkin, 298th Fighter Aviation Regiment's Major Taranyenko, and the 16th Guards' Commissar, Gubarevim, and some "Osobists"(NKVD people) completed interrogations and investigations. Gubarevim, with difficulty, was able to clear Pokryshkin's name and reputation, and "Sasha" was thereupon awarded his second Hero of the Soviet Union on 24 August 1943.
On 21 September 1943, Pokryshkin was involved in another high-profile air engagement. This one happened at low altitudes right over the front line. It was witnessed by dozens of journalists and representatives of the high command. Pokryshkin shot down three Junkers Ju 88s in a single pass, overcomed by hatred, as he had just found out that the entire family of Zhmud, his mechanic, had been killed in German occupied territories. Only two kills were confirmed, the third Ju 88 being recorded as brought down by the explosion of the second one and not because of Pokryshkin's gunfire. All three Junkers are confirmed by German loss records – they were Ju 88A-4s of 5./RummKGr. Earlier that same day Pokryshkin had added two more Junkers Ju 87s to his tally, almost certainly Ju 87D-5s of 6./StG 1.
1944–1945.
In February 1944, Pokryshkin was offered a promotion and an easy desk job managing new pilot training. He immediately rejected this offer and stayed at his old regiment and his old rank. However, he did not fly nearly as much as before. Pokryshkin had been made a famous hero by the propaganda machine, and he was not allowed to fly as often because of fear of him being killed. Instead, Pokryshkin spent a lot of time in the radio bunker, directing his regiment's fights over the radio. In June 1944, Pokryshkin was promoted to colonel and given command of 9th Guards Air Division.
On 19 August 1944, for 550 front-line sorties and 53 official kills, Pokryshkin was awarded the Gold Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union for the third time. He was the first person ever to receive the award three times, and he is the only Soviet soldier to receive the award three times during wartime. Pokryshkin was forbidden to fly altogether, but managed to circumvent the rule a few times and still continued to score an occasional kill.
One of such occasions occurred on 30 May 1944 near Jassy, Romania. The whole 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment engaged a large formation of Ju 87s heading towards the Soviet ground forces escorted by Fw 190s and Bf 109s. In the ensuing "melée", the Airacobra pilots claimed to shoot down five Stukas, three Focke-Wulfs and one Messerschmitt without losses – three Ju 87s were shot down by Pokryshkin himself. The next time Pokryshkin scored victories was on 16 July, when he got credit for two more Stukas and one Hs 129 of 10.(Pz)/SG 9, probably the Henschel Hs 129B-2 of "Hauptmann" Rudolf-Heinz Ruffer, credited with 80 tank-kills. His last victory was another Ju 87, downed on 14 January 1945.
Out of his official score of 65 victories, only six were scored in the last two years of the war. The bulk of Pokryshkin's victories came during the time when the Soviet Air Force was still fighting at a disadvantage, including amongst the most of any Soviet pilot during the most difficult first year of the war.
After the war.
In 1948 he graduated from the Frunze Military Academy. Between 1949–1955 he acted as deputy commander of the 33rd Fighter Air Defense and the commander of the 88th Fighter Aviation Corps in Rzhev. He was repeatedly passed-over for promotion, possibly because he was just too intelligent (or honest) for Stalin's comfort. Only after Stalin's death did he find himself back in favour and finally promoted to Air Marshal.
In 1957 he graduated from General Staff Academy. After graduation he served as Chief of Fighter Aircraft of the North Caucasian Military Defense. From 1959, he served in the 8th Independent Air Defense Army Air (Kiev) and from 1961 to 1968 acted as Commanding General of the 8th Army Air Defense and deputy commander of the Kiev Military District Air Defense Forces. In 1968 he became Deputy Chief of the Air Defense Forces.
His highest position was as president of DOSAAF (1972–1981), a mostly civilian organisation that was largely tasked with training young civilians and preparing them for service with the Air Force. Pokryshkin again found himself ostracized for his honesty. Despite strong pressure, he never wrote about or supported glorification of premier Leonid Brezhnev's role in the battle of Kuban, where Brezhnev was a minor general. Pokryshkin died on 13 November 1985 at the age of 72. In Novosibirsk, a street, a square and a subway station are named in his honour.
He wrote several books in Russian about his wartime experiences. He appeared in an episode of documentaries TV Series, "The Unknown War ", specifically episode 9, entitled "War in the Air", and, at the beginning and end of the episode, he spoke to the host and narrator, Burt Lancaster.
There are two Soviet-made documentaries starring Alexander Pokryshkin; "Pokryshkin in the Sky" (1945) "Russian Ace Alexander Pokryshkin" (1985).
Aircraft flown by Pokryshkin.
Pokryshkin started the war flying the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 fighter, in which he scored almost twenty victories. The unit was given the honor "16th Guards Fighter Regiment" in March 1942. At this time or soon after, the unit received some Yak-1s, in which Pokryshkin also scored victories, but which are neither identified, nor illustrated, in any known way. In January 1943, his regiment converted to Lend-Lease Bell P-39 Airacobras. Soviet pilots liked this aircraft, and found it quite competitive with the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and superior to the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 at the low air combat altitudes common on the Eastern Front. Pokryshkin enjoyed the 37 mm cannon's destructive firepower, as well as the two upper nose-mounted .50 caliber machine guns, synchronized to fire through the propeller (airscrew), in addition to the pair of .30 caliber machine guns mounted in each wing. He claimed that the cannon's trigger, positioned at the top of the joystick, was impossible to push without moving the pilot's hand, which made the aircraft deviate from the gunsight, so finally he had his regiment's aircraft rigged so that a single button simultaneously fired cannon and machine guns. In his memoirs he describes many enemy aircraft immediately disintegrating upon being hit by a salvo. Pokryshkin and his regiment were repeatedly asked to convert to new Soviet fighters such as the La-5 and Yak-3. However, Pokryshkin found the Yak-3's firepower insufficient, and personally disliked Yakovlev, so the squadron remained with the P-39.
