Model Airplanes

MELBOURNE – Boarding the US Airways CRJ700 airliner at Gate 7, Melbourne International Airport Executive Director Greg Donovan settled into one of the nine blue first-class seats and relaxed.

Donovan hopes Space Coast business travelers follow his lead next year — aboard silver-painted versions of this same model of aircraft.

American Airlines has merged with US Airways, and the 67-seat jet that flew to the local airport last week will soon be repainted and rebranded with AA logos. Airport officials hope more of these “CR7s” will land here, boosting capacity and replacing today’s US Airways CRJ200s that can carry 50 economy-class passengers to and from Melbourne.

“US Airways in 2015’s going to disappear. And American Airlines will be the main product. So we’re seeing aircraft in that livery now showing up. And this is an increase in the size of the aircraft,” Donovan said.

“We’ve gone from a 50-seat regional jet now to a 67-seat aircraft that’s got two classes. Very important to have that first class, because we have a lot of high-yielding business travelers that come in and out of Melbourne,” he said.

“We’re flying with such high load factors, we need more capacity. We need more

Article source: http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2014/11/28/american-airlines-us-airways-merger-may-boost-mlb-traffic/19542323/

ENLARGE

DURING MUCH OF the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, London was the world center of watch- and clockmaking. It’s true, the English capital once was a horological hothouse.

The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers received recognition with a royal charter in 1631, while two watchmakers,

Thomas Tompion

(1639–1713) and

George Graham

(1673–1751), were honored by being buried in Westminster Abbey.

John Harrison

(1693-1776) invented the marine chronometer, ensuring that Great Britain ruled the waves for most of the following two centuries. The watches and clocks of

James Cox

(1723–1800) were all the rage at the Russian, Chinese and Japanese courts. Today, one can still find old-fashioned horological skills in London; you just need to know where to look.

Article source: http://online.wsj.com/articles/londons-hidden-horologists-1417090956

By Bloomberg News


Posted Nov. 26, 2014 @ 7:00 pm

Article source: http://lexington.wickedlocal.com/article/ZZ/20141126/NEWS/141129876/13629/NEWS