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 Great Lakes - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Great Lakes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The chief ports of the Great Lakes are Fort William, Port Arthur, Hamilton, Toronto, and Kingston in Canada; and Duluth, Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, Cleveland, Erie, Toledo, and Buffalo in the USA.
Lake Superior (the largest in size and depth) is connected with Lake Huron via St Mary's River and by the Canadian and US ‘Soo’ (Sault Sainte Marie) canals.
Exotic species of wildlife introduced to the Great Lakes have caused serious problems: sea lampreys, introduced in the early 20th century, are parasites to native fish, and zebra mussels, were introduced in 1988, have clogged water pipes and destroyed indigenous species.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Great+Lakes   (661 words)

  
 Teamsters Local 747 - Airline Division - Professional Flight Deck Crewmembers
The pilots of Great Lakes Aviation, represented by Local 747, made their stance clear by unanimously voting in favor of an operational strike if future contract negotiations do not produce positive results.
Great Lakes pilots and the company have been involved in negotiations for two years, with little movement made at the negotiations table.
Great Lakes Aviation, based in Cheyenne, WY, operates BE 1900 aircraft in the Rocky Mountain and Upper Midwest Regions of the country and employs approximately 250 airline pilots.
www.ibt747.org /news/2003/02252003.htm   (281 words)

  
 FAA Proposes $75,000 Fine Against Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., has had a code-sharing agreement with United Airlines since 1992.
The FAA alleges that Great Lakes improperly offered, accepted and transported three improperly prepared company-owned shipments on one of its passenger aircraft on August 5, 1997.
Great Lakes Airlines will have 30 days from its receipt of the FAA's Civil Penalty Letter to respond to the allegations.
www.faa.gov /apa/PR/pr.cfm?id=827   (250 words)

  
 great lakes airlines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Great Lakes is a member of the Regional Airline Association.
The Great Lakes of North America industrial site is a tourism resource for travel agents, tour operators and airlines interested in attracting the European market for vacation travel in the Great...
Great Lakes Aviation travels great lengths to get people where they need to be.
www.traveler-planet.com /articles/29/great-lakes-airlines.html   (443 words)

  
 great lakes airlines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Great Lakes of North America industrial site is a tourism resource for travel agents, tour operators and airlines interested in attracting the European market for vacation travel in the Great Lakes region.
Great Lakes Airlines just lost JMS and DVL this year (they were served together out of MSP).
Great Lakes Airlines is a code share partner with United and Frontier.
literatetraveller.com /articles/23/great-lakes-airlines.html   (490 words)

  
 25 Years of Service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In October, Great Lakes Aviation was selected by the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide service to its first subsidized Essential Air Service routes.
Great Lakes Aviation was selected by United Airlines to provide regional air service at 20 locations in Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas and Nebraska to feed the Denver Hub.
Great Lakes Aviation signed a lease with the Cheyenne Airport in May that facilitated a move from Spencer, Iowa to Cheyenne, Wyoming.
www.greatlakesav.com /html/25_years_of_service.html   (512 words)

  
 SurfWax: Company News and Articles On Great Lakes Aviation
Great Lakes Aviation has extended its special fare of 99 for flights to and from Gillette until September, but many of the seats have already been filled...
Great Lakes Aviation has estimated that 20 percent of its Riverton traffic is due to NOLS, said Bruce Palmer, marketing director for NOLS..
Great Lakes employee Cherokee Williams loads luggage at the Laramie Regional Airport.
news.surfwax.com /biz/files/Great_Lakes_Aviation,.html   (2095 words)

  
 GLA - GREAT LAKES AVIATION
Contract negotiations between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Great Lakes Aviation have been at an impasse for over a year and the National Mediation Board is showing little interest in reaching a conclusion.
The pilots of Great Lakes Aviation are a dedicated and unified employee group.
We are the backbone of Great Lakes Aviation.
www.ibt747.org /airlines/gla/news/2004/082704gla.htm   (454 words)

  
 Public invited to see 'dinosaur tail' during reception at Hays Regional Airport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The airplane operates in the Great Lakes Aviation system, which means that in addition to Hays and Denver, the Sternberg Museum "dinosaur tail" is seen throughout Colorado and in Wyoming, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico and Texas.
Mary Osborne, an account executive for Great Lakes Aviation, will tell about her experience of seeing the Sternberg Museum airplane in Nebraska recently and will talk about the importance of airline service to Hays and the surrounding area.
Fort Hays State University is renting the tail space from Great Lakes Aviation for $2,000 a year for two years, with some financial assistance from the Fly Hays Committee and the Hays Regional Airport.
www.fhsu.edu /currentevents/archives/publicsee.html   (835 words)