Finally, in 1944, he found an aircraft that he deemed a worthy heir: the Lavochkin La-7. However, one of his close friends, Soviet ace Alexander Klubov, was killed in a landing mishap while converting to the La-7. The crash was blamed on the malfunction of the plane's hydraulic system. Pokryshkin subsequently cancelled his regiment's conversion, and there are multiple reports that they instead began flying the Bell P-63 Kingcobra. Through the Lend-Lease agreement with United States, the Soviet Union was not allowed to use P-63s against Germany; they were given only to be used in the eventual battle with Japan. Thus it is quite understandable that no mention of this appears in any official records. However, personal accounts of German pilots and flak crewmen who encountered P-63s in the skies of Eastern Prussia as well as in the memoirs of one of the pilots in Pokryshkin's squadron. It is reported that 9th Fighter Aviation Division was given approximately 36 P-63s but these were not used while the fighting was still in progress.
The designations of MiG-3 aircraft used by Pokryshkin were, in the likeliest order of use, "7", "4", "01", "White-5" (with "GVARDIYA" on the intakes – likely dating to when the unit was awarded this designation), and finally "67". He then flew Yak-1 fighters when the unit partially re-equipped with them.
He flew P-39K-1 "White-13" 42-4421 over the Kuban. He converted in late June to P-39N-0 42-9004 "White 100". "White 100" was damaged in August or September 1943. The only known photograph of 42-9004 dates from around this time: it shows the nose resting on a saw horse with the nose wheel main leg hyper-extended so the nose wheel rests on the ground. According to a VVS color scheme research website, 42-9004 was struck by inadvertent gunfire from a badly damaged Il-2 that had a rough landing, and on one of its last bounces the guns went off and, among other things, the gunfire struck, such as the aircrew dugout, hit the parked Airacobra.
About this time Pokryshkin changed to P-39N-5 42-19158 (or possibly a different N-5). which was also designated "White-100". (This is according to the document for an award to an aircraft mechanic assigned to 42-19158, for keeping it airworthy and ready to fly combat missions for 100 flights in a row.) On 28 May 1943, Pokryshkin flew P-39D-2 41-38520 ("White-17") for a single mission. There is a photo of him post-mission bending to remove his parachute straps in front of the nose of 41-38520. In the famous photo taken of him using a stretch of German "autobahn" as a runway, he was flying a P-39Q-15 designated "White-50", with the serial number painted out (the same aircraft was originally assigned to K. V. Sukhov).
He used five La-7 aircraft with the inscription, "From the Workers of Novosibirsk to Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Ivanovich Pokhryshkin", but did not fly in them himself. A La-7-equipped unit was, in 1945, made a part of the 9th Guards Division, making it a four-regiment division. At one point in 1944, he was apparently given a La-5FN for his personal use, pending the hoped-for Lavochkin conversion of the entire unit.
The unit apparently flew P-63A or C Kingcobras after the war, and Pokryshkin would have again numbered his aircraft "100". Finally, one or more of the 9th Guards Fighter Division units may have eventually converted to the Yak-9P before his attendance at the War College in 1948. After his appointment as DOSAAF director in the early 1950s, he had use of a MiG-15, and, later, of an Il-12 or Il-14.
Final tally.
Pokryshkin's score is heavily disputed among historians. Overclaiming was not uncommon in World War II, and Pokryshkin's claims in his memoir are much higher than recent estimates by historians and official records, and recent estimates are generally lower than older estimates. In 1986 Oleg Levchenko claimed that Pokryshkin in fact shot down 94 enemy aircraft, damaged 19 and destroyed three more on the ground, and said that no less than 15 victories scored in 1941 were not taken into account, because the documents confirming them were destroyed during the hurried withdrawal from encirclement during the Battle of Uman. However, Levchenko's claims are generally disputed in 21st century estimates, which tend to place Pokryshkin's tally in the mid 40s. Thomas Polak and Christopher Shores credited him with 53 solo and 6 shared victories in their 1999 book, however the bibliography of the book cites Pokryshkin's memoirs instead of any official documents, and the tallies of several other aviators are heavily inflated to match the official Soviet claims. Russian historian Mikhail Bykov credited him with 43 individual and 3 shared victories in a 2014 book; a decade earlier, in an article titled "Мутное Небо 1941 года" ("The Murky Sky of 1941") with Aleksandr Rodionov he claimed that Pokryshkin tried to steal Rechkalov's kills during 1941. Andrey Simonov and Nikolai Bodrikhin credited him with 45 solo and 4 shared shootdowns in a 2017 book.
Legacy.
A minor planet 3348 Pokryshkin discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1978 is named after him.
The character Aleksandra Ivanova Pokryshkin from the anime Brave Witches is based on him.


