Global Aviation M A G A Z I N E

Issue 32 / April 2013

Page 1 - Introduction

Welcome on board this Global Aircraft. In this issue of the Global Aviation Magazine, we will take a look at two more Global Lines cities Boise, and Mumbai, India. We also take

another look at a featured aircraft in the Global Fleet. This month’s featured aircraft is the Embraer Regional Jet 190LR.

We wish you a pleasant flight.

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8. Pilot Information

9. Introducing the Embraer ERJ-190 LR

11. In-Flight Movies/Featured Music

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Page 2 – Boise, Idaho – City of Trees

Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho, as well as the county seat of Ada County.

Located on the Boise River, it anchors the Boise City-Nampa metropolitan area and is the largest city between Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, . As of the 2010 Census, the population of Boise was 205,671. It is also the 101st largest U.S. city by population, recently surpassing Spokane, Washington in the 2011 U.S. Census Population Estimates, by only 42 people (210,145). The Boise metropolitan area is home to about 616,500 people and is the most populous metropolitan area in Idaho, containing the state's three largest cities; Boise, Nampa, and Meridian. Boise City is the third most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. (behind only the Seattle and Portland metropolitan areas).

The area was called Boise long before the establishment of Fort Boise. The original Fort Boise was 40 miles west, near Parma, down the Boise River near its confluence with the Snake River at the Oregon border. This defense was erected by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1830 and it was abandoned in the 1850s, however massacres along the Oregon Trail prompted the U.S. Army to re- establish a fort in the area in 1863 during the U.S. Civil War. The location was selected because it is near the intersection of the Oregon Trail with a major road connecting the Boise Basin and Silver City mining areas. During the mid-1860s, Idaho City was the largest city in the Northwest, and as a staging area, Fort Boise grew rapidly; Boise was incorporated as a city in 1863.

Page 3 – Boise, Idaho – City of Trees

The first capital of the was Lewiston in northern Idaho, which in 1863 was the largest community, exceeding the populations of Olympia and Seattle, Washington Territory and Portland, Oregon combined. The original territory was larger than Texas. But following the creation of Montana Territory, Boise was made the territorial capital of a much reduced Idaho in a controversial decision which overturned a district court ruling by a one-vote majority in the territorial Supreme Court along geographic lines in 1866.

Designed by Alfred B. Mullett, the U.S. Assay Office at 210 Main Street was built in 1871 and today is a National Historic Landmark.

Boise is located in , about 41 miles east of the Oregon border, and 110 miles north of the Nevada border. The downtown sits at 2,704 feet above sea level. Most of the metropolitan area lies on a broad, flat plain, descending to the west. Mountains rise to the northeast, stretching from the far southeastern tip of the Boise city limits. The Boise foothills are sometimes described as the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. About 34 miles southwest of Boise, and about 26 miles southwest of Nampa, the Owyhee Mountains lie entirely in neighboring Owyhee County.

Page 4 – Boise, Idaho – City of Trees

Boise is headquarters for several major companies, such as Boise Cascade LLC, New Albertsons Inc., Albertsons LLC, Idaho Pacific Lumber Company, Idaho Timber, and WinCo Foods. Other major industries are headquartered in Boise or have large manufacturing facilities present. The state government is also one of the city's largest employers. The area's largest employer is publicly traded Micron Technology.

Technology investment and the high-tech industry have become increasingly important to the city, with businesses including Hewlett Packard, Healthwise, Bodybuilding.com, Crucial.com, Sybase, and Microsoft. The call center industry is also a major source of employment; there are over 20 call centers in the city employing more than 7,000 people, including DIRECTV and T-Mobile.

Varney Air Service, founded by Walter Varney, was formed in Boise, though headquartered at Pasco, Washington. The original airmail contract was from Pasco to Elko, Nevada with stops in Boise in both directions. The company is the root of present day United Airlines, which still serves the city at the newly renovated and upgraded . Numbering about 15,000, Boise's ethnic Basque community is the largest such community in the United States and the fifth largest in the world. A large Basque festival known as Jaialdi is held once every five years (next in 2015).

Page 5 – Mumbai, India - Bollywood

Mumbai, formerly Bombay, is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million. Along with the neighboring urban areas, including the cities of Navi Mumbai and Thane, it is one of the most populous urban regions in the world. Mumbai lies on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbor. In 2009, Mumbai was named an Alpha world city. It is also the wealthiest city in India, and has the highest GDP of any city in South, West or Central Asia.

The seven islands that came to constitute Mumbai were home to communities of fishing colonies. For centuries, the islands were under the control of successive empires before being ceded to the Portuguese and subsequently to the British.

