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| NAME THAT PLANE |
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| Can you identify this
month’s aircraft? The winner
will receive a honorable mention in next
month’s issue. Contest Rules: Limit your
entry to 100 words. Send your entry by
emailing airprtpres@aol.com (preferred)
or fax to 718-995-3432. Include your
name, title and employer. |
| The winner of the Name that Plane
contest for the May issue is Ramon D.
Calara, a Customer Service Rep with
Independence Air. His entry came in only
minutes before Peter Carbonaro who is
with Port Authority at JFK. I included
parts of both entries into the following
response. The airplane in the April issue is a
U.S. Marine AV-8B Harrier. This is a
strike fighter designed to replace the A-
4M. The airplane is a V/STOL-light
attack aircraft and was introduced in
the 1990’s. The air-to-surface capabilities
have been expanded to include a
digital targeting link, GPS, the Litening
II targeting POD systems and precision
guided munitions tool. It is especially
designed to provide support for Marine
ground operations by destroying air
and surface targets. It can carry a maximum
weight of 5000 pounds of ordinance
as well as two 30MM cannon.
This airplane utilizes APG-65
Radar common ot the F/A-16 as well as
previous systems common to the AV-
8BII. The Airplane features Rolls Royce
F402 engines with thrust of 23,400
pounds and was introduced in January
of 1985. |
Other correct entries from; Herb
Sterbenz of JFK Terminal One, David
Whyte, Director of the Flying Food
Group, and Tony Colombo, Air Export
Manager of Serra International.
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| WHOZIT |
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Who is this
month's
mystery
man? Actually,
this is
a younger
photo of a
well known
face in
American
military
aviation.
What about last month’s contest?
Amazingly, out of 31 responses for Whozit
this month, we had only one correct
answer and that was from Mark Palasek,
an Import Specialist for the Bureau of
Customs and Border Protection who correctly
identified the pilot as Vincent Barbarino.
While the photograph does bear a
strong resemblance to the erstwhile actor,
John Travolta, it is really Vinnie who said
he learned all he needed to know while a
“sweathog”.
This is Mark’s winning entry.
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Possibly the easiest "Whozit" to date, the picture is of the famous pilot for Condair, Vincent Barbarino. Barbarino sweated his way through the New York educational system and somehow found his way to Aeronautics School. (The school would rather not be named.) His pilots career was short lived for several reasons. Numerous flights that he captained were late with the only reason being it was the fault of his co-pilot, Juan Epstein, followed by the fact that, "Epstein does have a note to explain this". Airline executives stated upon his release that he was, "A warm and giving young man but he just doesn't have a clue at times." A hearing was held after his dismissal and one of his flight recordings was used as evidence in the case. It was transcribed as follows: Tower: "Condair 634 do you read me?" V.B. "What" Tower: "Condair 634, what is your current heading?" V.B.: "Huh?" Tower: "Condair 634, we need to establish your position!" V.B.: "Oh, I got it! I'm here steering the plane." Tower:"That is not a valid response Condair 634. Please establish your heading, vector and altitude immediately." V.B.: "I'm so confused!" Forced into very early retirement after these hearings, Mr. Barbarino now lives in Hollywood as a film and record producer.
Runner Up Responses came from:
Glenna Hamilton-Jones, Manager of
Business Services for Council for Airport
Opportunity, Joseph Cafiero of the
Newark Medical Office, John Mojica Manager
of Airway Cleaners at JFK, Carlisle
Darymple a maintenance supervisor for
Evergreen Airlines, Mira Rosen of the
FAA International Field Office here at JFK,
Lina Lin, Eva Cargo Network in Newark,
Ron Krantz, Safety Program Manager for
Teterboro, FSDO, Carlos Vargas, Customer
Service Crew for JetBlue Airways,
Hamilton D. Argueta Mendez, Customer
Service for JetBlue, Herb Sterbenz, Terminal
One Manager, Keisha Jordan,
Melissa Passalacqua, Customer Service
Agent, JetBlue Airways, Jason Trappier,
Facility Maintenance, Oleg Olshanetsky,
M.D. with our Airport Medical Offices,
Arthur Escueta of Swissport, Heidi
Smith of Iberia Spain Airways, Shaukat
Alvi, Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor with
United Airways, Michael Ramos an Office
Manager with Air General, Ellen Mule,
TSA Supervisor, Rob Hartmann, Nissan
Auto Services on Rockaway Blvd., Jenny
Huang, Student at Fairleigh Dickinson,
Don Awald, Ground Maintenance for Lan
in Miami, Stephen Klaus, John Riggio,
Customer Service, O’Hare Airport, Marcia
Baumann, Cross Bay Realty, Christine
Innaimo, Woodbury, Connecticut, and
Mia Skutcha-Menz, Premier Food Services.
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A summary of the responses from
the “runners up” is as follows;
The man in the picture is John Travolta,
born in Englewood, New Jersey on
February 18th, 1954, the son of an owner
of a tire shop, who has starred in numerous
motion pictures including Saturday
Night Fever, Grease, Pulp Fiction and
Staying Alive amongst many others. He
has one many awards including Golden
Globes and London Film Critics award and
has been nominated for but not won an
Academy Award. And yes, John Travolta is
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aircraft and owns a 707 which is kept on his own airstrip in Ocala, Florida.
Send your entry by emailing airprtpres@aol.com (preferred) or fax to
718-995--3432. Include your name, title and employer. |
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