List of aviation accidents and incidents in Indonesia

Following is the list of aviation accidents and incidents in Indonesian airspace or involving Indonesian-based airlines.
Death toll (50 fatalities or more).
Notes regarding table data columns.
Type.
Occurrences have been coded to allow for identification and sorting by group membership (accidents and related incidents versus attacks).
Accidents and related incidents.
Any collision between a commercial and military aircraft is coded COM.
Location.
To provide some indication of distance between the site and the nearest location, the following three descriptors are applied:
The names of occurrence locations are based on their present-day names.
Phases of flight.
The phases of flight are those defined by the joint Commercial Aviation Safety
Team/ICAO Common Taxonomy Team.
Airports and distance.
Airports associated with occurrences at all phases of flight (except ENR) are represented by their three-letter IATA airport code. In some cases, no IATA code is reported/assigned in which case the four-letter ICAO code is used. In rare instances (e.g., active or decommissioned military bases or closed airports whose civil codes have been reassigned), no codes exist. These airports are represented with three asterisks "***" in place of letters. Distance from the point of impact to the airport runway is provided for occurrences during the initial climb (ICL) and approach (APR) phases. On occasion, distance is provided for occurrences during takeoff (TOF) and landing (LDG) if the aircraft impacted within the aerodrome, but not on the runway.
Notes.
All accident and incident references to the Aviation Safety Network database are sub-pages of their main website, http://aviation-safety.net.


BidAir Cargo

BidAir Cargo is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bidvest Group Limited, an international investment company. Within this Group it is a part of BidAir Services, a division of Bidvest that handles cargo in Africa. In 2014, BidAir bought and merged with Imperial Air Cargo.
Destinations.
As of January 2021, BidAir Cargo serves 37 destinations in Southern and Eastern Africa as well as on Mauritius and the Comoros:
Fleet.
As of January 2021, the BidAir Cargo fleet consists of the following aircraft:


Ikamiut Heliport

Ikamiut Heliport is a heliport in Ikamiut, a village in the Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland. The heliport is considered a "helistop", and is served by Air Greenland as part of a government contract.
Airlines and destinations.
Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Aasiaat Archipelago. These mostly cargo flights are not featured in the timetable, although they can be pre-booked. Departure times for these flights as specified during booking are by definition approximate, with the settlement service optimized on the fly depending on local demand for a given day.
Settlement flights in the Disko Bay region are unique in that they are operated only during winter and spring. During summer and autumn, communication between settlements is by sea only, serviced by Diskoline.