By 1845, several projects along with the construction of major roads and railways transformed Bombay into a major seaport on the Arabian Sea. Economic and educational development characterized the city during the 19th century. It became a strong base for the Indian independence movement during the early 20th century. When India became independent in 1947, the city was incorporated into Bombay State. In 1960, following the Samyukta Maharashtra movement, a new state of Maharashtra was created with Bombay as capital. The city was renamed Mumbai in 1996, the name being derived from the Koli goddess— Mumbadevi.

Page 6 – Mumbai, India - Bollywood

Mumbai is the commercial and entertainment capital of India, it is also one of the world's top 10 centers of commerce in terms of global financial flow, generating 5% of India's GDP, and accounting for 25% of industrial output, 70% of maritime trade in India (Mumbai Port Trust & JNPT), and 70% of capital transactions to India's economy. The city houses important financial institutions such as the Reserve Bank of India, the Bombay Stock Exchange, the National Stock Exchange of India, the SEBI and the corporate headquarters of numerous Indian companies and multinational corporations. It is also home to some of India's premier scientific and nuclear institutes like BARC, NPCL, IREL, TIFR, AERB, AECI, and the Department of Atomic Energy.

The city also houses India's Hindi (Bollywood) and Marathi film and television industry. Mumbai's business opportunities, as well as its potential to offer a higher standard of living, attract migrants from all over India and, in turn, make the city a melting pot of many communities and cultures.

The architecture of the city is a blend of Gothic Revival, Indo-Saracenic, Art Deco, and other contemporary styles. Most of the buildings during the British period, such as the Victoria Terminus and Bombay University, were built in Gothic Revival style. Their architectural features include a variety of European influences such as German gables, Dutch roofs, Swiss timbering, Romance arches, Tudor casements, and traditional Indian features. There are also a few Indo-Saracenic styled buildings such as the Gateway of India. Art Deco styled landmarks can be found along the Marine Drive and west of the Oval Maidan. Mumbai has the second largest number of Art Deco buildings in the world after .

Page 7 – Mumbai, India - Bollywood

Residents of Mumbai call themselves Mumbaikar, Mumbaiite or Bombayite. Mumbai has a large polyglot population like any other metropolitan city of India. Marathi, the official language of Maharashtra state, of which Mumbai is the capital, is widely spoken and understood in the city. Sixteen major languages of India are also spoken in Mumbai, most common being Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati and English. English is extensively spoken and is the principal language of the city's white collar workforce. A colloquial form of Hindi, known as Bambaiya – a blend of Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati, Konkani, Urdu, Indian English and some invented words – is spoken on the streets.

The Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (formerly Sahar International Airport) is the main aviation hub in the city and the second busiest airport in India in terms of passenger traffic.

It handled 30.74 million passengers and 656,369 tons of cargo during FY 2011-12.

An upgrade plan was initiated in 2006, targeted at increasing the capacity of the airport to handle up to 40 million passengers annually.

The proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport to be built in the Kopra-Panvel area has been sanctioned by the Indian Government and will help relieve the increasing traffic burden on the existing airport.

Page 8 – Pilot Information

March/April is the month! Starting March 30, 2013 at 12:01 am until April 29, 2013 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time, Global Lines is once again pleased to offer a special 2X event. This even is titled Middle Eastern Madness and takes place in the Middle East countries of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabis, Oman, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait.

This event offers both long haul mega aircraft as well as short hauls with passenger jets so that both Global Air International and Global Express Airways Pilots may have a wide variety of flights to bid on and earn their 2X flight hour credits.

From America by Air at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum – Ten Fun Facts

Fire light flights. During the earliest years of airmail flights, pilots were guided through the darkness by bonfires set along air routes.

Planes and trains. To travel coast-to-coast in the early 1920s before night flying was safe; airlines offered passengers a combination of train travel at night and airplanes during the day.

Come drink with us. For four years starting in 1920, Aeromarine Airways carried wealthy passengers from Miami to Nassau and Havana aboard flying boats, a popular way for many to drink legally during the Prohibition era. No fragile items allowed. Earl Ovington performed the first airmail delivery during a demonstration flight in 1911 by simply dropping a bag of mail overboard, which was picked up by a postmaster.

Fly or drive? In 1929 a one-way ticket across the country cost $338, more than half the price of a new Ford Model A, which cost $525.

Say again? To communicate with passengers in the 1930s, cabin crew often had to resort to speaking through small megaphones to be heard above the din of the engines and the wind.

