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Palmdale airport seeks flight boost to four daily
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Struggling to fill flights a year after commercial operations
resumed at the Palmdale airport, officials say they now want to
double the number of daily flights to four and make trips more
attractive by using fuel-efficient turboprop planes instead of jets.
While passengers favor the airport's easy access, fast check-in
and quick security-screening time, the airport must boost connecting
flights to remain commercially viable, officials said.
"We've lacked the schedule frequency that we need to make the
service work with government, military and aerospace contractors,"
said Paul Haney, ...
 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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SPEED OF SAND; Tobogganing down under at the.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
; ...team is on court. It's called sand tobogganing and like so many things in this straight...catamaran ride from Brisbane. Sand tobogganing is the highlight of a desert safari...s shoreline each evening. But the tobogganing probably runs a close second. As it...
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 "Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)")
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Wishes come true in a winter wonderland; FIVE DESERVING YOUNGSTERS ARE ENJOYING A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EXPERIENCE TOBOGGANING, SNOWMOBILING AND MEETING SANTA IN THE ARCTIC CIRLE.(News)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
; ...including husky and reindeer sleigh rides, tobogganing and snowmobiling in the winter wonderland...mum Donna also had a brilliant time tobogganing through the snowy hills. The little...were more snow at home so she could go tobogganing more often. The group also got the...
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Having snow much fun on Lapland trip; FIVE DESERVING YOUNGSTERS ARE ENJOYING A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EXPERIENCE TOBOGGANING, SNOWMOBILING AND MEETING SANTA IN THE ARCTIC CIRLE.(News)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
; ...filled homeland - trying out husky and reindeer sleighing, tobogganing, and snowmobiling as well as visiting Santa's Post Office...the most of the snow and (below) Leah gets to grips with tobogganing; D23603_48. D23603_37. GREAT FUN: Macauley and Emily...
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Ride on air Pedal the foot-pump and off we go. Eric Kendall takes a spin on traditional tobogganing and flies by the seat of his pants.
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...sledging - it gets hot going back uphill. The traditional tobogganing trick of plastic bags secured over woolly mitts with elastic bands is optional. Where to tube Much of the UK's typical tobogganing terrain is ideal. Look for gentle slopes without major obstacles...
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THE LIFFE OF BRIAN; He has been ballooning in the Alps, tobogganing on the Cresta Run and has seen off the 'Essex boys' who took over his trading floor. But now Brian Williamson faces his toughest test ever...
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
; ...afraid of a tussle. It goes hand in hand with his evident love of challenge and adrenaline. As well as ballooning he enjoys tobogganing and has taken a trip on the celebrated Cresta Run in Switzerland. And he recalls, with what seems almost like relish...
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Nine Seconds.(Ski East: The Guide To What's Happening In Your Region; Happenings)(National Tobogganing Championships)
Magazine article from: Ski
; ...The names are as silly as the costumes. And just as carefully selected, one suspects, as the wax. The annual National Tobogganing Championships, held the first weekend of February at the Snow Bowl, is the winter wingding in Camden, the lovely Mid...
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Patent No. 7,565,009 Assigned to Siemens Medical Solutions for System And Method For Dynamic Fast Tobogganing on July 21 (Pennsylvania Inventors)
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...Jianming Liang of Paoli, Pa., and Luca Bogoni of Philadelphia, have developed a system and method for dynamic fast tobogganing. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. 7,565,009 on July 21. The patent has been assigned to Siemens Medical...
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Joy of tobogganing slides into memory in Cook County
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; Iwas driving through Western Springs past Bemis Woods on Tuesday morning when I noticed the Cook County Forest Preserve District's sign for the toboggan slides. "Closed for the 2006/2007 season," said the sign, as if this were some temporary condition. Who are they kidding? The toboggan slides at
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Braving the mighty Hogbacks.(tobogganing narrative)
Magazine article from: Saturday Evening Post
; Seldom do I hark back to the troubles of my youth. Not only is it quite a hark, but I usually have trouble enough in the current era to keep me occupied. In one era and out the other, you might say. I certainly wouldn't say it, but you might. I no longer dwell on the ruckus we youth used to raise
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 "The Journal (Newcastle, England)")
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Warm welcome on Atlantic Pearl; Neil McKay enjoys walking and tobogganing in Madeira.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England)
; THE attractive red-headed lady talking animatedly about landscape gardening seemed vaguely familiar. She was describing with unbridled enthusiasm how the fertile soil on the island of Madeira was perfect for her project - creating a landscape from scratch on a cliff top looking down on the azure
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