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| Vol. 15 No. 11 | Monday
February 08, 2016 |
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| Letter To The Editor for February 08, 2016 |
 Hello
Mr. Geoffrey,Being a retired old cargo boy, I would like to wish you the best for 2016 in good health, etc. I am an ex-Seaboard sales-manager, ex-Seaboard general manager and the last director of the Benelux and Scandinavia. Also I thank you very much for your article “Schiphol Enigma,” published in July 2012 of your famous cargo publication. We loved your article, which was co-edited by my friend, Jos van der Woensel (he passed away in 2011).  For
the record, in the story you mention the three people:
Schiphol Airport CEO Mr. Douwes Dekker, my boss at SWA
Frank Volavsek, and lastly myself.The handover of the tree was a published and much cherished moment in all of our lives. The tree is now nearly 25 meters high. Kept very well and healthy by the airport, I might add. Hell yes, I am the only person left alive from this event. But I am fortunate in being able to visit “MY TREE” regularly, because still today I live close by the airport. For those that might want to know, the origin of that tree was as a gift from the Mayor of Los Angeles, to celebrate the start of west-coast cargo flights from LAX by SWA via JFK to AMS and onward to our other European destinations. Our “Dutch Sequoia” is one of a kind in the Netherlands and has become a rather well known element in botanical circles as well. If ever for any reason you visit Amsterdam or Schiphol Airport, I would be very pleased to meet you and visit our tree together. My sincere greetings to you, John F. Vuursteen |
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