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	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines at AllExperts
		KLM was founded on October 7, 1919, making it the oldest carrier in the world still operating under its original name.
		The first KLM flight was on May 17, 1920, with a flight from London to Amsterdam carrying two English journalists and a number of newspapers.
		KLM is well known by business travellers since 1952 for presenting to its business and first class passengers, during the flight, small Delftware, blue and white porcelain reproductions of old Amsterdam canal houses, which are filled with Bols jenever liquor [2].
	en.allexperts.com /e/k/kl/klm_royal_dutch_airlines.htm (908 words)

	KLM Constellation air disaster 1948 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The KLM Lockheed Constellation airplane Nijmegen (identification PH-TEN) crashed near Prestwick, Scotland on 20 October 1948, killing all thirty-four aboard.
		KLM pilot guidelines, drafted by Parmentier himself, forbade a landing at Prestwick in low cloud on the alternative runway.
		The court of enquiry was astonished to find that KLM had relied on maps from a foreign authority when detailed and correct maps were available from the Ordnance Survey.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/KLM_Constellation_air_disaster_1948 (1058 words)

	Air France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Air France (Compagnie Nationale Air France) is a subsidiary of Air France-KLM.
		Air France-KLM is the largest airline company in the world in terms of operating revenues, and the third-largest in the world (largest in Europe) in terms of passengers-kilometers.
		Air France-KLM is part of the SkyTeam Alliance with Delta Air Lines, Aeroméxico, Korean Air, CSA Czech Airlines, Alitalia, Northwest Airlines, and Continental Airlines.
	www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Air_France (1284 words)

	Accidents and incidents in aviation - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The 1960 New York air disaster, on December 16, 1960, in which a United Airlines Douglas DC-8 jet collided with a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation propliner over Staten Island, New York.
		Lockerbie disaster — On December 21 1988 Boeing 747 was destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, killing all 278 on board and another 11 on the ground
		Air France Flight 4590 was a Concorde flight from Charles de Gaulle International Airport near Paris, France to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, New York, which crashed on July 25, 2000, in Gonesse, France shortly after takeoff, killing all on board and four on the ground.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/a/i/r/Air_disaster.html (1792 words)

	Lockheed Constellation. Who is Lockheed Constellation? What is Lockheed Constellation? Where is Lockheed Constellation? ...
		The Lockheed Constellation was a four-engine propeller-driven aircraft built by Lockheed between 1943 and 1958 in its Burbank, California facility.
		It was used as both a civilian airliner and U.S. military air transport plane, seeing service in the Berlin Airlift and as the presidential aircraft for President Eisenhower.
		The Constellation is distinguished by its distinctive triple-tail design and graceful, dolphin-shaped fuselage.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Lockheed_Constellation (201 words)

	Encyclopedia: Airline
		The peak of German air travel came in the mid-1930s, when Nazi propaganda ministers approved the start of commercial zeppelin service: the big airships were a symbol of industrial might, but the fact that they used flammable hydrogen gas raised safety concerns that culminated with the Hindenburg disaster of 1937.
		Bilateral agreements are based on the "freedoms of the air," a group of generalized traffic rights ranging from the freedom to overfly a country to the freedom to provide domestic flights within a country (a very rarely granted right known as cabotage).
		Air France Boeing 747 Air France (Compagnie Nationale Air France) is a subsidiary of Air France-KLM.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Airline (7918 words)

	Airline Summary
		KLM was founded in 1919, the oldest carrier operating under its original name.
		The peak of German air travel came in the mid-1930s, when Nazi propaganda ministers approved the start of commercial zeppelin service: the big airships were a symbol of industrial might, but the fact that they used flammable hydrogen gas raised safety concerns that culminated with the Hindenburg disaster of 1937.
		Bilateral agreements are based on the "freedoms of the air," a group of generalized traffic rights ranging from the freedom to overfly a country to the freedom to provide domestic flights within a country (a very rarely granted right known as cabotage).
	www.bookrags.com /Airline (4921 words)

	List of notable accidents and incidents on commercial aircraft at AllExperts
		March 13, BOAC Lockheed Constellation*, "Belfast", arrived at Singapore from Sydney, Australia, and crashed on landing at the Kallang Airport, killing 32 passengers and 1 crew.
		The 58 passengers and crew on the DC-7, and the 70 passengers and crew on the Constellation were all killed.
		The crew successfully glided the aircraft to a safe landing at a former air force base at Gimli, Manitoba, hence the aircraft became known as the Gimli Glider.
	en.allexperts.com /e/l/li/list_of_notable_accidents_and_incidents_on_commercial_aircraft.htm (9745 words)

	Klm
		KLM Cityhopper KLM Cityhopper is the regional arm of Schipol International Airport.
		KLM Constellation air disaster 1948 The 1948, killing all thirty-four aboard.
		KLM UK KLM UK is the former name of a Norfolk, England, which began as Air Anglia.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/klm.html (88 words)

