Monthly Archives: June 2014

Times Writers Group: Big government yields VA scandal

Times writers group(Photo: Times graphic) Story Highlights See it as a warning if ACA continues to expand its reach. Incentives for success can be found in private markets. VA should get out of providing care, issue vouchers for private care … Continue reading

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Airline Group Marks 100 Years of Commercial Flight

The aviation industry is marking 100 years since the first scheduled commercial flight took off, making a 23-minute journey across Florida’s Tampa Bay. A roundtrip ticket on the Jan. 1, 1914, flight from St. Petersburg, Florida, to Tampa, Florida, was … Continue reading

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William “Bill” Fletcher

Email Print Fairlee, Vt. — William “Bill” Fletcher, 88, peacefully passed away Wednesday, May 28, 2014, at his home. Born May 10, 1926, in South Ozone Park, Long Island he was the son of Joseph and Katherine Steinberg Fletcher. The … Continue reading

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Engineer hopes to see his electric plane take flight

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Missouri mom of baby left in cave charged with murder

Warrensburg Police Department/© Warrensburg Police DepartmentLatasha Wilson, 19, now faces murder charges in the death of her baby boy after an autopsy found the child was born alive. Warrensburg Police DepartmentZakary Carter, 20, allegedly helped his friend, 19-year-old Latasha Wilson, … Continue reading

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100 years on, airlines hampered by history, IATA says

DOHA: On New Year’s Day, 1914, Abe Pheil squeezed into the open cockpit of a Benoist Type XIV boatplane in St. Petersburg, Florida, and became the world’s first airline passenger, flying 20 miles in 23 minutes for a specially auctioned … Continue reading

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Sharing Economy Attracts New Business To General Aviation

Until recently, the sharing economy enabled by modern technology has been limited to industries less regulated than aviation such as taxicabs (Uber, Lyft, Sidecar), hotels (Airbnb) and cars (RelayRides). But now the sharing economy is coming to general aviation, in … Continue reading

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