PUBLIC FORUM : DRIVE FOR AVIATION MUSEUM `OFF THE GROUND'.The Burbank Aviation Museum thanks the Daily News for its coverage of the opening of our first permanent location (``Getting off the ground,'' July 17). When famed ``Skunk skunk, name for several related New World mammals of the weasel family, characterized by their conspicuous black and white markings and use of a strong, highly offensive odor for defense. Works'' test pilot Robert Gilliland cut the ribbon to open the museum, tears welled up in my eyes In My Eyes was a Boston straight edge band that spearheaded the 1997 youth crew revival along with Ten Yard Fight, Bane, The Trust, Fastbreak and Floorpunch. The band and its members were a part of the hot bed that was the Boston music scene in the late 90's and early 2000's. . This very significant event has been a long awaited and sometimes agonizing goal; it has finally come to be. We are located in a beautiful chamber inside the detailed structure of the Portal of the Folded Wings, which in itself is very historic. The structure was originally built in 1924 as the main entrance to Valhalla Memorial Park. It was formally dedicated as the Portal of the Folded Wings, a Shrine to Aviation, in December 1953. Interred in the portal are many famous aviators Well-known aviators People largely known for their contributions to the history of aviation While all of these people were pilots (and some still are), many are also noted for contributions in areas such as aircraft design and manufacturing, navigation or , including Carl B. Squire, co-founder of Lockheed Aircraft This is a list of aircraft produced or proposed by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation from its founding as the Lockheed Aircraft Company in 1926 to its merging with Martin Marietta to form the Lockheed Martin Corporation in 1995. Co.; Maltide J. Moisant, the second licensed female pilot in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ; Roy Knabenshue, Bertrum Kinner, Walter Brookins, Bertrant Acosta, Charles Taylor
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To organize an aviation museum in the Burbank-San Fernando Valley area is not a new idea, but it has been recognized by many across the nation as a must. We are indeed, ``off the ground'' and plan on flying even higher to find a facility were these wonderful aircraft can be displayed. Our rich aviation heritage deserves to be preserved and presented. - Les Copeland President Burbank Airport Museum Airport security lags I have been watching with growing incredulity the coverage of the TWA TWA Time-weighted average, see there jetliner catastrophe in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Apparently, American airport security is lagging to an enormous extent behind major European airlines, which are fully equipped with machinery developed by American industry that can detect far beyond the X-ray equipment in use in the United States. The Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control has, to date, not authorized the use of these machines in America, although it has not protested their use overseas. In the wake of the ValueJet, Delta and TWA disasters, the time has come to take a long, hard and severe look at the FAA and the laxity laxity /lax·i·ty/ (lak´si-te) 1. slackness or looseness; a lack of tautness, firmness, or rigidity. 2. slackness or displacement in the motion of a joint.lax´ laxity looseness. of safety precautions in this country. - Sherrie E. Gogerty Winnetka Educating illegals The July 14 Viewpoint article by Marianne Means, ``Education ban only picks on kids,'' is the most asinine article I have ever read. Gov. Pete Wilson For others named Pete Wilson, see . Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American Republican politician from California. Wilson served as the thirty-sixth Governor of California (1991–1999), the culmination of more than three decades in the public arena that favors an education ban for 350,000 plus children of illegal immigrants and so do I and a majority of California voters per Proposition 187. I don't care
"Don't Care" is a 1994 (see 1994 in music) single by American death metal band Obituary. whether it costs a dime; these kids and parents are illegal and breaking the law. What good are any laws if they're not obeyed. If one law can be broken without consequences, then why not all laws? Why is it our responsibility to educate, house, feed, or whatever, the illegals? Let their own country provide for them and educate them. A very simple solution is for the authorities to escort these children home, pick up the parents (who are illegal and breaking our laws) and immediately take them back across the border. Let's think about the education and future for our own children, which is sorely in need of thinking about. Let's all stand up for U.S. citizens for a change. - Del Richards Woodland Hills Hateful demagogues like Marianne Means really burn me up. Her insane argument that foreign criminals have any right to the fruits of my labor is preposterous. - David Haas Valencia The article by Marianne Means about educating the children of illegal immigrants completely ignores the issue of lawbreaking. Which laws are OK to break or ignore and by whom? When these lawbreakers are identified, they should be returned to their own country. After all, we are already giving millions of dollars to many so-called Third World countries to help with their economies. - Joan Martin Sunland Practicing civility D.C. Phillips wondered (Public Forum July 11) ``if it is too late for us to seek and then practice civility in our discussions of civil rights?'' He should start in his own home. Name calling - using ``goons'' - is the height of childishness and benightedness. I humbly suggest he start his campaign toward civility immediately. - Eileen O'Neill West Hills Feminism's `bedfellows' Regarding ``Feminism's strange bedfellows . . . er . . . bedpersons'' by Kathleen Parker Kathleen Parker is a conservative U.S. columnist whose columns frequently focus on family, sex roles, and race. Her column is syndicated nationally by The Washington Post Writers Group. , Opinions, July 12: I am writing in response to Parker's comments regarding the presence of COYOTE, PONY, HIRE, Exotic Dancers Alliance and the National Task Force on Prostitution at the National NOW convention in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Nev. As the executive director of the Southern California Chapter of COYOTE, I want to challenge the assertions she makes regarding feminism, choice and equal protection. She says that feminism used to be ``something about giving women choices and equal protection . . . but does that mean all choices are equal? . . . Some choices are just plain bad . . .'' Feminists and others need not condone or endorse a particular choice made by another in order to fully support the right of the other to make that choice. In the instance of individuals making choices considered immoral by others, such as abortion, sexual paring preferences and prostitution, the issue should not be whether a feminist must embrace another's individual choice to be a feminist, but whether the individual making the offensive ``bad'' choice with one's own life be branded a lawbreaker and subject to criminal penalties, such as fines and incarceration Confinement in a jail or prison; imprisonment. Police officers and other law enforcement officers are authorized by federal, state, and local lawmakers to arrest and confine persons suspected of crimes. The judicial system is authorized to confine persons convicted of crimes. . It is not a matter of whether prostitutes, dancers and strippers are or should be ``role models,'' but whether your daughters will grow up with the right to make choices for which they will not be punished by law. That is what feminism is about - the right to choose goals, professions, and moral standards for one's own life, and not to accept the limited choices offered by Kathleen Parker et al. - Norma Jean Almodovar Panorama City Nader rebutted In response to Ralph Nader's commentary on congressional salaries July 17: No one who makes a living sponging off of frivolous and vexatious lawsuits has any business telling anyone else they're overpaid o·ver·pay v. o·ver·paid , o·ver·pay·ing, o·ver·pays v.tr. 1. To pay (a party) too much. 2. To pay an amount in excess of (a sum due). v.intr. To pay too much. . Clayton D. Jones West Hills CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO The Burbank Aviation Museum get a permanent home. Jer emy Greene/Daily News |
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