Global Aviation

M A G A Z I N E

Issue 88 / December 2017

Welcome on board this Global Aircraft. In this issue of the Global Aviation Magazine, we will take a look at two more Global Lines cities Atlanta, Georgia and Rome, Italy. We also take another look at a featured aircraft in the Global Fleet. This month’s featured aircraft is the BAE 146.

We wish you a pleasant flight.

2. Atlanta, Georgia – Hotlanta

5. Rome, Italy – Eternal City

8. Pilot Information

9. Introducing the BAE 146 – British Style 11. In-Flight Movies/Featured Music

Page 1 - Introduction

Page 2 – Atlanta, Georgia - Hotlanta

Atlanta is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia, with a 2010 population of 420,003.

Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, home to 5,268,860 people and the ninth

largest metropolitan area in the country. Atlanta is the county seat of Fulton County, and a small portion of the city

extends eastward into DeKalb County.

Atlanta was established in 1837 at the intersection of two railroad lines, and the city rose from the ashes of the Civil

War to become a national center of commerce. In the decades following the Civil Rights Movement, during which the

city earned a reputation as "too busy to hate" for the progressive views of its citizens and leaders. Atlanta is the

primary transportation hub of the Southeastern United States via highway, railroad, and air, with Hartsfield–Jackson

Atlanta International Airport being the world's busiest airport since 1998. Atlanta is considered an "alpha (-) world

city," and, with a gross domestic product of US$270 billion, Atlanta’s economy ranks 15th among world cities and

sixth in the nation. Geographically, Atlanta is marked by rolling hills and dense tree coverage. Revitalization of

Atlanta's neighborhoods, initially spurred by the 1996 Olympics, has intensified in the 21st century, altering the city's

demographics, politics, and culture.

Most of Atlanta was burned during the Civil War,

depleting the city of a large stock of its historic

architecture. Yet architecturally, the city had never

been particularly "southern”—because Atlanta

originated as a railroad town, rather than a patrician

southern seaport like Savannah or Charleston, many

of the city’s landmarks could have easily been

erected in the Northeast or Midwest. In addition,

unlike many other Southern cities, such as

Richmond and New Orleans, Atlanta chose not to

retain its historic architectural characteristics,

instead viewing itself as the leading city of a

progressive "New South" and opting for expressive

modern structures.

Page 3 – Atlanta, Georgia - Hotlanta

As a result of Atlanta’s embrace of modernism, its cityscape is dominated by relatively recent architectural styles,

containing works by most major U.S. firms and some of the more prominent architects of the 20th century. The

city’s skyline, which began its marked rise in the 1960s, is punctuated with buildings of both modern and

postmodern vintage. At 1,023 feet (312 m), Atlanta’s tallest skyscraper—the Bank of America Plaza—is the 52nd-

tallest building in the world and the 9th tallest building in the United States. The city’s embrace of modern

architecture resulted in an ambivalent approach toward historic preservation, leading to the destruction of notable

architectural landmarks, including the Equitable Building (Atlanta’s first skyscraper), Terminal Station, and the

Carnegie Library. The Fox Theatre—Atlanta’s cultural icon—would have met the same fate had it not been for a

grassroots effort to save it in the mid-1970s.

Encompassing $304 billion, the Atlanta

metropolitan area is the eighth-largest

economy in the country and 17th-largest in

the world. Corporate operations comprise a

large portion of the Atlanta’s economy.

Atlanta contains the country’s third largest

concentration of Fortune 500 companies, and

the city is the global headquarters of

corporations such as Coca-Cola, Home Depot,

Delta Air Lines, and UPS.

Many corporations are drawn to Atlanta on

account of the city’s educated workforce; as

of 2010, nearly 43% of adults in the city of

Atlanta have college degrees, compared to

27% in the nation as a whole and 41% in

Boston.

Page 4 – Atlanta, Georgia - Hotlanta

As of 2010, Atlanta is the seventh-most visited city in the United States, with over 35 million visitors per year.

