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- ‘Aviation unfairly targeted over climate change’
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- San Bernardino airport step closer to getting Rialto tenants
- Aviation tax cut could inspire more airport business in West Virginia
- … Its Education Scholarship Endowment for the Army Aviation…
- Air Vice-Marshal Ron Dick
‘Aviation unfairly targeted over climate change’
Economic Times – Apr 9, 2008
“We think it’s a little
bit unfair that the aviation sector is singled out for attack by many
environmental groups, maybe because we are more visible than other groups,”
Enders told a media briefing in Auckland. Environmental activists
are pressing for lower emissions from the aviation industry and are urging
travellers to cut back their air travel. Last week in Bangkok
signatories to the 1997 UN Kyoto Protocol promised to explore ways of curbing
the harmful gases that planes emit into the atmosphere. But the
Airbus chief executive said placing curbs on air travel and emissions would be
the wrong solution.
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Aero-News Network – Apr 9, 2008
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Wed, 09 Apr ‘08 Van’s Aircraft Founder Dick VanGrunsvenIn an opening day surprise at Lakeland, Van’s Aircraft startedtaking orders for wing kits for the company’s new RV-12 Light SportAircraft on Tuesday morning. ANN’s Paul Plack cornered companypresident and lead designer Dick VanGrunsven to find out what’schanged since our look at the RV-12 proof-of-concept aircraft atArlington last year.
San Bernardino airport step closer to getting Rialto tenants
Press-Enterprise – Apr 9, 2008
The airport authority approved a process for transferring $49. 5 million that the city of Rialto will indirectly pay the San Bernardino airport in the next eight years. The Rialto airport has been slated to close since 2005 when Congress passed legislation authorizing the closure, which will make way for a warehousing and housing development at its site just south of Highway 210. The tenants at the Rialto airport were supposed to relocate by the early part of this year, but the process of closing the airport has slowed after the shaky housing market caused development plans by Lewis-Hillwood LLC to be put on ice.
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Aviation tax cut could inspire more airport business in West Virginia
Beckley Register-Herald – Beckley Register-Herald (subscription) – Apr 9, 2008
Joe Manchin’s tax cut on airplanes kept in their hangars, Raleigh County Memorial Airport Manager Tom Cochran says. Under the plan, the original tax of assessing aircraft at 60 percent salvage value plummets to 5 percent, an idea Manchin successfully pushed in the recent legislative session. “This is quite a change in that program,” Cochran said. “This is going along with economic development opportunities statewide that we can have the opportunity.
… Its Education Scholarship Endowment for the Army Aviation…
Earthtimes – Apr 9, 2008
Today’s contribution buildson the company’s previous donations, totaling $50,000, which establishedand provides continuing support to the EADS North America DistinguishedScholar Endowment. This endowment supports worthy candidates selected by the AAAA ScholarshipFoundation, Inc. in pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree inaerospace or related technical fields. Eligible candidates include AAAAmembers and their immediate family members.
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Air Vice-Marshal Ron Dick
Telegraph.co.uk – Apr 9, 2008
In 1983 he piloted a restored B-17 Flying Fortress bomber from California across the United States and the Atlantic to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford. He also flew American fighters, including the P-40 Warhawk and the P-51 Mustang, and he continued to fly his Tiger Moth until shortly before his death. His extensive knowledge of aviation history was quickly recognised. He advised the makers of the film Memphis Belle, the story of a USAAF B-17 bomber crew in the Second World War. Working with the renowned aviation photographer Dan Patterson, he wrote several acclaimed books, including American Eagles, a history of the USAF and published to celebrate the service’s 50th anniversary. In 2003, after nine years of research, Dick published The Aviation Century, the first of a five-volume history which was completed in 2006. In addition to accounts of aircraft, pioneering flights and air combat, the work included 400 portraits and profiles of great personalities in aviation… His extensive knowledge of aviation history was quickly recognised. He advised the makers of the film Memphis Belle, the story of a USAAF B-17 bomber crew in the Second World War. Working with the renowned aviation photographer Dan Patterson, he wrote several acclaimed books, including American Eagles, a history of the USAF and published to celebrate the service’s 50th anniversary. In 2003, after nine years of research, Dick published The Aviation Century, the first of a five-volume history which was completed in 2006. In addition to accounts of aircraft, pioneering flights and air combat, the work included 400 portraits and profiles of great personalities in aviation. He also wrote numerous books on British aircraft, including the Lancaster and the Hurricane. In 2005 Dick had the distinction of chairing the 44th annual enshrinement ceremony at the US National Aviation Hall of Fame, widely known as “America’s Oscar Night of Aviation”.
[...] Par 3 Contest has a history of its own – GolfESPN – Apr 9, 2008addVariable(”adminOver”, “3564912″); so. write(”player”);Players from the Masters Talk About the Par 3 Contest AUGUSTA, Ga. — The azaleas and dogwoods extend well beyond the Augusta National course boundaries. So do the towering pines and a couple of impressive ponds, too. The home of the Masters is known more for Amen Corner and its old manor clubhouse, but the adjacent Par 3 Course is every bit as big a part of the place. Now it is set to get its due when the annual Par 3 Contest is shown on live television Wednesday for the first time. The world will get to see what participants in the Masters and visitors to Augusta National have known for years.Related: Air Vice-Marshal Ron Dick [...]
[...] Sign On San Diego > TravelSan Diego Union Tribune – Dec 24, 2006, attracting tourists as well as locals wanting to take their children on a “Day Out With Thomas” (the tank engine); to dress up for a night out on a deluxe dinner train; or to just sit back and listen to the hissing and puffing of a steam engine and the shrill notes of a whistle. Offering passengers a ticket to any era ranging from the 1890s to the mid-1950s, many of these railways have been used to create instant authenticity for any number of films and TV shows, including Harry Potter movies, “Brideshead Revisited” and the classic “The Railway Children. ”For Americans traveling to the U. who begin their journeys in London, the closest choice for such time travel is the Bluebell, about 30 miles south from Victoria Station by connecting train and shuttle bus, and just 12 miles east of Gatwick Airport.Related: ‘Aviation unfairly targeted over climate change’ [...]