Black Hand* – Lloyd's Register of captains or journeymen with a "Privy Seal License to Kill, Burn, Bribe" for the City of London's Honourable Artillery Company 1537; Master Mariners and Air Pilots (formerly GAPAN) 1929, and The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts 1638 – whose alumni include U.S. Presidents James Monroe, Chester Alan Arthur, Calvin Coolidge and John F. Kennedy and – perhaps – Barack 'Choom Gang' Obama.
McConnell claims Chapman's father Vasily Kushchenko, a former Russian diplomat in Nairobi and KGB colleague of Vladimir Putin, trapped Obama as a Chicago community organiser of the jockey-boy trade while sending Black Hand NetJets pilots to trigger the 2008 Kenya Genocide and silence whistle-blowers who might otherwise have exposed Serco and HSBC's drug-hub operations including their National Visa Center frauds and "Dreams From My Father" myths.
McConnell will attend The British Constitution Group's Spring Conference, held jointly with the UK Column, in Telford, U.K., starting February 28, he will invite rebuttal of his allegation that Anna Chapman and her father entrapped Obama in the jockey-boy trade in the '90s and that Serco is using Black Hand NetJets pilots to fly HSBC drug-hub missions out of RAF Northolt.
Prequel 1: #2276: Marine Links Bin Laden Black-Hand Check Turns To NetJets Drug-Hub Banker, Serco Queen's Flight Extortion
Obama Supporting Islamic Terror Regime of Odinga in Kenya
Kenya church massacre
NetJets CEO Jordan Hansell on the World's Largest Private Jet Fleet and Working with Warren Buffet
The Swiss Leaks - 60 Minutes Interviews HSBC Whistleblower Hervé Falciani (2015)
SWISSLEAKS - "HSBC developed dangerous clients: arms merchants, drug dealers, terrorism financers"
Copy of SERCO GROUP PLC: List of Subsidiaries AND Shareholders! (Mobile Playback Version) [Note that HSBC is Serco's banker and one of Serco's major shareholders with
Her Majesty's Government and its funds]
Serco... Would you like to know more?
"Anna Chapman's father may have had 'serious Kremlin connections'
The father of Russian spy Anna Chapman worked abroad with Sergei Ivanov, a high-ranking Putin ally, according to reports in Moscow.
By Andrew Osborn in Moscow
7:00PM BST 10 Jul 2010
Anna Chapman's father worked as a diplomat in Kenya alongside Mr Ivanov, Russia's first deputy prime minister, a career spy and a friend of Vladimir Putin's, it was claimed on Saturday.
The claim suggests that her family may also enjoy serious political connections inside the Kremlin.
If confirmed, it will strengthen suspicions voiced by Alex Chapman, Anna's British ex-husband, that she was groomed to be an intelligence agent by her father, who currently works for the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Alex Chapman, a 30-year-old trainee psychiatrist in Bournemouth, was married to Anna Chapman from 2002-2006.
He said he met her father, Vasily Kushchenko, in Zimbabwe in 2002 and found him "scary."
Anna had told him that Mr Kushchenko was a former KGB spy who had worked for "old Russia," he recalled.
In an article citing Russian intelligence sources, Russian daily newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets reported on Saturday that Mr Kushchenko worked in Nairobi as a Russian diplomat at the same time as Sergei Ivanov, Russia's first deputy prime minister. It did not give dates.
Mr Ivanov, a friend of Vladimir Putin's, was a career spy for eighteen years - first in the KGB and then in Russia's SVR foreign intelligence service and was allegedly expelled from the UK for spying activities.
He was also posted to Finland and worked widely in Africa.
In 2008, he was a frontrunner to succeed Vladimir Putin as president but lost out to Dmitry Medvedev, while remaining extremely powerful.
The claim came as the ten self-confessed Russian agents spent their first full day back in Russia at an undisclosed Moscow location. Intelligence sources say they are probably being thoroughly debriefed by the SVR intelligence service, the agency that ran them.
Meanwhile, relatives of Igor Sutyagin, one of the four men the Kremlin handed over to the United States, said they were getting worried they had not heard from him.