	Daftar kecelakaan pesawat penumpang - Wikipedia Indonesia
		The 58 passengers and crew on the DC-7, and the 70 passengers and crew on the Constellation were all killed.
		The pilots had both requested permission to fly in undesignated airspace to give their passengers a better view and the crash was attributed to the pilots not seeing each other until it was too late.
		Desember 16 -- The 1960 New York air disaster: United Airlines Penerbangan 826, a DC-8, and TWA Penerbangan 266, a Superconstellation, collided over Staten Island in New York.
	id.wikipedia.org /wiki/Daftar_kecelakaan_pesawat_penumpang (1683 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Europe Select is offered on all Boeing 737 aircraft, is KLM's premium product on shorter sectors, offering a 33 inch pitch, a meal service on board (hot or cold meals depend on the length of the flight), priority boarding, extra baggage allowance, double Flying Blue miles, and fully flexible booking.
		KLM Economy offers a 31" pitch on all longhaul aircraft except the Airbus A330-200, which offers a 32" pitch.
		On March 27, 1977, KLM Flight 4805 & Pan Am Flight 1736 collided at Los Rodeos Airport on the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, killing 583 people, the worst disaster in aviation history.
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/KLM
		Since 1952 KLM has presented its business and first class passengers, during the flight, with small Delftware, blue and white porcelain reproductions of old Amsterdam canal houses, which are filled with Bols jenever liquor
		KLM Asia is a wholly KLM owned subsidiary, founded in 1995, with the purpose to start flights to Taipei, Taiwan.
		KLM Asia is regularly seen in Los Angeles and sometimes Montreal.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/KLM_Royal_Dutch_Airlines (1691 words)

	1940 Air Terminal Museum - Houston Aviation History Timeline
		The contract air mail carriers are beginning to offer passenger flights during the day to a few brave souls.
		New Orleans-based Weddell Williams Air Service is awarded Contract Air Mail Route 29 from New Orleans to Houston as a result of air mail contract re-bidding used to resolve “Spoils Conference” air mail scandal.
		Houston adds an international wing to the 1940 Air Terminal, along with a new fourth floor, containing air traffic control offices and a new, larger control tower cab, which are designed by architect Roy W. Leibsle.
	www.1940airterminal.org /houstonaviationtimeline.htm (3628 words)

	KLM's Constellation "Nijmegen" crash, Prestwick 1948
		Joined Fokker in 1920, from there to Dutch Air Force and finally to KLM in 1929.
		However, their official KLM printed and issued chart showed the highest point of the power lines at 45 instead of 450 feet.
		The 1957 Neutron crash at Biak, West Papua was a disaster and a disgrace.
	www.cyberbore.com /sansrancune/nijmegencrash.html (1161 words)

	History of Bournemouth (Hurn) Airport by Vernon Rabbetts
		The Whitley had performed well for an aircraft that was called the "Flying Barn Door" but caused everyone consternation when they discovered that it did not have enough power to tow a fully laden Horsa glider, the job it had been assigned to do.
		Perhaps it was the fact that the aircraft actually jumped of from Portreath in Cornwall that was the cause, but Husky from a British Airborne Troop perspective was a disaster with only 5% of the whole force being effective during the campaign.
		Station 492 as Hurn was designated was the base, briefly, for the 397th (Medium) Bomb Group of the 9th Air Force under the command of Richard T. Coiner, flying B-26 Marauders.
	www.largescaleplanes.com /FullScale/VernonRabbets/HurnAirport/Hurn.html (3028 words)

	Airline Disasters - Fun Facts, Questions, Answers, Information
		The first airline disaster in the United States was a ground collision involving a Colonial Air Transport Fairchild FC-2.
		On June 1, 1943 a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Douglas DC-3 was shot down, resulting in 17 fatalities.
		Often called the worst airline disaster in Chicago's history, 273 lives were lost when an engine mount failed and the engine fell off of the aircraft, causing a complete loss of control.
	www.funtrivia.com /en/subtopics/Airline-Disasters-213695.html (543 words)

	KLM Super Constellation "Triton" crash, Shannon 1954
		With Parmentier one of the first KLM pilots and another pioneer on the Amsterdam-Batavia route; like Air France's Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and American Airlines' Ernest K. Gann a writer.
		Nevertheless, Viruly succeeded Parmentier of the Nijmegen crash as KLM's chief pilot; which was his function when he crashed the Triton.
		In 1948 KLM's chief pilot Parmentier crashed Constellation Nijmegen at Prestwick, Scotland.
	www.cyberbore.com /sansrancune/triton.html (722 words)

