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Most Unusual Landings Of Aircrafts !!!!
A Lion Air plane is seen in the water after it missed the runway in Denpasar, Bali.

Navy officers and firemen work in the rescue of a private aircraft of aerial company Ocean Air which fell on Guanabara Bay upon landing at Santos Dumond airport on August 12, 2010 in Rio de Janeiro,

Emergency services attend to the scene of a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane which crashed on landing at Schiphol airport on February 25, 2009 in Haarlem The Netherlands.

A Saha Airlines Boeing 707 is seen where it finished its skid after careering off the runway at Tehran Mehrabad Airport April 22, 2005 in Tehran, Iran.

A handout photo provided by Russian news agency Agentstvo-Novostei TV2 and taken on July 11, 2011 shows the wreck of Antonov-24 passenger plane, floating on the Ob River in Siberia shortly after the plane’s emergency landing. The plane belonging to the Angara airline was forced to make an emergency landing on the Ob River in Siberia on July 11,2011.

NEW YORK – JANUARY 15: Rescue boats float next to a US Airways plane floating in the water after crashing into the Hudson River in the afternoon on January 15, 2008 in New York City. The Airbus 320 flight 1549 crashed shortly after take-off from LaGuardia Airport heading to Charlotte, North Carolina.

A Falcon Grand Air cargo jet sits amid the tombstones of Mt. Olivet Cemetery after skidding off the runway at Detroit City Airport during an emergency landing August 28, 2001 in Detroit, Michigan.

Police and fire department personnel, including Hindustan Aeronautics Limited officials, gather near a Schweizer helicopter that made an emergency landing on the rooftop of a residential building in Bangalore on April 12, 2012. A trainee helicopter pilot made an emergency landing on the rooftop of an apartment building in a busy residential district in southern India on Thursday after developing engine trouble.

A Peruvian Navy helicopter which was transporting humanitarian aid for the victims of the 7.9-magnitude earthquake that rocked Peru on Wednesday, is seen on the roof of an uninhabited deposit in Ica, more than 400 km south of Lima, 17 August 2007, after it’s pilot made an emergency landing. The pilot looked for the safest place possible to attempt a landing, after the chopper apparently lost height.

A helicopter lands on the Tiradentes Avenue, after being forced to do so due to the heavy rain, on December 14, 2010 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

A China Airlines aircraft Boeing 737 lies in ruins at Naha Airport August 20, 2007 in Okinawa, Japan. The aircraft’s left engine exploded after landing following it’s flight from Taiwan. Despite the resultant fire destroying the plane all 165 people on board escaped safely.

Picture taken 29 October 2007 shows the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed into a tanker as it was attempting an emergency landing at Rudskogen near Rakkestad, southeastern Norway, 29 October. A private helicopter with three people on board crashed into an oil lorry in southeastern Norway 29 October, narrowly avoiding disaster as it rammed the cabin and not the full tank, police said. No one was injured in the accident, which occurred as the pilot was trying to carry out an emergency landing.

A photo taken by a local resident, shows the wreckage of a helicopter next to the wall of the compound where according to officials, Osama bin Laden wss shot and killed in a firefight with U.S. forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan on Monday, May 2, 2011.
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Message For The Day….Need For Moral and Spiritual Education To Children…

World”s Most Stylish Airports !!!

The distinctive Worldport terminal at New York’s JFK Airport is earmarked for demolition. It was orignally known as the Pan Am terminal, and with its flying saucer shape, has appeared in a number of films, including Live and Let Die. Its impending demise has upset many, who see it as an important relic of the air travel’s glamorous heydey, and a campaign group is fighting to have it saved.

TWA Flight Centre, JFK
Highlights: recently refurbished, stylish exterior (designed by Robert Stern) made to resemble a bird landing, impressive interior with “passenger tubes”, aviation museum.

Changi Airport, Singapore
Highlights: butterfly garden, orchids, five metre “Green Wall”, handles 46.5 million passengers a year, has won over 390 awards.

Dubai International Airport, UAE
Highlights: £3 billion Terminal 3, very cool elevators.

Madrid-Barajas Airport, Spain
Highlights: trendy Terminal 4, designed by Antonio Lamela and Richard Rogers, has won awards and is one of the world’s largest.

Samui Airport, Thailand
Highlights: relaxing departure lounge feels more like a hip bar than an airport

Marrakesh Menara Airport, Morocco
Highlights: stylish exterior covered in arabesques blends modernity with tradition

Los Angeles International Airport, US
Highlights: distinctive “Theme Building” resembles a flying saucer on four legs – a restaurant is suspended beneath

Denver International Airport, US
Highlights: Teflon-coated fibreglass roof resembles the Rocky Mountain views, artwork often displayed inside, solar powered

King Abdulaziz International Airport, Saudi Arabia
Highlights: Hajj terminal built specifically for pilgrims visiting Mecca covers 100 acres and is known for its tent-shaped roof

O’Hare International Airport, Chicago, US
Highlights: one of the world’s busiest airports, regularly voted America’s best

Wellington International Airport, New Zealand
Highlights: sleek, relaxing terminal interiors – useful as the airport is noted for crosswinds and turbulent landings.

