The Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP) has informed
ANN that one of the juvenile cranes presumed lost in the storms
that hit central Florida on Feb. 1 and 2 has been found. Project
biologists with the International Crane Foundation picked up the
radio signal of crane 15-06 on Saturday afternoon near the pensite
at the Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge where the other
birds perished in the storm.
What do the flight deck controls of an F-16 look like? Or a 777,
767, 747, A340 or A320? Well this is a site that takes you there --
and allows you to play with the controls.
The Honeywell Bendix Trophy for Aviation Safety was re-established
in 1998 by AlliedSignal (which later merged with Honeywell) to
recognize contributions to aerospace safety.
"These taxes are a huge obstacle for airport operators
who are trying to attract a corporate operator. We have
several corporate aircraft. All those registered in Kentucky
received a bill like that. You can imagine the uproar we're hearing
from these folks."
Source: Bowling Green-Warren County Regional
Airport (BWG), airport manager Rob Barnett, commenting on the fact
that four of Kentucky's 120 counties are levying taxes on personal
property, including private airplanes owned by corporations, and
the result, according to critics, is a negative economic impact on
the region.
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