Bruce Campbell Hopper

Bruce Campbell Hopper (August 24, 1892 – July 6, 1973) was a World War 1 aviator, newspaper reporter, author, historian, and lecturer who served as an associate professor of government at Harvard University from 1930 to 1961. He was an early expert on the Soviet Union, authoring influential articles, informing US State department policy, and lecturing extensively for over thirty years. Among his many students were Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Ted Kennedy. Dr. Hopper advised John F. Kennedy on the completion of his thesis at Harvard, eventually published as "Why England Slept".
Early life.
Born in Litchfield, Illinois Hopper spent his childhood in Billings, Montana. His father, Joseph Hopper, came to the United States from Balloch, Highland, Scotland in 1882 and was a rancher. His mother was Katherine Turnbull. Hopper began college studies at the University of Montana in 1913. He joined the Sigma Nu fraternity at Montana in 1914. In 1916 the Montana Harvard Club recognized his sharp intelligence and potential by offering him a scholarship. He transferred to Harvard shortly thereafter.
World War 1.
Hopper left Harvard in the spring of 1917 and volunteered for the "American Field Service" (AFS) as a truck driver, carrying supplies for the French Army on the Soissons and Reims fronts. When the United States joined the war he resigned from the AFS and enlisted as a Private, First Class in the United States Army Signal Corps, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). The Army selected him for flight training, and upon completion of that training, commissioned him as a 1st Lieutenant. He went on to serve as a combat pilot, flying the Breguet 14 B.2 bomber with the 96th Aero Squadron in France. Early in 1918 he was injured in a crash, but quickly recovered and flew extensively until the end of hostilities. He was credited with downing two enemy aircraft and was promoted to Captain in October 1918. Highly decorated for his service, Hopper received the French Legion of Honor, the French Croix de Guerre, a Silver Star Citation, and a Pershing Citation, among other awards. At the time of the Armistice, Hopper was one of two survivors of the original 96th Aero squadron.
In 1919 Hopper received orders to the General Headquarters, AEF, Paris for duty in the Army Historical Section/Sorbonne Detachment. While there he wrote both a unit history of the 96th Aero Squadron and the Army's official military history of the day bombing campaign in France, entitled “When the Air was Young: American Day Bombardment, AEF, 1917–1918”.
Inter-War years.
Upon his discharge from the Army in 1919, he studied briefly at both the Sorbonne and Exeter College, Oxford University.
From 1921 to 1923 Hopper and a friend traveled the world. They supported themselves by taking jobs as reporters for various English language newspapers, journeying across Europe, the Middle East, Russia, India, Southeast Asia, and China.
He returned to his studies at Harvard in 1923 and finished his B.S. in 1924, followed by an M.A. in 1925. In August 1924 Hopper married 26-year-old Effie Toye, of New York. He listed his occupation as “journalist”. They married in Dublin, New Hampshire.
From 1927 to 1929 he continued his studies in the Soviet Union as a fellow of the Institute of Current World Affairs, sponsored by businessman/philanthropist Charles Richard Crane. Upon his return to the United States, he found himself one of the earliest academic experts on the Soviet Union.
Hopper completed his Ph.D. at Harvard in 1930, joining the faculty as an assistant professor of government. Harvard's president, Abbott Lawrence Lowell, encouraged him to publish articles and perform public speaking on the Soviet Union throughout the 1930s. Both shared an interest in exploring how the Soviet experience might be of benefit to the American economy as it suffered through the Great Depression.
Hopper frequently returned to the Soviet Union during the 1930s, again under the sponsorship of Charles Richard Crane. His trips served both academic interests and those of the US State Department who debriefed him upon his return and promptly classified many of his observations. This had the effect of limiting his publishing opportunities, and his supporters felt that fact held back his academic advancement to full professorship. Others, however, believed the real obstacle to his advancement lay in the lack of documentation in his research and writing. Everyone agreed, however, that he was a gifted orator and students flocked to his lectures. US State Department officials such as George F. Kennan and Loy W. Henderson were in frequent contact with Dr. Hopper regarding policy towards Soviet Russia during the 1930s.
Dr. Hopper was initially sympathetic to Soviet efforts to collectivize industry and agriculture under state control, believing the United States could benefit by emulating their centralized planning models. His writing in the early 1930s reflected his belief that the Bolsheviks were modernizing "backward" portions of Asia by advancing industrialization in the Far East, a positive improvement in his estimation. In the early 1930s he correctly predicted that rising Soviet power and influence in the Far East would lead to conflict there with the United States. In view of the famines and widespread starvation that gripped Soviet Russia in 1930s, Hopper coined the phrase that Russia was ready to "starve itself great".
His Russophile views began to wane by 1938, however, when he wrote the "virtue (had) departed from the leaders in Russia."
Association with John F. Kennedy.
Dr. Hopper was made an associate professor of government in 1937, teaching political science and international affairs. Three Kennedy brothers (Joseph, John, and Ted) were among his students at Harvard.
He served as the advisor for John F. Kennedy's thesis, later published as "Why England Slept". Kennedy began his thesis in the winter of 1939/40 and came to Dr. Hopper's study once a week for progress reviews. Dr. Hopper's study featured oak-paneling, leather armchairs, and a large fireplace. One wall had the following inscription in Latin: "It will give you pleasure to look back on this scene of suffering". JFK believed that giving aid to Britain and France was a moral imperative, no matter what risk it presented to dragging the United States into war. The two men discussed JFK's thesis and the prospects for war at length, with Dr. Hopper's combat veteran background adding to his credibility.
World War 2.
Dr. Hopper took a six-year sabbatical from teaching during (and immediately after) World War II to serve with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS, precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency) in Sweden, where he observed and interpreted Soviet activities in the Baltic region. Dr. Hopper also served as Chief Historian for the 8th Air Force and U.S. Strategic Air Forces, during which time he was present at an interrogation of Hermann Göring He subsequently served in the Pentagon as special consultant and speechwriter to General Carl A. Spaatz. Dr. Hopper and Gen. Spaatz had served together in World War I.
Post war.
In 1946–47, Dr. Hopper served on the site selection board for the new United States Air Force Academy. Upon his return to academia in 1947, he found himself passed over for promotion above associate professor. The classified nature of most of Hopper's research output did not help his prospects, as well as the extended time he spent away from academia with the military, two years more than most of his colleagues. Post war he shifted his teaching interests more towards air power as a factor in international affairs and did not become significantly involved in the new Russian Research Center, known today as the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
In the 1940s and 1950s, Dr. Hopper was a frequent speaker at the Naval War College and Army War College on Soviet/Russian affairs. He also traveled extensively, performing speaking tours across Europe and Central America. He was a Trustee of the World Peace Foundation and held membership in the Institute of Pacific Relations, the American-Russian Institute, the Council of the Foreign Policy Association, and the Council on Foreign Relations.
After retiring from Harvard in 1961, Dr. Hopper lived in Santa Barbara, California.
Shortly before his death he wrote that he was "grateful to Harvard beyond measurement". He added, "Of all the privileges granted to me, I cared most about teaching, especially on my return from World War II". He concluded, "I miss the classroom where it is always morning, and night can never come".
Hopper died on July 6, 1973. His papers are divided between the Library of Congress, the University of Montana, and the University of California, Santa Barbara.


