Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Honiara The American development of Honiara as an army base and war depot turned Honiara into the new capital for the British Solomon Islands. The Catholic population tripled between 1947 and 1957, from 1000 to 3000. The first Holy Cross Church, built in 1947, was replaced by a much larger structure in 1957. The statues of the Blessed Virgin and St Joseph, which had somehow survived the Japanese air raids of the Battle of Guadalcanal, were positioned outside the 1957 church. These statues were re-positioned once again outside the 1978 cathedral; damage caused by bullets can be easily seen on both.
Capital City Airport (Kentucky) Capital City Airport (Kentucky) Capital City Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Frankfort, a city in Franklin County, Kentucky, United States. This airport is owned by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. It is used entirely for general aviation and military aviation. Capital City Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 806 feet (246 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 7/25 which measures 5,900 by 100 feet (1,798 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending March 8, 2007, the airport