  
 Grounding of Great Lakes Aviation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Great Lakes is resuming its operations as the FAA determines the carrier is operating them safely and in accordance with all applicable regulations.
Recent events at GLA such as growth in operations, system-wide implementation of Part 121 standards, and financial stress experienced by the carrier, in conjunction with the inspection results, suggested that the carrier could not implement an action plan to ensure compliance, and that the public safety was at risk.
With Great Lakes Airlines we had, as I understand it, five people who were assigned from the district in which that airline is based full time to oversee activities at Great Lakes Airlines.
commdocs.house.gov /committees/trans/hpw105-26.000/hpw105-26_0.HTM   (15205 words)

  
 Great Lakes Airlines. Great Lakes Airlines, Regional American Airline.
Great Lakes Airlines provides flights at 45 airports in 13 states, across America.
Great Lakes Airlines will be providing flights at 45 airports in 13 states with a fleet of 30 Beechcraft 1900D airliners and seven Embraer Brasilias.
Great Lakes state-of-the-art pressurized regional airliners offer the safety, comfort and quiet of much larger jets at a cost sized to your needs.
www.air-travels.com /Great_Lakes_Airlines.htm   (318 words)

  
 Great Lakes Airlines RSS News Feeds
A Great Lakes Airlines 19-passenger Beechcraft 1900 was the first plane to touch down on the new runway.
Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of September.
Former Enid Aviation Director Joe Atwood is one of four finalists for the aviation director job at Grand Island, Neb. Atwood left Enid Woodring Regional Airport in February after an eight-month stint.
www.readytocopy.com /news/GREAT-LAKES-AVIATION/Great-Lakes-Aviation-Airline-rss-News-Feeds.php   (414 words)

  
 Great Lakes Aviation to renew contract
The Cortez-Montezuma County Airport will renew its contract with Great Lakes Aviation adding only a few minor changes to the wording, airport assistant manager Russ Machen told the city council Tuesday night.
Machen said that the Great Lakes contract is the only alternative that Cortez has for local air service.
Machen said that since the "big snafu" last fall when Great Lakes didn’t have enough pilots, reliability has returned to what it was in years past.
www.cortezjournal.com /archives/1news465.htm   (609 words)

  
 Archives: Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Great Lakes Aviation will be replaced in Sheridan, but the move is expected to have no impact on the company's Gillette service.
Great Lakes' exit from the Sheridan market will have no bearing on the company's present service in Campbell County, said Jay Lundell, executive director of the Gillette-Campbell County Airport.
Local officials wanted Great Lakes to get the federal funding to fly bigger planes in and out of Sheridan, said Bill Bailey, director of the Sheridan Area Development Alliance.
www.gillettenewsrecord.com /articles/2005/01/14/news/news05.txt   (531 words)

  
 Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. - Fact Sheet - Hoover's
Great Lakes Aviation travels great lengths to get people where they need to be, even if it's far from the big city.
Great Lakes Aviation operates a fleet of about 30 Beechcraft 1900Ds, which have a 19-passenger capacity, and six Embraer Brasilia 120s, which have a 30-passenger capacity.
Chairman Douglas Voss controls a 40% stake in Great Lakes Aviation; the credit unit of Raytheon Aircraft owns 38%.
hoovers.com /great-lakes-aviation/--ID__16985--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml   (282 words)

  
 Great Lakes Air   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Great Lakes is a young all cargo airline.
Our team of aviation and cargo experts have decades of experience in flying cargo within Africa - in other words we know what matters to get your consignments to your destination.
We own and operate a Boeing 707-300 C, an ideally suited plane in terms of capacity as well as in terms of using available airfields in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa.
www.enteruganda.com /greatlakes.htm   (133 words)

  
 Great Lakes Airlines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Earl Wild ~ The Art of the Transcription
This is an incredible CD, marred only by audience coughing and the unnecessary, deafening applause at the end of most cuts, reminiscent of a sitcom laugh track (hence the 4 star rating instead of 5); otherwise, it would have been perfect.
www.freeglossary.com /Great_Lakes_Airlines   (256 words)

  
 Great Lakes Airlines -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Great Lakes Airlines, formerly Great Lakes Aviation, is an airline based in (Click link for more info and facts about Cheyenne, Wyoming) Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Great Lakes operates a fleet of (Click link for more info and facts about Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias) Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias and Raytheon/Beech 1900D
Great Lakes has (Click link for more info and facts about code sharing) code sharing agreements with (Click link for more info and facts about United Airlines) United Airlines and (Click link for more info and facts about Frontier Airlines) Frontier Airlines.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gr/great_lakes_airlines.htm   (98 words)

  
 Great Aviation Quotes: The Magic and Wonder of Flight   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The diversity of the phenomena of Nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment.
When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with all other stars all singing and shining together as one, the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty.
Aviation is proof, that given the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.
www.skygod.com /quotes/quotes.html   (12586 words)