Although the most popular attraction among visitors to Atlanta is the Georgia Aquarium, the world’s largest indoor

aquarium, Atlanta’s tourism industry mostly driven by the city’s history museums and outdoor attractions. Atlanta

contains a notable amount of historical museums and sites, including the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic

Site, which includes the preserved boyhood home of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as his final resting place;

the Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum, a civil war museum that houses a massive painting and diorama in-

the-round, with a rotating central audience platform, depicting the Battle of Atlanta in the Civil War; the World of

Coca-Cola, featuring the history of the world famous soft drink brand and its well-known advertising; the Carter

Center and Presidential Library, housing U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s papers and other material relating to the

Carter administration and the Carter family’s life; and the Margaret Mitchell House and Museum, site of the writing

of the best-selling novel Gone With the Wind.

Atlanta has a reputation as the "city in a forest"

due to an abundance of trees that is unique

among major cities. The city’s main street is

named after a tree, and beyond the Downtown,

Midtown, and Buckhead business districts, the

skyline gives way to a dense canopy of woods

that spreads into the suburbs. The city is home to

the Atlanta Dogwood Festival, an annual arts and

crafts festival held one weekend during early

April, when the native dogwoods are in bloom.

However, the nickname is also factually accurate,

as the city’s tree coverage percentage is at 36%,

the highest out of all major American cities, and

above the national average of 27%.

Page 5 – Rome, Italy – Eternal City

Rome is the capital of Italy and the capital of Lazio. With 2.8 million residents in 496.3 sq mi, it is also the country's

largest and most populated and fourth-most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits.

Between 3.2 and 3.8 million people live in the Rome urban and metropolitan area. The city is located in the central-

western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy. Rome is referred to as

"The Eternal City", a notion expressed by ancient Roman poets and writers.

Rome's history spans more than two and a half thousand years, since its founding in 753 BC, with the union of rural

villages. It was the capital city of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, which was the

dominant power in Western Europe and the lands bordering the Mediterranean for over seven hundred years from the

1st century BC until the 7th century AD. The city is regarded as one of the birthplaces of western civilization. Since

the 1st century AD Rome has been the seat of the Papacy and, after the end of Byzantine domination, in the 8th

century it became the capital of the Papal States, which lasted until 1870. In 1871 Rome became the capital of the

Kingdom of Italy, and in 1946 that of the Italian Republic.

After the middle Ages, Rome was ruled by popes

who transformed the city into one of the major

centers of the Italian Renaissance, along with

Florence. The current version of St Peter's Basilica

was built and the Sistine Chapel was painted by

Michelangelo.

Rome was ranked in 2010 as a beta+ world city, as

well as the 28th most important global city. In 2007,

Rome was the 11th-most-visited city in the world,

3rd most visited in the European Union, and the

most popular tourist attraction in Italy. The city is

one of Europe's most successful city "brands" in

terms of reputation and assets. Its historic centre is

listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

Page 6 – Rome, Italy – Eternal City

Monuments and museums such as the Vatican Museums and the Coliseum are amongst the world's 50 most visited

tourist destinations (the Vatican Museums receiving 4.2 million tourists and the Coliseum receiving 4 million

tourists every year). Rome hosted the 1960 Summer Olympics.

There is archaeological evidence of human occupation of the Rome area from at least 14,000 years ago, but the

dense layer of much younger debris obscures Paleolithic and Neolithic sites. Evidence of stone tools, pottery and

stone weapons attest to at least 10,000 years of human presence. Several excavations supports the view that Rome

grew from pastoral settlements on the Palatine Hill built above the area of the future Roman Forum. While some

archaeologists argue that Rome was indeed founded in the middle of the 8th century BC (the date of the tradition),

the date is subject to controversy. However, the power of the well known tale of Rome's legendary foundation tends

to deflect attention from its actual, and much more ancient, origins.

Traditional stories handed down by the ancient

Romans themselves explain the earliest history

of their city in terms of legend and myth. The

most familiar of these myths, and perhaps the

most famous of all Roman myths, is the story of

Romulus and Remus, the twins who were

suckled by a she-wolf. They decided to build a

city, but after an argument, Romulus killed his

brother. According to the Romans, this was on

21 April 753 BC. This legend had to be

reconciled with a dual tradition, set earlier in

time that had the Trojan refugee Aeneas escape

to Italy and found the line of Romans through

his son Iulus, the namesake of the Julio-

Claudian dynasty.