London Heathrow Airport, UK
Highlights: Terminal 5 building (designed by Richard Rogers), Gordon Ramsay restaurant, colossal number of shops

Hong Kong International Airport, China
Highlights: built on an island, handles 53.3 million passengers annually, contains a golf course and 3D cinema

Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia
Highlights: eye-catching architecture, water fountain, free wifi

Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok, Thailand
Highlights: only opened in 2006, artwork often on display, sophisticated design

Bilbao Airport, Spain
Highlights: The signature flourishes from its world famous designer Santiago Calatrava (also instrumental in the regeneration of Valencia). Look out for its curves, generous light, and a viewing gallery that allows your loved ones to see you as you collect your baggage.

Munich Airport, Germany
Highlights
The airport’s much praised glass-and-steel Terminal Two, which includes a massage room, prayer room with fir floors, and Plexiglass walls, a Bavarian deli, and even a brewery (between terminals one and two).

Incheon International Airport, Seoul, South Korea
Highlights: Built on reclaimed land, this arc-shaped construction – intended to suggest the ancient Korean temples – is the country’s largest building. Architects have noted its feeling of warmth and welcome, and there has been widespread praise of the airport’s design and clean lines. The airport has been voted best in the world several times.

Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport, Canada
Highlights: Its main terminal was designed by world renowned architect César Pelli in association with Stantec Architecture Ltd. It was the first airport terminal to be certified for its environmental friendliness, and notable for its ultra-modern look and energy efficiency.
source:::: The Telegraph UK…
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Lion Air Jet Crash…. What Next ?

Indonesian workers prepare to remove the wreckage of a Lion Air jet after it crashed into the sea.
AN Indonesian salvage team is using a crane to haul seats and baggage out of a plane that crashed in Bali, as investigators probe what caused the jet to go down.
The Lion Air plane missed the runway as it came in to land on Saturday, slamming into the sea and splitting in two. Dozens of the 108 people on board were injured, but there were no fatalities.
Terrified passengers swam to shore or were plucked to safety by police in rubber dinghies. Witnesses and experts have suggested the crash could have been caused by a freak storm, although no official reason has yet been given.
The salvage team hauled the seats and baggage out of the Boeing 737-800, and were aiming to begin cutting the fuselage of the plane into pieces later in the evening, Bali army commander Colonel Anton Nugroho said.

Indonesian boys carry pieces of a Lion Air jet a day after the aircraft crashed into the ocean, at Jimbaran beach, in Bali, Indonesia on Sunday, April 14, 2013. All 108 passengers and crew survived after the new Lion Air jet crashed into the ocean and snapped into two while attempting to land Saturday on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, injuring up to 45 people. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
However, local navy commander Lieutenant Colonel Edi Eka Susanto said the operation had to be carried out very carefully, as the plane “is not yet stable, and we fear there are still oxygen bottles inside that could explode”.
After the plane was cut up, the team planned to lift the parts by crane onto a truck, and from there they would be taken to a nearby beach, said Nugroho.
If that was not possible, then the parts would be pushed through the water using balloons to an area of coast where it was easier to lift them, he said.

This handout photo released by the Indonesian Search And Rescue Agency (SAR) on April 14, 2013 shows the aircraft cabin of a Lion Air Boeing 737 lying submerged in the water after skidding off the runaway during landing at Bali’s international airport near Denpasar.
The 70-strong team, made up of military, rescue agency, airport and Lion Air personnel, hoped to be finished by tomorrow.
The cockpit voice recorder was found wedged between a wing and the body of the aircraft on Monday, and was being flown to Jakarta on Tuesday, Masruri, from the national transportation safety committee, which is probing the crash, told AFP.

Indonesian workers prepare to remove the wreckage of a Lion Air jet in Bali, Indonesia on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. The new Lion Air jet that slammed into the sea as it tried to land on the Indonesian resort island of Bali over the weekend remains stuck in shallow water and must be cut into pieces for removal, vividly underlining the challenges facing the budget airline as it races to expand in Asia. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
“The black box will be cleaned and checked for damage and hopefully we will be able to extract the data in it,” said Masruri, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, adding he would not comment further on an ongoing investigation.
Five passengers were still in hospital on Tuesday following the crash, said Lion Air airport service director Daniel Putut, although he said he did not have details of their conditions.

Indonesia rescuers remove the seats of a partially submerged Lion Air Boeing 737 three days after it crashed while trying to land at Bali’s international airport near Denpasar on April 16, 2013. The pilot and co-pilot of a Lion Air plane that crashed at Bali’s airport have passed initial drug tests, an official said on April 15, as investigators probe the causes of the accident that left dozens injured but no fatalities.
Government officials and the airline said at the time of the crash the weather had been fine, but the transport ministry has since said the jet flew through thick cloud and witnesses have spoken of torrential rain before the crash.
Indonesia, which relies heavily on air transport to connect its sprawling archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, has one of Asia’s worst aviation safety records.
source:::news.com.au
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Read more: http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/so-what-happens-to-a-wrecked-jet/story-e6frfq80-1226622321516#ixzz2QhDGQT9g
Melbourne Airport…New Domestic Terminal ….Ready for Take Off By 2015 !!!!

