Getting Ready for the Boneyard – 10 Steps NOVEMBER 2024 Climate and Strategic Location Goodyear Airport (GYR) on the outskirts of Phoenix, AZ, is a favorite choice for long-term commercial airliner storage. This is mostly due to its dry, arid desert climate and strategic location. ...
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NC – When you think of states that are regularly impacted by hurricanes, you probably think of Texas, Louisiana, and Florida, but did you know that North Carolina is the third most likely state to experience hurricanes? In fact, 47 hurricanes have hit the state ...
Benefitting Aviation & Local Economies Spanish Conquistadors Spanish Fork, Utah, has an intriguing history that traces from the mid-19th century. This unique region was originally home to several Native American tribes, including the Ute and Paiute peoples. In the mid-1800s, Mormon settlers began making Spanish ...
Ice Rinks and Holiday Music Abound NOVEMBER 2024 Rooted in Ancient Traditions Christmas decorations go back many centuries and not surprisingly they are deeply rooted within ancient traditions and religious symbolism. The first Christmas celebrations were likely marked by evergreen plant derived decorations. These would ...
TX—Grapevine, Texas, is next to the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), which means that pilots will have an incredibly easy time getting to all the Christmas festivities in downtown Grapevine. The town’s Christmas season spans 40 days and contains more than 1,400 events for adults, ...
If you’re on the hunt for a Christmas adventure this year, you might want to check out Christmas, Florida. While Florida isn’t known for its snow, it does have a town where it’s Christmas all year. Christmas, Florida, is an unincorporated town located about 25 ...
Are you dreaming of a holly, jolly Christmas? Santa Claus, Indiana, provides visitors and vacationers a Christmas experience 365 days a year, but the town gets particularly jolly around the holidays. If this sounds like your idea of the perfect Christmas vacation, you should know ...
In Beijing, China, It’s Go Big or Go Home NOVEMBER 2024 The North China Plain Beijing, the captivating capital city of China, has a remarkable and storied history that stretches well over 3,000 years. Originally known as Ji, it was founded during the Western Zhou ...
Protecting Planes of All Sizes A typical modern aircraft hangar is a large, heavy-duty structure designed for the safe shelter, repair, and maintenance, as well as protective storage of aircraft. These unique buildings can be expected to have very high ceilings and huge, heavy-weight doors. ...
NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, is known for its mission to track everything in the sky in order to provide threat warnings, but did you know that it also tracks Santa and his reindeer every year? For the past few years, the NORAD ...