Page 7 – Rome, Italy – Eternal City

Rome is a city famous for its numerous fountains, built in all different styles, from Classical and Medieval, to

Baroque and Neoclassical. The city has had fountains for more than two thousand years, and they have provided

drinking water and decorated the piazzas of Rome. During the Roman Empire, in 98 AD, according to Sextus Julius

Frontinus, the Roman consul who was named curator aquarum or guardian of the water of the city, Rome had nine

aqueducts which fed 39 monumental fountains and 591 public basins, not counting the water supplied to the Imperial

household, baths and owners of private villas. Each of the major fountains was connected to two different aqueducts,

in case one was shut down for service.

During the 17th and 18th century the Roman popes reconstructed other ruined Roman aqueducts and built new

display fountains to mark their termini, launching the golden age of the Roman fountain. The fountains of Rome, like

the paintings of Rubens, were expressions of the new style of Baroque art. They were crowded with allegorical

figures, and filled with emotion and movement. In these fountains, sculpture became the principal element, and the

water was used simply to animate and decorate the sculptures.

Rome is served by three airports. The intercontinental

Leonardo da Vinci International Airport is Italy's chief

airport and is commonly known as "Fiumicino Airport",

as it is located within the nearby Comune of Fiumicino,

south-west of Rome. The older Rome Ciampino Airport

is a joint civilian and military airport. It is commonly

referred to as "Ciampino Airport", as it is located beside

Ciampino, south-east of Rome. A third airport, the

Roma-Urbe Airport, is a small, low-traffic airport

located about 6 km north of the city centre, which

handles most helicopter and private flights.

Page 8 – Pilot Information

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Brussels, Belgium

Global Explorer’s Members bar/lounge area

Brussels, Belgium

Global Explorer’s Members Check-In area

Stockholm, Sweden

Global Explorer’s Members bar/lounge area

Stockholm, Sweden

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Warsaw, Poland

Global Explorer’s Members bar/lounge area

Warsaw, Poland

Page 9 – Introducing the BAE 146 – British Style

The British Aerospace 146 (also BAe 146) is a regional airliner that was manufactured in the United Kingdom by

British Aerospace, later part of BAE Systems. Manufacture of an improved version known as the Avro RJ began in

1992. A further-improved version with new engines, the Avro RJX, was announced in 1997, but only two prototypes

and one production aircraft were built before production ceased in 2001. With 387 aircraft produced, the Avro

RJ/BAe 146 is the most successful British civil jet program.

The BAe 146/Avro RJ is a high-wing cantilever monoplane with a T-tail. It has four turbofan engines mounted on

pylons underneath the wings, and has retractable tricycle landing gear. The aircraft has very quiet operation, and has

been marketed under the name Whisperjet. It sees wide usage at small city-based airports. In its primary role it serves

as a regional jet, short-haul airliner or regional airliner.

Page 10 – Introducing the BAE 146 – British Style

The BAe 146 comes in -100, -200 and -300 models. The equivalent Avro RJ versions are designated RJ70, RJ85, and

RJ100. The freight-carrying version carries the designation "QT" (Quiet Trader), a convertible passenger-or-freight

model is designated as "QC" (Quick Change). A "gravel kit" can be fitted to aircraft to enable operations from rough,

unprepared airstrips.

According to the BAe 146's chief designer, Bob Grigg, from the very start of the design process, making the aircraft

as easy to maintain as possible and keeping operator's running costs as low as possible were considerably high

priorities. Grigg highlighted factors such as design simplicity, using off-the-shelf components where possible, and the

internal use of firm cost targets and continuous monitoring. British Aerospace also adopted a system of cost

guarantees between component suppliers and the operators of the BAe 146 in order to enforce stringent requirements.

A high-mounted wing was adopted with an uninterrupted top surface; the BAe 146's wing did not make use of

leading edge extensions, which also enabled a simplified fixed tail plane. The undercarriage of the aircraft is

toughened to resist damage and stabilization is maximized by the placement of landing gear, of particular value when

operating from rough airstrips. The BAe 146 was the second aircraft, after Concorde, to use carbon brakes.

