Ron Cain flew this very Mooney Mite, then owned by Dan Shumaker, 50 years ago. His daughter Lisa Burt is at the controls in 2024. Californian Dan Shumaker and Texan Ron Cain struck up a conversation at the 1972 Reno Air Races, not over airplanes, but cameras. They each had the same model Pentax in […]
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) is reportedly selling its stakes in major airports, including Brussels, Copenhagen, Birmingham, Bristol, and London City, to capitalise on post-Covid travel recovery. The portfolio, valued at over £10bn, has attracted interest from minority shareholders and external bidders like Macquarie. The sale reflects a growing investor appetite for infrastructure assets
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Support for financing loss and damage isn’t keeping pace with climate impacts in vulnerable countries. Climate change is causing many development setbacks and creating a vicious cycle of risks for vulnerable countries. In 2022 alone, developing countries incurred US$109 billion in losses and damages. By 2030, they could require US$200 billion to US$400 billion annually.
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, Nov 24 (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Hezbollah fired heavy rocket barrages at Israel on Sunday, with Israeli media reporting that a building had been hit near Tel Aviv, after a powerful Israeli airstrike killed at least 20 people in Beirut the day before. Israel also struck Beirut’s Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs, where intensified bombardment over the
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After a turbulent week in Baku, a deal was reached in the early hours of Sunday, 24 November. The big number to focus on is the $300bn a year that developing nations will receive from rich countries in climate funding by 2035, a far lower sum than the $1.3trn goal many had hoped for. ADVERTISEMENT
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We all know where most turkeys end up on Thanksgiving. But for a lucky pair, a presidential pardon will save them from the table. The presidential turkey pardon is a wacky American tradition that some historians date back to President Harry Truman. The chairman of the National Turkey Federation, an organization that advocates on behalf
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Credit: Nancy Isime/Instagram There’s just something flawless about brown on melanin-rich skin, isn’t there? It brings out this undeniable depth and richness, like a perfect harmony of tones. Nancy Isime gave us all the feels when she stepped out yesterday in a cute knee-length brown suit dress for hosting duties in Ondo State, Southwestern Nigeria.
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Glenn Brasch, the force behind AirportCourtesyCars.com and a frequent contributor of photographs to General Aviation News, sent in this photo with a note: “A Hughes helicopter and a very brave electrical worker maintain a power line in Tucson, Arizona, on Nov. 1, 2024.” Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the
Finnair has been forced to cancel around 300 flights in the face of a pre-Christmas pilots’ strike which is set to affect approximately 33,000 customers. On November 24, 2024, Finnair said that the Finnish Air Line Pilots’ Association had advised the Finnish flag carrier that the strikes will be held on December 9 and 13,
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Illegal artisanal gold mining in South Africa is in the spotlight again. Under Operation Vala Umgodi (“plug the hole”), South African authorities have since December 2023 been trying to disrupt the illicit gold mining economy by cutting off water, food and other supplies to the miners working underground. The operation is an attempt to “stamp
