#Letters to the Editor — April 23, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — April 23, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — April 23, 2022” The Issue: A judge’s ruling that the CDC overstepped its authority by imposing mask mandates for travelers. I have no use for liberals who are “outraged” over the end of mask mandates on planes and other mass-transit vehicles (“Travel masks off,” April 19). No matter how many…

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#JFK Airport’s TWA Hotel ‘Runway’ roller skating rink is back

#JFK Airport’s TWA Hotel ‘Runway’ roller skating rink is back

“JFK Airport’s TWA Hotel ‘Runway’ roller skating rink is back” This skate venue is ready for takeoff.  JFK Airport’s TWA Hotel is set to open its Roll-A-Rama skating venue for the second year in a row this weekend.  Located beneath Connie, the retro lodging’s restored 1958 Lockheed Constellation airplane-turned-cocktail lounge, the 44-by-56-foot Runway Rink will…

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#Boeing factory problems hit Air Force One production: report

#Boeing factory problems hit Air Force One production: report

“Boeing factory problems hit Air Force One production: report” Production of the new Air Force One jet by Boeing faced disruption early this year due to problems at the planemaker’s factory, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The disruption involved attempts to place one of the two jets under development…

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#How WestJet got back in the sky

#How WestJet got back in the sky

“How WestJet got back in the sky” How do you wake up an airline that’s been asleep for two years? In the spring of 2020, with the global travel sector at a near-standstill, a WestJet maintenance worker in Calgary was performing routine checks on the undercarriage of a Boeing 737 when he came under attack….

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#’Russian asset tracker’ tallies .5B worth of oligarchs’

#’Russian asset tracker’ tallies $17.5B worth of oligarchs’

“‘Russian asset tracker’ tallies $17.5B worth of oligarchs’” A new online database is pulling back the curtain on the massive wealth accumulated by cronies of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The “Russian Asset Tracker” was unveiled Monday by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, with details on $17.5 billion worth of luxury homes, aircraft, yachts…

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#Jet fuel is bad for the environment. Contrails are even worse.

#Jet fuel is bad for the environment. Contrails are even worse.

“#Jet fuel is bad for the environment. Contrails are even worse.” Airplanes constantly emit the trails every time they fly, blasting pollutants into the atmosphere. The industry behind them doesn’t know how to fix it. The fact that airplanes are climate-­damaging fuel hogs—aviation accounts for two per cent of human-caused climate change—has been obvious to…

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