Rio de Janeiro: GIG's name change
Jan 11, 1999 | 1:05 pm
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And that only to confuse us more:
National Airport DC (DCA)- Now Ronald Reagan Airport
Aeroporto Internacional de Confins (CNF- Brazil)- Now Tancredo Neves International Airport
National Airport DC (DCA)- Now Ronald Reagan Airport
Aeroporto Internacional de Confins (CNF- Brazil)- Now Tancredo Neves International Airport
Jan 11, 1999 | 2:04 pm
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Why are they renaming Rio's Airport?
Sorry for my ignorance but My latin American history is very very poor.
OMNI FUNNY POSTING: Since they are renaming the airports I guess they can rename Newark Airport "Mark Blanchard International"
for the flyer who has faithfully used them for years and brought many New Yorkers there!
CATMAN
Sorry for my ignorance but My latin American history is very very poor.
OMNI FUNNY POSTING: Since they are renaming the airports I guess they can rename Newark Airport "Mark Blanchard International"
for the flyer who has faithfully used them for years and brought many New Yorkers there!
CATMAN
Jan 11, 1999 | 8:47 pm
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Antonio Carlos Jobim was a very successful composer and arranger of music. He composed and performed "The Girl From Ipanema" many years ago. (Ipanema is one of the beachfront sections of Rio de Janeiro.)
If I remember correctly the airport at Sao Paulo (or the older airport in Rio) is named after Santos-Dumont, an early Brazilian pioneer of flight.
Don't think they've named an airport after one Joao Santos do Nascimento -- better known worldwide as soccer's (football's) Pele -- yet!
If I remember correctly the airport at Sao Paulo (or the older airport in Rio) is named after Santos-Dumont, an early Brazilian pioneer of flight.
Don't think they've named an airport after one Joao Santos do Nascimento -- better known worldwide as soccer's (football's) Pele -- yet!
Jan 11, 1999 | 9:30 pm
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As crazy as the Brazilians are for F-1 racing (me too me too), I'm surprised they don't have an airport named after Arton Senna. For those of you unfamiliar with F-1 racing, Senna was the best of his generation, tragically killed in an accident at Imola in Italy. Brazil had a three day national holiday in memoriam.
just my .02 worth...
just my .02 worth...
Jan 11, 1999 | 10:28 pm
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Ayrton Senna was the greatest driver out there. I'm brazilian, so this is a little biased. But Ayrton Senna has a race track named after him.
Antonio Carlos Jobim was from Rio de Janeiro. A pioneer in the bossa nova and a great influence in late jazz compositions. Tragically for the family again, Tom Jobim's 18 year old son died in a car accident last year.
Antonio Carlos Jobim was from Rio de Janeiro. A pioneer in the bossa nova and a great influence in late jazz compositions. Tragically for the family again, Tom Jobim's 18 year old son died in a car accident last year.