	Aircraft Crashes — Infoplease.com
		TWA Super Constellation and United Airlines DC-7 collided over the Painted Desert, killing a total of 128 passengers and crew from both aircraft.
		Air France Concorde jet en route to N.Y. crashed into a hotel after taking off from Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris; all 109 aboard and 4 on the ground were killed; first Concorde jet to crash since the plane went into commercial service in 1976.
		Air China Boeing 767 en route from Beijing crashed into a forested hillside near airport, killing at least 115 people.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0001449.html (2408 words)

	Airplane Disasters, Aviation Disasters: Fear of Flying Site
		Air traffic control at the airport reported seeing only one plane in the air at the time -- the Boeing 737.
		1977: When a KLM Boeing 747 and a Pan American Boeing 747 jet collided on the runway of the Tenerife airport in the Canary Islands, 582 people were killed, including 249 on the KLM jet and 333 of 394 on board the Pan American jet.
		Most of the dead people were found in the Air France lounge, but at least one died in an elevator and another in a restroom.
	www.celebratetoday.com /airdis.html (22366 words)

	List of notable accidents and incidents on commercial aircraft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		February 26 - Eastern Air Lines Flight 21, a Douglas DC-3, crashes while descending to land at Atlanta, Georgia killing 16 of 25 aboard; World War I hero and Eastern Air Lines president Eddie Rickenbacker was among the survivors.
		The cause of the disaster is determined to be the same metal fatigue problem that brought down BOAC Flight 781 on January 10 of the same year.
		August 14 - KLM Flight 607-E en route from Brussels to New York crashes into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after take-off from Shannon Airport in Ireland, killing all 99 passengers and crew on board, including six members of the Egyptian fencing team; the probable cause is undetermined but is thought to be an overspeeding propeller.
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	SBI Pan Am Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Despite the hot stock success, Pan Am management had to fight off a hostile takeover by the companies that are now Boeing, Pratt and Whitney Engines and United Airlines.
		Although the original Pan Am was a fairly safe airline, few will forget the disaster at Tenerife, Canary Islands in 1977.
		As the Victor sat at the end of the runway, a KLM 747 started it's take-off without receiving clear approval from the tower.
	www.skyboyintl.com /airline/PanAm/pa.htm (822 words)

	Diet Pills - Klm air
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		KLM is the Netherlands' main air carrier and operates from Schiphol Airport, near Amsterdam.
		KLM Royal Dutch Airlines travel planning site for your (last-minute) flight tickets, hotel reservations and car hire.
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	Timeline Air Crashes
		Later reports of a missile attack were tracked to a Navy P-3 Orion flying at 20,000 feet as opposed to the altitude of the Boeing at 13,600 feet.
		In 1997 the FBI issued a report that the disaster was caused by an explosion in the central fuel tank and was not the result of sabotage.
		2003 Mar 6, An Air Algerie Boeing 737 jet crashed killing 102 passengers and crew in the southern Algerian province of Tamanrasset.
	www.timelines.ws /subjects/Aircrashes.HTML (9820 words)

	Aviation Photos: Partnair
		Sold as C-FKFL June 6th 1991, cvt to freighter and since February 1997 with Air Freight NZ as ZK-KFH.
		LN-PAJ (cn B-85) Built 1970, bought by Partnair December 20th 1978 as the 1st of 2 King Air 100s, and it was the longest operated aircraft in Partnair as it was retained until Partnair suspended its operations.
		LN-BWN (cn 114) Originally built 1953 as a CV-340 for KLM; cvtd to CV-580 in 1967.
	www.airliners.net /search/photo.search?airlinesearch=Partnair&distinct_entry=true (489 words)

	Airplane Accidents 1960-1989
		USA, Illinois, Chicago: Air Chicago Freight Aircraft, a converted B25 bomber crashed during an emergency landing at Midway airport; 2 pilots and 1 person on the ground died.
		UK, Shetlands, near Sumburgh: Dan Air Hawker Siddeley H-748-1 overran a runway and crashed into the ocean; 17 people died, 30 survived.
		West Germany, Ramstein Airforce Base, During air-show three jets from Italian Air Force air acrobatic team collided in mid-air and crashed, 3 pilots and 67 people on the ground died, hundreds were injured
	www.disaster-management.net /airpl_acc60-89.htm (3606 words)

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	eBay — lufthansa airway, twa air line and twa air items on eBay.com. Find IT on eBay. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Air Tahiti Nui overnight bag with slippers and pajama set
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	Bluegrass Airlines May 2004 pireps with comments
		for immediate flight direct to the disaster sight.
		Thanks for the time put in to give pilots like me a chance to fly in such great terrain.Archie.
		I used the Junker as a test flight.I found it to be a very good ship but,reluctant to leave the skies and land.I noticed a huge canyon at WO74"45" SO12"15".i am going to create a flight of its entire length in an Otter.Will post results.Cheers Archie.
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