Page 11 – In-Flight Movies/Featured Music

Amazing Spiderman

The Amazing Spider-Man is the story of Peter Parker, an outcast who was abandoned by his

parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most

teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today.

As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to

understand his parents' disappearance. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with

Connors' alter-ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and

shape his destiny to become a hero.

Fantasy/Action Adventure

Expendables 2

The Expendables are back and this time it's personal... Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Lee

Christmas (Jason Statham), Yin Yang (Jet Li), Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren),Toll Road

(Randy Couture) and Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) -- with newest members Billy the Kid

(Liam Hemsworth) and Maggie (Yu Nan) aboard -- are reunited when Mr. Church (Bruce

Willis) enlists the Expendables to take on a seemingly simple job. The task looks like an

easy paycheck for Barney and his band of old-school mercenaries. But when things go

wrong and one of their own is viciously killed, the Expendables are compelled to seek

revenge in hostile territory where the odds are stacked against them.

Action Adventure/Comedy

Lawless

Lawless is the true story of the infamous Bondurant Brothers: bootlegging siblings who

made a run for the American Dream in Prohibition-era Virginia. In this epic gangster tale,

inspired by true-life tales of author Matt Bondurant's family in his novel "The Wettest

County in the World", the loyalty of three brothers is put to the test against the backdrop of

the nation's most notorious crime wave.

Drama/Biography

Savages

A Laguna Beach entrepreneurs Ben, a peaceful and charitable Buddhist, and his closest

friend Chon, a former Navy SEAL and ex-mercenary, run a lucrative, homegrown industry-

raising some of the best marijuana ever developed. They also share a one-of-a-kind love with

the extraordinary beauty Ophelia. Life is idyllic in their Southern California town...until the

Mexican Baja Cartel decides to move in and demands that the trio partners with them.

Crime Drama/Action

The Watch

Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one

night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with

aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to save their neighborhood --

and the world -- from total extermination.

Comedy

Page 12 – In-Flight Movies/Featured Music

Carlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican-American rock

guitarist. He became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s

with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, Latin music

and jazz fusion. The band's sound featured his melodic, blues-

based guitar lines set against Latin and African rhythms

featuring percussion instruments such as timbales and congas

not generally heard in rock music. Santana continued to work

in these forms over the following decades. He experienced a

resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s.

In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine listed Santana at number 15

on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. He has

won 10 Grammy Awards and 3 Latin Grammy Awards.

Carlos Santana, alongside the classic Santana lineup of their

first two albums, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of

Fame in 1998. He performed "Black Magic Woman" with the

writer of the song, Fleetwood Mac's founder Peter Green.

Green was inducted the same night.

In 2000 Supernatural won nine Grammy Awards, including

Album of the Year, Record of the Year for "Smooth", and

Song of the Year for Thomas and Itaal Shur. Santana's

acceptance speeches described his feelings about music's

place in one's spiritual existence. Later that year at the Latin

Grammy Awards he won three awards including Record of

the Year. In 2001, Santana's guitar skills were featured in

Michael Jackson's song "Whatever Happens", from the album

Invincible.

LaDonna Adrian Gaines, known by the stage name Donna

Summer, was an American singer and songwriter who gained

prominence during the disco era of the late 1970s. A five-time

Grammy Award winner, Summer was the first artist to have

three consecutive double albums reach number one on the

United States Billboard chart, and she also charted four

number-one singles in the United States within a 13-month

period.

Born into a devoutly Christian middle class African American

family in Boston, Massachusetts, Summer first became

involved with singing through church choir groups before

joining a number of bands influenced by the Motown Sound.

Influenced by the counterculture of the 1960s, she became the

front singer of a psychedelic rock band named Crow and

moved to New York City. Joining a touring version of the

musical Hair, she spent several years living in West Germany,

where she married Helmut Sommer, whose surname she

adopted as her stage name.

Returning to the United States, Summer co-wrote the song

"Love to Love You Baby." A music producer convinced her

to sing it herself, and it was released to mass commercial

success in 1975, particularly on the disco scene. Over the

following years, Summer followed this success with a string

of other disco hits, such as "I Feel Love", "MacArthur Park",

"Hot Stuff", and "Bad Girls." Becoming known as the "Queen

of Disco", she regularly appeared at Studio 54 in New York.