  
 Tex Rankin Great Lakes Restoration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Oregon Aviation Museum has completed arrangements to acquire and restore the "Rankin Special" Great Lakes biplane, NX315Y, which crashed in the mid- sixties.
When NX315Y left the Great Lakes factory in 1931, it had been built with aerobatics in mind, and was registered as NC315Y.
The Oregon Aviation Museum is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving Oregon's colorful aviation history for future generations.
www.visi.com /~bsimon/OregonAviationMuseum/restoration.html   (490 words)

  
 Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., Limited
The report has benchmarked Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. against competing firms in the Scheduled Air Transportation industry worldwide—going beyond traditional methods of company benchmarking.
On the liability side, does Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. typically have a higher percent of payables compared to the benchmarks, or does it hold a higher concentration of long-term debt?
Important Disclaimer: This report was not prepared on behalf of or for Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd..
www.icongrouponline.com /pr/Great_Lakes_Aviation,_Ltd_US/PR.html   (680 words)

  
 South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson Press Release: Great Lakes Aviation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
WASHINGTON -- Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) applauded news today that a deal is imminent between Great Lakes Aviation and the U.S. Department of Transportation concerning the return of air service to Yankton and Brookings.
Johnson said that Great Lakes Aviation president Doug Voss reported to him that air service from Pierre to Denver is expected to resume August 1.
Great Lakes Aviation has announced it will not be resuming service on that route, Johnson said, and it's important that another carrier is found.
www.senate.gov /~johnson/releases/7-18-97greatlakes.html   (353 words)

  
 Great Lakes Pilots Unanimously Approve Strike Authorization
Great Lakes Aviation pilots recently made their stance clear when the 250 members of Local 747 unanimously voted in favor of a strike if future contract negotiations do not produce positive results.
Strike authorization votes were counted and validated at the offices of the local in Houston late February.
The Teamsters and Great Lakes Aviation have been involved in negotiations for two years with little movement made at the table.
www.teamster.org /03news/hn_030312_3.htm   (190 words)

  
 Great Lakes Pilots Conduct Informational Picketing
The picketing is in response to the unwillingness of the company to move forward in contract negotiations with the Teamster Local 747 pilots.
Great Lakes has been unwilling to negotiate on any economic issues and told the union that any issues dealing with pay, scheduling or any other item that economically impacts the company should remain as they are stated in the current contract.
Great Lakes Aviation, based in Cheyenne, Wyoming, provides United Express flights at 61 airports in 14 states.
www.teamster.org /02news/hn_021125_1.htm   (267 words)

  
 Stockwatch > News > News Item   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Great Lakes is providing scheduled passenger service at 31 airports in nine states with a fleet of Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias and Raytheon/Beech 1900D regional airliners.
A total of 160 weekday flights are scheduled at two hubs, with 156 flights at Denver and 4 flights at Phoenix.
All scheduled flights are operated under the Great Lakes Airlines marketing identity in conjunction with code-share agreements with United Airlines and Frontier Airlines at the Denver International Airport hub.
new.stockwatch.com /swnet/newsit/newsit_newsit.aspx?bid=U-pLATU154-U:GLUX-20041116&symbol=GLUX&news_region=U   (224 words)

  
 Planenews Aviation News Portal - Great Lakes Aviation Conference announces Title Sponsor.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Cessna Aircraft Company is on board as the Title Sponsor for the 2005 Great Lakes International Aviation Conference, Jan. 20 - 22, 2005, at The Lansing Center in Lansing, Michigan.
“We have participated in the Great Lakes International Aviation Conference from its inception, and it is an honor to have Cessna as the Title Sponsor for this 5th Anniversary event,” said Tom Trumball, owner of Suburban Aviation in Lambertville, MI.
Among the headliners are John and Martha King, aviation humorist Rod Machado, airshow great Julie Clark, aviation safety expert Greg Feith, and GLIAC veteran Cathe’ Fish.
www.planenews.com /modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=2915   (281 words)

  
 GLA - GREAT LAKES AVIATION
Great Lakes Announces Completion of Financial Restructuring and New CEO
Aviation, Ltd. Announces Completion of Financial Restructuring and Promotion of Chuck Howell to Chief Executive Officer
serve in his capacity as Chairman of Great Lakes' Board of Directors.
www.ibt747.org /airlines/gla/news/2003/010203gla.htm   (449 words)

  
 Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Reports May 2004 Traffic
A total of 174 weekday flights are scheduled at three hubs, with 164 flights at Denver, 4 flights at Minneapolis/St. Paul, and 6 flights at Phoenix.
All scheduled flights are operated under the Great Lakes Airlines marketing identity in conjunction with code-share agreements with United Airlines and Frontier Airlines at the Denver hub.
For further information please contact Dave Thomas, VP Marketing and Planning of Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., +1-307-432-7000.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-17-2004/0002195622&EDATE=   (225 words)

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