"We do not understand why this work cannot be combined with a short phone call," Dmitry Sutyagin, his brother, complained."
"Anna Vasil'yevna Chapman (Russian: А́нна Васи́льевна Ча́пман; born Anna Vasil'yevna Kushchyenko Russian: А́нна Васи́льевна Кущенко; 23 February 1982) is a Russian national who was residing in New York City when she was arrested, along with nine others, on 27 June 2010, on suspicion of working for the Illegals Program spy ring under the Russian Federation's external intelligence agency, the SVR (Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki).[4][2][5] Chapman pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government without notifying the U.S. Attorney General, and departed to Russia on 8 July 2010, as part of a prisoner swap.
Early life and education[edit]
Chapman was born Anna Vasil'yevna Kushchyenko in Volgograd, according to U.S. authorities,[6] and her father was employed in the Soviet embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.[7] According to Chapman's British ex-husband Alex Chapman, her father, Vasily Kushchenko, was a senior KGB official, although this is unsubstantiated.[8] According to her husband, Anna Chapman Kushchyenko earned a master's degree in economics with first class honours from Moscow University.[9] According to other sources she got her degree from Peoples' Friendship University of Russia.[10][11]
London: 2001–2006[edit]
Chapman moved to London in 2003 or 2004, working at NetJets, Barclays, and allegedly at a few other companies for brief periods.[12]
She met Alex Chapman at a London Docklands rave party in 2001 and they married shortly thereafter in Moscow;[3] as a result she gained dual Russian–British citizenship, and a British passport.[13]
New York: 2009–2010[edit]
She took up residence at 20 Exchange Place, one block from Wall Street in Manhattan.[14][15] Her LinkedIn social networking site profile identified her as CEO of PropertyFinder LLC, a website selling real estate internationally.[15][16] Alex has stated that Anna told him the enterprise was continually in debt for the first couple of years, and then suddenly in 2009, she had as many as 50 employees and a successful business.[3]
She is reported to have been dating Michel Bittan, a prominent New York restaurant owner.[17] She later described her time in the United States with the Charles Dickens quote, "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times".[18][19]
After Anna was arrested in New York, Alex hired media publicist Max Clifford, and sold her story to The Daily Telegraph.[3][20][21]
Russia: 2010–present[edit]
In late December 2010 Chapman was appointed to the public council of Young Guard of United Russia.[22][23] According to the organization, she "will be engaged in educating young people".[24][25]
On 21 January 2011, Chapman began hosting a weekly TV show in Russia called Secrets of the World for REN TV.[26][27][28][29][30][4]
In June 2011, Anna became editor of Venture Business News magazine, according to Bloomberg News.[31][32]
She testified to the closed trial in absentia of Col. Alexander Poteyev that took place in Moscow in May and June 2011.[33] Chapman testified that it was only Poteyev who could have provided the U.S. authorities with the information that led to her arrest in 2010;[34] she also alleged that she was arrested shortly after an undercover U.S. agent contacted her using a code that only Poteyev and her personal handler could know.[34]
Chapman wrote a column for Komsomolskaya Pravda. In October 2011 she was accused of plagiarizing material on Alexander Pushkin from a book by Kremlin spin-doctor Oleg Matveychev.[35] The Guardian reported that this incident added to a general negative trend toward her in certain sections of Russian society, saying that in September 2011, she had been "heckled during a speech on leadership at a St. Petersburg University". Students had, it said, displayed signs stating: "Chapman, get out of the university!" and "The Kremlin and the porn studio are in the other direction!"[35]
Chapman's foundation supported the second International Сonference "The Genetics of Aging and Longevity" in Moscow, where the top world scientists on aging present their speeches, including researchers who developed mice which lived more than twice as long as regular mice, and extended the lives of nematodes more than 10 times, study animals that do not age and develop innovative anti-aging drugs.[36]
In 2012 it was reported that Chapman almost caught a senior member of U.S. President Barack Obama's cabinet in a honeytrap operation; this was said to be a primary motive behind the move to round up the ten-person spy ring in which she was a member. The plan would have involved Chapman seducing her target before extracting information from him or her.[37]
Reports surfaced in 2014 alleging that Chapman tried to seduce whistleblower Edward Snowden on orders from the Kremlin, according to a defector Boris Karpichkov, a former KGB agent.[38]"
"Senator's Kenya Visit Inspires Obama-Mania
August 22, 2006|Edmund Sanders | Times Staff Writer
…
Obama's parents met and married in Hawaii, where he was born. When he was a toddler, his parents separated, and he only saw his father once afterward. The senator hasn't visited Kenya in 14 years. His support for abortion and gay rights would roil most voters here. But none of that matters to locals, who see Obama, 45, as their new favorite son.
