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RTW – The Final Rundown RTW – The Final Rundown

Here is a final rundown of my Round the World trip. Statistics Total distance travelled 49,874 miles (80,264 km) Total days 42 (six weeks) Equator crossings Four Continents Six (all except for Antarctica). Countries Eight (plus an additional three went through in-transit, so I did not officially enter those countries) Total photos taken 8,900 (plus or minus a couple). Weight gained 10 kg. Not me, but my luggage. Illness received One cold from New ...

FYI [HELP-Matrix Blog] Pope Francis and Liberation Theology ~By Samuel Gregg FYI [HELP-Matrix Blog] Pope Francis and Liberation Theology ~By Samuel Gregg

http www.nationalreview.com corner 349432 pope-francis-and-liberation-theology http www.nationalreview.com node 349432 via NRO Posted 5 28 2013 ++++ ++++ By Samuel Gregg May 28, 2013 9 48 AM So is Pope Francis a closet liberation theologian, or someone with strong sympathies for the school of thought? It's a question that's been raised many times since Jorge Mario Bergoglio's election to the papacy in March. Most recently, the New York Times weig ...

Argentine Air Force to get two Bell 412EPs Argentine Air Force to get two Bell 412EPs

Even though the second unit is purportedly registered in Argentina by Chilean operator Heliandes, contract documentation indicates that it actually belongs to Canadian operator Eagle Copters, which also has a Chilean subsidiary (photo Luis Quintana). According to press releases, documents and rumours circulating the web, the Ministry of Defence purchased two Bell 412EP in February 2013. Ostensibly, they are destined to be operated by the Argentin ...

LANs Dreamliners resume flights LANs Dreamliners resume flights

Boeing 787-816 registered as CC-BBB leaves the active at Arturo Merino Bentez International after the first test flight with new batteries (photo LAN). Last day May 15th, 2013 LAN Airlines conducted the first test flight requested by the Chilean Aeronautical Authority for the upgraded Boeing 787 Dreamliner, after implementing the modifications of the aircrafts battery system. The problem forced the flights cancelation of the Dreamliner, when thre ...

Boeing 737 Boeing 737

The Boeing 737 is a short- to medium-range twin-engine narrow-body jet airliner. Originally developed as a shorter, lower-cost twin-engine airliner derived from Boeing's 707 and 727, the 737 has developed into a family of nine passenger models with a capacity of 85 to 215 passengers. The 737 is Boeing's only narrow-body airliner in production, with the -600, -700, -800, and -900ER variants currently being built. A re-engined and redesigned versio ...

My first Dreamliner… “Batteries not included” My first Dreamliner… “Batteries not included”

LANs first Dreamliner, CC-BBA, landing in Santiago de Chile Arturo Merino Bentez at the end of a LAN 456 flight in late October 2012 (photo Alejandro Torres). As it has been the case in a few other reports in the Flight Critic series, family affairs and the need to visit Buenos Aires before Christmas and New Year proposed me and my teenage son our first chance to experiment a flight in what Boeing defines as a plane that is more than a dream. Hav ...

Aeromexico Announces Its Second Flight from San Francisco to Mexico City

Aeromexico Announces Its Second Flight from San Francisco to Mexico City Aeromexico announced its new frequency from San Francisco to Mexico City starting on July 15th, adding its second daily direct flight between these major destinations. The frequencies offered by the airline from San Francisco increase due to the demand of business and leisure travelers that take advantage of the wide network of connections that Aeromexico offers within Mexic ...

Argentine Air Force Anniversaries Catalogue Argentine Air Force Anniversaries Catalogue

In 2012, Air Force celebrated the Military Aviation School centennial. In addition to a massive, multinational celebration held in Crdoba on 10 August, most service aircraft were decorated with 100 years stickers, as modelled by Fokker F.28s T-50 and TC-52 during the centennial air parade (photo Gabriel Luque). Shortly after gaining institutional independence, Argentine Air Force (Fuerza Area Argentina, or FAA) saw it fit to start celebrating lan ...

Latin American Aviation Icon, Robert (Bobby) Booth Dies at 84 Latin American Aviation Icon, Robert (Bobby) Booth Dies at 84

You are here Home Feature Latin American Aviation Icon, Robert (Bobby) Booth Dies at 84 Robert Bobby Booth, who died aged 84 in Miami on April 11 following hip surgery, was one of the great figures in the expansion of civil aviation in Latin America in the second half of the 20th century. Well known in Lima, where he lived for many years, Bobby was associated above all, in those days, with the expansion of Braniff where his flair for marketing he ...

African Roundup- February and March 2013.

A big talking point around Africa and elsewhere is whether the explosive growth of the Gulf (and Turkish) airlines , including on sixth freedom sectors within Africa, is a good thing or not. Is their dominance and massive investment good business or is there a real danger that they could weaken African airlines to such an extent that if they were to leave or pull off sectors there would be no homegrown substitute to fill the gap? The free market ...