Model Airplanes

Regional airlines are the backbone of the current hub-and-spoke system employed by the world’s major airlines. For many pilots, their first foray into the airline world is through a regional airline. However, few people know what goes on behind-the-scenes of these airlines. Fortunately for us, Mesa Airlines was kind enough to give AirlineGeeks a look at their day-to-day operations.

Mesa Airlines is a regional airline based in Phoenix, Ariz., just blocks from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, where it operates numerous routes throughout the Southwest for American Eagle in addition to its hub in Dallas, as well as its hubs in Houston and Washington for United Express. The airline operates a mixed fleet of CRJ-900s, CRJ-700s, E-175s and a sole CRJ-200 throughout the country and neighboring Canada, Mexico and The Bahamas.

The nearly 30-year old airline has its corporate headquarters and its main training center in Phoenix, all within a few miles of each other and within an earshot of the airport, constantly reminding employees about the real-world operations of the airline and of the beauty of flight that is made possible through the work they do.

Mesa Airlines’ Corporate Headquarters

Located just north of the airport at Three Gateway Tower, a bright blue building with direct views of Sky Harbor Airport, is Mesa Airlines’ corporate headquarters. The airline maintains a relatively low profile here with many passersby unaware that an entire airline is managed inside.

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An investigation by Ahval reveals how increasing trade between European companies and Turkey affects political relations between European Union states and the mainly-Muslim nation.

A close examination reveals that while EU leaders express concern about the Turkish government’s human right abuses, companies based in the EU are stepping up trade with Ankara and continuing to make more money.

Experts say foreign investors may be willing to ignore human rights violations in Turkey, but authoritarian practices may eventually risk property rights and might come back to haunt them in the end.

The question is do European firms engage in lobbying on behalf of one of their most lucrative clients, Erdoğan, pleading with their governments for his abuses to be tolerated?

Business as usual: In a series of articles Ahval lifts the cover over a dark trade, driven by greed.

In February of this year, a month before the elections that changed the Italian political landscape, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Italy. In a rare interview, he praised relations with Italy as Turkey’s third biggest commercial partner and vowed to further increase the trade volume.

According to Italian media, Erdoğan was later disappointed by the coldness of officials during the visit. Both President Sergio Mattarella and incumbent Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni had asked him to end Turkey’s state of emergency and to respect human rights.

In contrast, Erdoğan’s meeting with Italian businessmen was very successful. Economic exchanges between the two countries are flourishing despite the souring of Turkey’s relations with the European

Article source: https://ahvalnews.com/italy-turkey/turkey-strengthens-defence-ties-italy-tensions-eu-increases-business-usual-5

The Navy is unlikely to return to the Viking, despite its demonstrated flexibility. This is out of a defensible preference for operating fewer different types of aircraft to maximize efficiency in training, maintenance and spare parts. However, the Viking’s retirements reinforces the Navy’s continued reliance on short-range carrier-based aircraft, which is becoming an increasing liability as more capable shore-based missiles threaten carriers at or beyond the maximum combat radius of their onboard aircraft.

Roughly nine years ago the U.S. Navy retired:

A) Its only dedicated carrier-based tanker;

B) its last dedicated carrier-based antisubmarine airplane;

C) a carrier-based plane with more than twice the range of its current jets;

D) all of the above.

With a maximum speed of only five hundred miles per hour—many airliners fly faster—the S-3 Viking wasn’t about to be the subject of any movies starring Tom Cruise. However, the long-legged jets proved extremely useful in a very wide variety of roles, whether as an electronic spy, submarine hunter, aerial tanker, cargo plane or even an attack jet. And many of those roles have not been satisfactorily replaced since.

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The S-3 Viking was first conceived in 1960s to serve as a next-generation submarine hunter. In the event of a war between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, the U.S. Navy’s most important mission would have

Article source: http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-s-3-viking-could-do-it-all-hunt-russian-submarines-so-25929

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Article source: https://www.jhnewsandguide.com/valley/feature/kids-adults-share-moments-of-aha/article_69933137-7078-5407-958b-452c55a9491a.html