303rd Intelligence Squadron

303rd Intelligence Squadron (303 IS) is an intelligence unit of the United States Air Force located at Osan AB, South Korea. Also known as "Skivvy Nine," the squadron is a tenant unit of the 51st Fighter Wing, although it is operationally a component of the 480th Intelligence Wing. Most Skivvy Nine operations occur in the Korean Combined Operations and Intelligence Center (KCOIC). Together with the 6th Intelligence Squadron, the 303rd Intelligence Squadron comprises Distributed Ground Station 3 (DGS-3), a component of the Air Force Distributed Common Ground System. Founded 22 November 1950, the 303rd Intelligence Squadron is one of the most historic units in the U.S. Air Force, providing timely cryptologic support since the Korean War.


All Nippon Airways fleet

All Nippon Airways operates a fleet of narrow body aircraft and widebody aircraft from Airbus and Boeing.
Current fleet.
, the ANA passenger fleet (excluding subsidiaries) consists of the following aircraft:
Boeing 787.
ANA was the launch customer for the new Boeing widebody, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, ordering 50 examples with an option for 50 more during April 2004. ANA split the order between 30 of the short-range 787-3 and 20 of the long-haul 787-8. However, ANA later converted its −3 orders to the −8 variant.
Deliveries finally began in late 2011 when ANA received its first Boeing 787 on 21 September, the first-ever Dreamliner to be delivered in the world. ANA flew its first Boeing 787 passenger flight on 26 October 2011, which operated as a charter flight from Tokyo Narita to Hong Kong. ANA also became the second airline to receive the Boeing 787-9 on 28 July 2014. Despite being second, the airline preceded launch customer Air New Zealand for the first commercial flight on the 787-9, a special sightseeing charter for Japanese and American school children on 4 August.
Historic fleet.
The NAMC YS-11 was an important aircraft for All Nippon Airways, although most of them were used under the name of ANK, or Air Nippon, a subsidiary of All Nippon Airways. The final YS-11 in operation was retired in 2006. A number of YS-11s are in museums, or otherwise scrapped or taken apart. After a final retirement process through September 2006, all YS-11s were grounded, obligated to retire, unless privately owned and were privately restored. The YS-11 was a big part of All Nippon Airways from the 1970s to the early 1990s, when it was used on domestic operations.
ANA flew its last flight of an Airbus A321-100 on 29 February 2008. This marked the end of almost ten years of operation of the Airbus A321-100, of which ANA was the only Japanese operator.
All Nippon Airways has operated the following aircraft: