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| Vol. 13 No.104 | Wednesday
December 31, 2014 |
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| In Our Own
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 All year long we faithfully report the news with much fondness for this industry we love. We originated the name Air Cargo News in 1975, when our publication was founded in New York City 40 years ago. In fact, we were the very first industry media to carry the title Air Cargo News. Our publication has existed for and about people, created by an ever involved and connected group of writers. So as we we put a cap on 2014 and begin our first issues of what everyone hopes will be a grand new year of 2015, we ask our editors to search around and write about something that personally has touched them, which they would like to share “in their own write.” As we get ready to ramp up our coverage of the broader air cargo industry, next week we take some days to decompress from the holidays with a few words and a couple issues that we share with you dear reader, straight from the shoulder, right from our heart. First we travel to Bali, Indonesia, where SkyKing writes of the plight of the Manta Ray population that lives and shares the waters of that beautiful part of the world. Next we arrive in New York City and remember a favorite watering hole and some of the unforgettable characters, who populated the famed White Horse Tavern.  Right
away in January we launch with Richard Malkin, who now approaches 102 years
of age, dials back the clock to a time when he thought he might become an
author of fictional works, before fatefully launching himself as the first
air cargo journalist in world history in 1942.By the way, Richard will reappear again next month and all year long with True Confessions—up-close and personal interviews, as he continues unabated advancing his 73 years of covering air cargo. Also early in January, Jens takes a long and detailed look at Cambodia, a place where he is spending his Christmas break 2014-15. And finally we arrive in New York City during what must have seemed—in 1939 and 1964—like endless summers, to take a look at the 1939 World’s Fair, which celebrated its 75th anniversary this year, and the 1964 World’s Fair, which turned 50. We celebrate and look at the impact aviation had on both events, and eventually the rest of the world. We begin with the disturbing plight of some of the gentlest creatures on the planet, as SkyKing appeals the salvation of the Manta Rays. Happy New Year! Geoffrey |
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