Rio de Janeiro/Galeão – Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport is to be all set for 2016 Olympic Games

Posté le 4 octobre 2009 de Toni G.

Brazil to privatize Rio airport to prepare for 2016 Olympics

11:05 04/10/2009 The international airport in Brazil’s largest city, Rio de Janeiro, which won the bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, will be privatized and modernized to prepare for the Olympics, the authorities said.>>

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It is the first time a South American city has been awarded the Olympic Games organization. As the Rio airport is located on the Governador Island, the enhancement works might put the Galeo Brazilian Air Force station to some temporary inconvenience.

National coffee day

Posté le 29 septembre 2009 de Toni G.

CLIMATE AND WEATHER

Posté le 15 septembre 2009 de Toni G.

U-2 – Strategic reconnaissance a/c

Posté le 28 août 2009 de Toni G.

The Dragon Lady is said to be difficult to fly, but remaining for more than 12 hours in its cockpit must have been an actual ordeal…

Ultra High Bypass (UHB) engine

Posté le 28 juin 2009 de Toni G.