Aye, aye, Cap'n. Pan American started the use of nautical terms in connection with air travel. Words like "captain" and "stewards" attracted customers who were accustomed to luxury ship travel. Pan Am also began the practice of dressing its crews in naval-style uniforms, which most airline pilots still do today. Play ball! The arrival of nonstop transcontinental service allowed major league baseball to expand into a truly coast-to-coast sport. The first major league teams beyond St. Louis were the Dodgers and Giants, both having abandoned New York for California in 1958.

Ugly Betty need not apply. To attract businessmen, who were the majority of air travelers in the 1960s, some airlines dressed their stewardesses in miniskirts and hot pants. Stewardesses were required to be beautiful, and typically between the ages of 21 and 26, height-weight proportionate, and never married - and the mandatory retirement age was 35!

But I just want to go to Chicago. Since its introduction in 1969, the entire fleet of Boeing 747s has logged enough miles to make more than 70,000 trips to the Moon and back.

Page 9 – Introducing the Embraer ERJ-190 LR

Seen above in the Middle Eastern Madness paint scheme, a Global Express ERJ-190LR prepares to depart

The Embraer E- Jet family is a series of narrow-body medium-range twin-engine jet airliners produced by Brazilian aerospace conglomerate Embraer. Announced at the Paris Air Show in 1999, and entering production in 2002, the aircraft series has been a commercial success. The aircraft is used by both mainline and regional airlines around the world. As of 31 December 2012, there is a backlog of 185 firm orders for the E-Jets, 580 options and 908 units delivered.

The Embraer E-Jets line is composed of two main commercial families and a business jet variant. The smaller E- 170 and E-175 make up the base model aircraft. The E-190 and E-195 are stretched versions, with different engines and larger wing, horizontal stabilizer and landing gear structures. The 170 and 175 share 95% commonality, as do the 190 and 195. The two families share near 89% commonality, with identical fuselage cross-sections and avionics, featuring the Honeywell Primus Epic EFIS suite.

All E-Jets use four-abreast seating and have a "double-bubble" design, which Embraer developed for its commercial passenger jets, that provides stand-up headroom. Although commonly referred to with simply an "E" prefix, the jets are technically still Embraer Regional Jets ("ERJ"s), which still refers to the smaller Embraer ERJ range. Embraer dropped the ERJ prefix in its advertising early in production. The E-190/195 series of aircraft have similar capacities to the initial versions of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 and Boeing 737, which have always been considered mainline airliners.

Page 10 – Introducing the Embraer ERJ-190 LR

The launch customers for the aircraft were the French airline Régional Compagnie Aérienne Européenne with ten orders and five options for the E-170; and the Swiss airline Crossair with an order for 30 E-170s and 30 E-190s. The largest single order for any type of E-Jets has come from Global Express Airways with 100 orders for the E-190, and options for 100 more. Global Express Airways set the record for the longest flight of the E-190 family on November 6, 2008, when one of its aircraft made a non-stop flight from Anchorage, Alaska (Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport) to Buffalo, New York (Buffalo Niagara International Airport), a total of 2,694 nm. This was an empty aircraft on a non-revenue flight. The aircraft eventually returned to JFK after a two-month-long charter service with Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

The E-190/195 models are a larger stretch of the E-170/175 models fitted with a new, larger wing, larger horizontal stabilizer and a new engine, the GE CF34-10E, rated at 18,500 lb. These aircraft compete with the Bombardier CRJ- 1000. In addition, being in the 110-seat range, they compete with smaller mainline jets including the Boeing 717-200 and 737-500/-600, the Airbus A318, and some of the upcoming Bombardier CSeries.

As the 190/195 models are of mainline aircraft size, many airlines will operate them as such, fitting them with a business class section and operating them themselves, instead of having them flown by a regional airline partner.

Page 11 – In-Flight Movies/Featured Music

Hobbit an Unexpected Journey Bilbo Baggins, is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor. Approached by the wizard Gandalf, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior Thorin Oakenshield. Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever... Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum's "precious" ...a simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know. Fantasy/Adventure

Les Miserable Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Miserable tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption-a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit. Jackman plays ex-prisoner Jean Valjean, hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert (Crowe) after he breaks parole. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine's (Hathaway) young daughter, Cosette, their lives change forever. In December 2012, the world's longest-running musical brings its power to the big screen in Tom Hooper's sweeping and spectacular interpretation of Victor Hugo's epic tale. Musical Theater

Life of PI Director Ang Lee creates a groundbreaking movie event about a young man who survives a disaster at sea and is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an amazing and unexpected connection with another survivor...a fearsome Bengal tiger. Fantasy/Adventure