"He's a role model for all of Africa," said Kenyan playwright George Orido, who adapted Obama's "Dreams From My Father" for the stage. When the publisher refused to authorize the production, Orido proceeded anyway.
"His story is our story now," the writer explained. "It's moved beyond him. He proves that Africans have the brains to lead. They don't always have to be dictators or despots."
High expectations are symptomatic of the underdevelopment plaguing so much of Africa. This part of western Kenya remains one of the most impoverished regions in the country. Obama's family homestead, near the western city of Kisumu, has never received water, paved roads or electricity.
Obama is also facing strong cultural and tribal traditions that demand family and clan members, even distant ones or those returning after a long absence, should share their success with the less fortunate. Villagers and family members here see Obama as a rich, powerful American, speaking about him with pride and admiration, but also a hint of disappointment that he hasn't done more to help them.
"It's tradition that when your man is on top, he is supposed to help," said Said Obama, the senator's uncle, a laid-off brewery mechanic.
Barack Obama visited Kenya twice, in 1987 and 1992, first while he was in school and then while he was working as a community organizer in Chicago. His political career soared after a rousing speech during the 2004 Democratic National Convention, which began speculation that he'd one day run for president."
"Mitchell's Firm Worked for Dubai Ruler in Jockey Case (Update1)
By Timothy J. Burger - January 27, 2009 12:08 EST
Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- George Mitchell, President Barack Obama's special Middle East troubleshooter, was chairman of a law firm that was paid about $8 million representing Dubai's ruler in connection with a child-trafficking lawsuit.
The DLA Piper law firm did legal and lobbying work on the case, which alleged that Dubai's Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum and another official used children kidnapped from other countries to ride as jockeys in camel races. The firm lobbied federal agencies, members of the U.S. House and about two dozen Senate offices, including those of Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2006 and 2007, according to Justice Department foreign-agent disclosures.
Mitchell, 75, who isn't a registered lobbyist, didn't lobby either on this issue or for Dubai generally. DLA Piper partner Bill Minor said in an e-mail that Mitchell, a former Democratic senator from Maine, mainly focused on growth and management at the firm of almost 4,000 attorneys and 65 offices worldwide, and high-profile projects such as an investigation of steroid use in Major League Baseball.
Mitchell's firm had extensive lobbying clients and offices in the Middle East ranging from the leader of Dubai to a Kuwait construction firm contracting in Iraq. The firm also has offices in Egypt, Oman, Qatar and Abu Dhabi and has an affiliation with a law firm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Mitchell traveled to Dubai and spoke to the press there about the issue.
Suit Thrown Out
The camel-jockey suit was thrown out after the U.S. Justice Department notified a Miami federal judge that it planned to intervene and argue that al-Maktoum was immune from the suit as a foreign leader.
"That he was such a key figure in the firm himself certainly gives the appearance that probably any of the clients that solicited help from the firm may have had a business relationship with him as well," said Craig Holman, who lobbies for tougher governmental ethics rules for Public Citizen, a Washington-based advocacy group.
In a Jan. 24 telephone interview, Mitchell said he “was generally aware of the case but I had no involvement in it."
"I visited Dubai. I did not discuss the case with the Sheikh. I had nothing to do with bringing it in," Mitchell said. "I was merely chairman when it occurred."
Mitchell's name heads a list on DLA Piper's Web site of a team advising clients "on opportunities and risks associated with doing business in Iraq and the Middle East generally." In addition to legal work, the Web site says DLA Piper has "experience working with relevant decision makers in the United States and the region."
