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The Death of Money: The Coming Collapse of the International ...  That year the Federal Reserve dollar index declined to a distressingly low level, ... power, dropping by half from 1977 to 1981; U.S. inflation was over 50 percent ...... of 2004 and 2005, the team refined its behavioral models and created the code and ... It became apparent that the plot involved transatlantic airlines flying from.
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Laker Airways - Wikipedia  Laker Airways was a wholly private, British independent airline founded by Sir Freddie Laker in 1966. It originally was a charter airline flying passengers and cargo worldwide. Its head office was located at London Gatwick Airport in Crawley, England. It became the second long-haul, low-cost, "no frills" airline in 1977, operating .... Laker Airways pioneered cost-saving to reduce its engines' wear and tear,...
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Boyish Narratives: The Art of Not Acting Your Age by Chung-Hao Ku ...  Morrison's Song of Solomon (1977) and David Wong Louie's Pangs of Love (1991) shatter the teleologies of liberation, white assimilation, and gay visibility, when their ...... also dismisses scenarios where the boy is not ready for marriage, where he ...... Amusements, in Cheap Amusements: Working Women and Leisure in...
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Freddie Laker, 83; Englishman Pioneered Low-Cost Air Travel ...  Feb 11, 2006 ... Freddie Laker, the ebullient English entrepreneur who pioneered ... getting Laker Airways' transatlantic Skytrain flights aloft in 1977. ... "He was the first with the budget airline concept, especially ... Laker Airways collapsed into bankruptcy in 1982, and the causes of its ... 2 Airlines About to Take Wing Again
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Sir Freddie Laker, 83, Pioneer in Low-Fare Airline Travel, Is Dead ...  Feb 11, 2006 ... Freddie Laker, who introduced low-cost trans-Atlantic flights with Laker Airways in ... Though Laker Airways shut in 1982, Sir Freddie -- he was knighted in 1978 ... Laker Airways began service in 1977 and upset the staid world of ... a first officer with Laker and was soon flying its DC-10's across the ocean.
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May 21, 1927 | Charles Lindbergh Flies Solo Across the Atlantic ...  May 21, 2012 ... On May 21, 1927, the aviator Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of ... the New York reception would be the biggest of all, but I had no idea it ... In today's media environment, do you think it would be possible for ... The prize was for the first pilot to fly nonstop from Paris to New York, or New York to Paris.
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United - Reviews - History - Growth, routes, fleet ... - Airline reviews  United: a potted history of the airline, detailing it's growth, covering routes fleet and the ... The airline also adopted the slogan of Fly the Friendly Skies. ... All of the aircraft purchased from Pan Am in 1985 were repainted in United's Rainbow ... refused to agree, and United lapsed into bankruptcy protection in December 2002.
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Human flight, history (1919-1938) - encyclopedia article - Citizendium  Sep 28, 2013 ... Crossing the Atlantic Ocean by airplane was a first major 'race' of world ... The 1920s would show no slowdown of aerial activity in international skies. ... On 20-21 May 1927, the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight was flown...
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Jeopary Questions page 1323 - IS THAT YOUR "FINAL" ANSWER ...  AVIATION: On its first day of operation, April 17, 1973, this company founded by Fred Smith flew 186 packages  THE 1930s: In 1939 this city was home to the...
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The Spirit Flies On by Barry Schiff - Charles Lindbergh  The original Spirit was named by Harold Bixby, a private pilot, St. Louis banker, ... have to worry much about a midair collision in 1927, especially over the Atlantic. ... smiling American boy is somewhere over the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, where .... that existed during Lindbergh's takeoff from New York on May 20, 1927.
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May 21, 1927 | Charles Lindbergh Flies Solo Across the Atlantic ...  May 21, 2012 ... May 21, 1927 | Charles Lindbergh Flies Solo Across the Atlantic ... for the first pilot to fly nonstop from New York to Paris, or Paris to New York.
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theairloomproject | 747 HISTORY  A short history of the 747 within Pan American World Airways, Northwest Airlines, ... After logging more than 61 million miles, Ship 6301 flew its final flight on September ... On October 1, 1986, Northwest merged with Republic Airlines, also based in ... Northwest dropped the word Orient from its brand name after the merger.
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British Airways - Wikipedia  British Airways, often shortened to BA, is the flag carrier and the largest airline in the United ... Services to the US began on 24 May 1976 with a flight to Washington Dulles ... The formation of Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic Airways in 1984 created a .... BA CityFlyer, a wholly owned subsidiary, offers flights from its base at...
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Charles Lindbergh - Wikipedia  Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902  August 26, 1974), nicknamed Slim, Lucky ... Lindbergh was the 19th person to make a Transatlantic flight, the first being the .... he was transporting when he was forced to bail out of his mail plane owing to ..... Both men were knighted at Buckingham Palace by King George V,...
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Charles Lindbergh & the First Solo Transatlantic Flight - Space.com  Jul 20, 2012 ... Charles Lindbergh & the First Solo Transatlantic Flight | The Greatest Moments in Flight ... in New York, many doubted it would successfully cross the Atlantic Ocean. ... In 1919, Raymond Orteig, a hotel owner in New York City, offered a prize of $25,000 to the first pilot to fly nonstop from New York to Paris.
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The Morning News from Wilmington, Delaware  Page 8  May 20, 1977 ... I have been asked if I intend to fly back to New York. ... Swinging the club back, he caught me on the back of the head. ... following is a reprint of Lindbergh's own account of his flight, as published first in The New York Times on May 23, 1927. ... As you know, we (that's my ship and I) took off rather suddenly.
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United's Skies Are Friendly Again - Forbes  Sep 21, 2015 ... Case on point: In 1996 United Airlines retired the iconic Fly The Friendly Skies tagline, which was created by Leo Burnett in 1965, when the...
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Jeopary Questions page 854 - OSCAR ODDITIES - TriviaBistro.com  AIRLINES: This "colorful" low-fare airline began passenger service in 2000 with flights between JFK & Fort Lauderdale  SCIENCE & NATURE: Codeine...
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United Cuts Orders, May Give Up Routes - latimes  Mar 20, 1993 ... Wolf said this week that the company has concluded negotiations with ... and will take no more until May, 1995, when Boeing begins shipping its first 777s. ... Wolf said United will continue to take delivery of the Airbus A320,...
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I BROKED IT by outofculture  Pull Request #1  petekinnecom ...  + "question": "'When it began on Pan Am & Qantas in the late '70s, it was basically a roped-off part of the economy cabin with free drinks'",. + "value": "$800",.
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List of airline mergers and acquisitions - Wikipedia  This article lists airline mergers and acquisitions, with a brief history of each: Air Berlin ... 2005 - Merged with bankrupt US Airways, retaining the US Airways name. ... 1991 - Acquired many of Eastern Airlines routes from Miami to Latin America ... retains Continental name; 1987 - merges with People Express, Frontier, and...