This is 40 Writer/director/producer Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Funny People) brings audiences This Is 40, an original comedy that expands upon the story of Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann) from the blockbuster hit Knocked Up as we see first-hand how they are dealing with their current state of life. Comedy

Zero Dark Thirty For a decade, an elite team of intelligence and military operatives, working in secret across the globe, devoted themselves to a single goal: to find and eliminate Osama bin Laden. Zero Dark Thirty reunites the Oscar winning team of director-producer Kathryn Bigelow and writer-producer Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker) for the story of history's greatest manhunt for the world's most dangerous man. Historical/Drama

Page 12 – In-Flight Movies/Featured Music

Beth Hart is an American singer who became famous with the hit "LA Song", which aired during Episode 17 of the 10th and final season of Beverly Hills, 90210. Her musical influences include rock, blues, gospel, jazz, and classical. On December 26, 2012, she appeared with Jeff Beck at the Kennedy Center Opera House, along with a group of blues/rock greats, to pay tribute to pioneering blues legend Buddy Guy who received a 2012 Kennedy Center Honor for his lifetime of contributions to American Culture. They performed "I’d Rather Go Blind", the 1968 blues and soul classic written by Ellington Jordan and first recorded by Etta James and received a standing ovation. In December 2012, it was announced that Beth and Joe Bonamassa were planning a tour in Europe, a live DVD to be made during the tour and a new studio album, all building on the success of their 2011 collaboration, "Don't Explain". She has become a Christian and overcome her drug abuse since earlier. In 2012 she released "Bang Bang Boom Boom" in Europe (2013 in US) where her Christian influence is evident (although it was obvious already earlier in her recordings).

The Tenors (formerly known as The Canadian Tenors) are a vocal quartet consisting of Remigio Pereira, Victor Micallef, Fraser Walters, and Clifton Murray. They perform operatic pop music that is a mixture of classical and pop, featuring songs such as "The Prayer" and Panis Angelicus from the former genre, and Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah from the latter. The venues they have performed in include the Tel Aviv Opera House, and the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

The group was the creation of Jill Ann Siemens, who first had the concept of the group back in 2003. There was a series of tries over the next four years with a number of people and voices until they found the ideal mix. The group started as a trio and debuted in 2004 in Victoria. Over the next two years, six tenors quit or were fired. The group recorded a new album, Lead with Your Heart, which was released in late 2012. They are also recording an upcoming PBS special at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Downtown Las Vegas. The album's first single "I Believe," was released on iTunes on July 24, 2012. The song is sampled on CTV during the 2012 Summer Olympics. The band announced on July 25, 2012, that they were signed by David Foster to Verve Records. The group was awarded with the Queen Elizabeth II

Page 13 –From the Front Desk

FROM THE FRONT DESK April, 2013

Greetings again from the front desk.

And there off! On March 30, 2013 Global Lines started a one month special 2X event for all of our Pilots of Global Express Airways and Global Air International. This event is being held in the Middle East and is titled “Middle Eastern Madness.” This event will take our Pilots all over many of the countries of the Middle East and allow them to land and takeoff to/from areas not frequented by outsiders these days. This event also allows our Pilots to accrue 2X flight hours which helps earn hours towards their advancement to higher ranks and thus bigger aircraft and longer routes/flights.

Our special event will run until the end of April so there is plenty of time for everyone to earn some great mileage and earn some more stripes. Go for it ladies and gentlemen, these events are only held a few times per year. Also, don’t forget that many of the areas you will be flying in and out of do have scenery packs for them both paid, and free so you can really enhance your flight experience by getting some scenery for the areas you bid on.

Now that yours truly has graduated from medical school, I have been doing a lot of research on new destinations along with our Chief Pilot Bill Dawson. We have had some special flights to reposition aircraft as well as deliver others for warranty services so it has been a busy month spent making sure all of our services are kept up to date. While I wait to take my State Exams, I will also be able to start flying even more as well, so with a special event offering 2X hours, I will be racking up some real hours along with all the other Pilots and I am really looking forward to it since school really cramped my style! I invite all Pilots to challenge themselves to earn as many hours as they can during this event.

Summer is heading our way and we know this is a time that many people want to get out in to the open with friends and family after long cold and wet winters. Just a reminder that if you are going to have a vacation or any other event that will keep you from making your flight deadline, simply drop me an email and we will be more than happy to work with you to keep you current within reason. Let’s not have any misunderstandings or dropped Pilots that could have been avoided with one simple email ….. enough said.

I look forward to seeing all of you in the Middle East during our event this month.

Until the next time……… Safe Flight Always!

Sincerely,

James “Mick” Taylor James “Mick” Taylor - GL-0004 CEO Global Express Airways / Global Air International