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Official USA Time, Hawaiian - Alaskan - Pacific Mountain -  Central - Eastern - Caribbean

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55K$ Mini 5oo for sale on eBay
(A man n his dream)

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Info Request

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HU-34/S58 for sale on eBay

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Kompress Helicopter For Sale

 Total Time 115 hours since new.
 Colour Yellow, with Black leather.
Reason for selling:  I have bought a Bell Helicopter.
Price Euro 80 000.00
David Maree

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I am n have been a chocoholic for 54 years now,
so U may suspect how surprised I was this year when I learned the elf
make one of my favorite chocolate treats.

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John Travolta 's place in Ocala , Fl

A lot of neighborhoods don't allow the owners to park Boeing 707s outside their homes, which is why actor John Travolta moved to Jumbolair, near Ocala.

OCALA -- It's not just another housing development, as you can tell by the 1.4-mile airstrip and the Boeing 707 parked next to one of the houses.

Located in the Central Florida town of Anthony, just north of Ocala, it's called Jumbolair, and it's the new home of John Travolta -- '70s TV phenom, film superstar,Oscar-nominated actor, sex symbol, accomplished pilot, doting husband and father.

After several years of whispers about his building a house here, the 49-year-old actor has taken up residence in his nearly completed mansion. Travolta is flying daily from Ocala to Tampa to shoot "The Punisher," an action movie based on the comic book, set to be released next summer. A lifelong love of aviation holds the key to Travolta's decision to
build at Jumbolair.

Travolta owns at least two jets, a Gulfstream and a huge Boeing 707B. Simply put, there aren't very many non-commercial airstrips where planes of  that size can take off and land. Jumbolair, with its long landing strip and massive jet wash berms at either end, is one of them.

About a decade ago, Travolta had a home in a fly-in community near Daytona, but was sued by neighbors who claimed his jet airplanes were too big and noisy for their facility.
 

The very layout of his new house is testament to Travolta's love of flying. It's located immediately off the main airstrip, and is designed so his jets can taxi right up to two outbuildings connected to the main structure, which is shaped like a squat air-control tower. Travolta literally can walk out his door, under a canopied walkway and into the cockpit, open the long mechanized gate and be airborne in a matter of minutes.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration pilot database, Travolta is qualified in several types of single- and multi-engine aircraft, and has the highest pilot medical certification possible.

 "We know that Travolta's an accomplished pilot. ..... A lot of people fly for the pleasure of it, and he's one of them," said John Clabes, an FAA spokesman. "If you have this many ratings on these types of high-performance aircraft, you're obviously a good pilot."

In layman's terms, Travolta has enough experience flying large multi-engine jets that he could easily switch to piloting commercial airliners for a living.

Q: Did you ever wonder why dimes, quarters and half dollars have notches, while pennies and nickels do not?

A: The US Mint began putting notches on the edges of coins containing gold and silver to discourage holders from shaving off small quantities of the precious metals.  Dimes, quarters and half dollars are notched because they used to contain silver.  Pennies and nickels aren't notched because the metals they contain are not valuable enough to shave.
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Q: Why do men's clothes have buttons on the right while women's clothes have buttons on the left?

A: When buttons were invented, they were very expensive and worn primarily by the rich.  Because wealthy women were dressed by maids, dressmakers put the buttons on the maid's right.  Since most people are right-handed, it is easier to push buttons on the right through holes on the left.  And that's where women's buttons have remained since
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Q: Why do X's at the end of a letter signify kisses?

A: In the Middle Ages, when many people were unable to read or write, documents were often signed using an X.  Kissing the X represented an oath to fulfill obligations specified in the document.  The X and the kiss eventually became synonymous.
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Q: Why is shifting responsibility to someone else called "passing the  buck"?

A: In card games, it was once customary to pass an item, called a buck, from player to player to indicate whose turn it was to deal.  If a player did not wish to assume the responsibility, he would "pass the buck" to the next player.
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Q: Why do people clink their glasses before drinking a toast?

A: It used to be common for someone to try to kill an enemy by offering him a poisoned drink.  To prove to a guest that a drink was safe, it became customary for a guest to pour a small amount of his drink into the glass of the host.  Both men would drink it simultaneously.  When a guest trusted his host, he would then touch or clink the host's glass with his own.
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Q: Why are people in the public eye said to be "in the limelight"?

A: Invented in 1825, limelight was used in lighthouses and stage lighting by burning a cylinder of lime which produced a brilliant light.  In the theater, performers on stage "in the limelight" were seen by the audience to be the center of attention.
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Q: Why do ships and aircraft in trouble use "mayday" as their call for
help?

A: This comes from the French word m'aidez -meaning "help me" -- and is pronounced "mayday,"
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Q: Why is someone who is feeling great "on cloud nine"?

A: Types of clouds are numbered according to the altitudes they attain, with nine being the highest cloud.  If someone is said to be on cloud nine, that person is floating well above worldly cares.
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Q: Why are Zero scores in tennis called "love"?

A: In France, where tennis first became popular, a big, round zero on the scoreboard looked like an egg and was called "l'oeuf," which is French for "egg".  When tennis was introduced in the US, Americans  pronounced it "love".
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Q: Why are many coin banks shaped like pigs?

A: Long ago, dishes and cookware in Europe were made of a dense, orange clay called "pygg".  When people saved coins in jars made of this clay, the jars became known as "pygg banks."  When an English potter misunderstood the word, he made a bank that resembled a pig.  And it caught on.
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Q: Why are they called "Caddies"

A. When Mary, later Queen of Scots, went to France as a young girl (for education & survival), Louis, King of France, learned that she loved the Scot game "golf."  So he had the first golf course outside of Scotland built for her enjoyment.  To make sure she was properly chaperoned (and guarded) while she played, Louis hired cadets from a military school to accompany her.  Mary liked this a lot and when she returned to Scotland (not a very good idea in the long run), she took the practice with her. In French the word "cadet" is pronounced 'ca-day' and the Scots changed it into "caddie."

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I think this is a French helicopter Web Site.
So, this site is not in English but lots of nice fotos.

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Construction of HeliCycle Helicopter
Builders Group 2-18
Tail Number N3722T