Artist’s impression: Melbourne Airport’s new terminal extension.
A NEW domestic terminal at Melbourne Airport will ease congestion and help drive economic growth, the federal government says.
The terminal, capable of handling up to 10 million passengers a year, is part of the $400 million first stage development of the airport’s long-term southern precinct project.
The project, due to open in mid-2015, will include 17 new aircraft parking bays, extra car parking, ground transport facilities and road upgrades.
Approving the development on Tuesday, federal Infrastructure and Transport Minister Anthony Albanese said expanding airports is necessary to connect Australia to the world and drive economic growth.
He said increasing capacity will help the airport deal with an expected doubling of its annual number of passengers to 64 million by 2033.
“What that means is jobs and economic growth and positioning Australia in the Asian century,” he told reporters in Melbourne.
Melbourne Airport chief executive Chris Woodruff said the development will create jobs and provide a boost to the Victorian economy.
He said the expansion was driven by strong domestic passenger demand and will provide for further growth.
The works will focus on the area south of terminal 3 and around terminal 4.
source::: news .com.au
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Read more: http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/new-melbourne-airport-terminal-approved/story-e6frfq80-1226622194511#ixzz2QhAfHtaT
Message For The Day….Respect For Women is the Real Culture ….
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A Tour Of Changi Airport..Singapore…World”s Best Airport !!!!
Singapore’s Changi Airport is a major hub for international transport, with more than 135,000 passengers passing through every day.
But it’s no boring airport terminal. Changi was just named the Best Airport in The World by Skytrax, a company that tracks and rates airline and airport performance.
Realizing that travel can be stressful, the team behind Changi designed the airport to be an open, airy space with lots of greenery (Singapore is the garden city, after all), gardens, outdoor access, and comfortable seating areas.
There are also incredible amenities, like a butterfly garden, rooftop pool, movie theaters, hotels, spas, and showers, and even a four-story slide.
The airport is an architectural marvel. The newest terminal, Terminal 3, was designed by CPG Consultants, in collaboration with Woodhead, Tierra Design and SOM, Bartenbach LichtLabor and Hugh Dutton & Associates.

Most passengers enter the airport at Terminal 3, the newest and largest terminal at Changi, which is where Singapore Airlines is based. At 380,000 sq. m., the terminal is spacious, with high ceilings and an open, airy feel.

There’s also a lush vertical garden here called the “Green Wall.” It has over 20 varieties of plants, vines, and flowers growing on it.

It’s easy to get between terminals on the Skytrain.
One of the best things about Changi airport is its Balinese-themed outdoor rooftop pool, located in Terminal 1. Passengers can pay to use this pool for about $14. (It’s free for guests who are staying in the Ambassador Transit Hotel.)

You can watch planes take off and land directly from the pool garden.

The pool also has its own Tiki bar.

And its own fitness center (along with locker rooms, where you can shower after).

Each terminal has an Ambassador Transit Hotel, where passengers can rent hotel rooms for a minimum of six hours — perfect if you’re exhausted and have a long layover. Room rates start at $76 for a 6-hour block and are charged hourly after that.

Rooms here look like normal hotel rooms, with two twin or one double bed, bathrooms, TVs, and desks. Some rooms have windows that look out onto the tarmac.

The airport has a nature trail, which encourages passengers to go outdoors and breathe in fresh air while at the airport. There are five gardens in the airport, including a rooftop sunflower garden.

There’s even an enclosed butterfly garden — the first such garden in an airport — which is home to butterflies, flowers, lush greenery, and a 6-meter (20-ft.) waterfall.

There’s lots of greenery inside the airport too.








sumptuous buffet in the first class lounge.

When you’re tired of eating, drinking and shopping, you can watch a movie. There are two movie theaters in the airport, which show a rotating roster of current movies, like the Bourne Legacy.

Kids will love the awesome four-story, 40-ft. slide.
As will adults. If you spend $10 at any airport venue, you’re eligible to ride the slide.

The whole airport is designed to help people relax and to make the flying experience less stressful. You’ll find seating areas scattered throughout the airport with cushy chairs for napping, reading, or TV watching. The chairs were really comfortable.

Even the art exhibits are supposed to be soothing. This Kinetic Rain sculptural installation in Terminal 1 changes shape in a hypnotic dancing motion.

source:::::businessinsider.comnet
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Beautiful Flower Art !!!!
Darryl’s Beatiful Flowers
Darryl Trott got his first watercolor paints for Christmas at age six. Since then, he has never stopped painting with them. He has achieved a feel and flow with his paintings that no other medium can really achieve. unfortunately, he died a few years ago, leaving us this beautiful artwork to remember him by.
Casablanca Lillies

Cherished

Harvest Of Spring

Iris Summer

Cascade Of Beauty

Opening Night

Awaking Fragrance
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Dazzling Dhalias

Springtime Medley

Heart of Tropics

Tropics Alive

TBA

Crown of The Amazon

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