Research stations in Antarctica Meteorological Office, Ministry of Livestock and National Postal and Telegraphs Office. In 1906, Argentina communicated to the international community the establishment of a permanent base on South Orkney Islands. Little happened for the following forty years until the Second World War, when the British launched Operation Tabarin in 1943, to establish a presence on the continent. The chief reason was to establish solid British claims to various uninhabited islands and parts of Antarctica, reinforced by Argentine sympathies toward Germany. Prior to the start of the war, German aircraft had dropped markers with swastikas across Queen Maud Land in an attempt
Aero Country Airport period ending December 31, 2015, the airport had 9,000 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per day: 100% general aviation. At that time there were 244 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine, 7% multi-engine, 0% jets, 2% helicopters, and 1% gliders. Aero Country Airport Aero Country Airport is a privately owned public airport in McKinney, Collin County, Texas, United States, located approximately west of the central business district. The airport has no IATA or ICAO designation. The airport is used solely for general aviation purposes. Aero Country previously used the FAA LID of TX05 until at least July 1997.