Dubai Billing
Altogether, DLA Piper billed Dubai-related entities about $9.5 million on this and other issues while Mitchell was chairman from 2005 through the end of 2008.
Other lobbying clients located or primarily interested in the Middle East -- and one focused on Iran -- paid DLA Piper an additional $2.29 million.
Mitchell, who is traveling in the Middle East this week, may need a waiver from Obama’s new policy on ethics and lobbying, which says government officials must wait two years before working on matters "directly and substantially" related to pre-government employers or clients even if they weren’t registered lobbyists, said Stefan Passantino, head of the Washington-based political law group for McKenna Long & Aldridge.
'Perception Dynamic'
"It is a perception dynamic that has to be managed very carefully," said Passantino, who helped represent former House Speaker Newt Gingrich during a congressional ethics case.
Asked if he's going to have to recuse himself from anything at the State Department, Mitchell said, "I haven’t made any judgment on that."
I have to wait and see," Mitchell said. "I will be resigning from the firm and terminating all private business activities."
White House spokesman Bill Burton referred questions to the State Department, where spokesman Gordon Duguid declined comment and referred questions to Mitchell's office. A voicemail left at the U.A.E. embassy in Washington wasn’t returned.
Habib Al-Mulla, a Dubai-based lawyer for Sheikh Mohammad, also said Mitchell "played no role in the litigation or efforts that led to the quashing of the lawsuit." Al-Mulla said the sheikh was satisfied with the outcome of the case.
Mitchell, a former U.S. Senate majority leader and onetime federal judge, was quoted by the Emirates News Agency in January 2007 defending the United Arab Emirates’ efforts to rescue “underage camel jockeys."
Mitchell led efforts in Northern Ireland that resulted in the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement. In 2000 and 2001, he was chairman of a fact-finding panel examining the crisis in the Middle East.
9/11 Commission
In 2002, congressional Democrats tapped Mitchell as vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission. Mitchell and Henry Kissinger, then-President George W. Bush's pick as chairman, quit the commission’s top posts after Congress required members to disclose financial information and suggested Mitchell may have to sever ties to his law firm.
The camel jockey lawsuit in September 2006, a class-action lawsuit filed by Mount Pleasant, South Carolina-based Motley Rice LLC by the children's parents, accused al-Maktoum and others of enslaving boys from Africa and South Asia who were brought to Dubai as jockeys for camel racing, a popular sport in some parts of the Arab world.
DLA Piper picked up the case two weeks after the lawsuit was filed in the U.S. on behalf of underage camel jockeys. It set up meetings with Biden’s Senate staff on Nov. 29, 2006, followed by a Dec. 15 meeting with Obama’s staff. On Jan. 4, 2007, the firm arranged a meeting with Clinton and other senators and their aides, according to Justice Department Foreign Agent Registration Act filings."
"Reporting on the investigation, the news website Great Game India observed last week that for years, "when banks have been caught laundering drug money, they have claimed that they did not know, that they were but victims of sneaky drug dealers and a few corrupt employees."
"Nothing could be further from the truth. The truth is that a considerable portion of the global banking system is explicitly dedicated to handling the enormous volume of cash produced daily by dope traffickers."
Great Game India said that contrary to popular opinion, "it is not 'demand' from the world's population which creates the mind destroying drug trade."
"Rather, it is the world financial oligarchy, looking for massive profits and the destruction of the minds of the population it is determined to dominate, which organized the drug trade. The case of HSBC underscores that point. Serving as the central bank of this global apparatus, is HSBC."
Great Game India traced HSBC back to the 1890s when British intelligence agents operating the drug trade in the Opium Wars launched the Hong Kong Shanghai Bank Corporation "as a repository for their opium proceeds."
'A criminal organization'
Cruz began working at HSBC on Jan. 14, 2008, as a commercial bank accounts relationship manager, and was terminated for “poor job performance" on Feb. 17, 2010, after he refused to stop investigating the HSBC criminal money-laundering scheme from within the bank.
Cruz worked in the HSBC southern New York region, which accounts for approximately 50 percent of HSBC's North American revenue. He was assigned to work with several branch managers to identify accounts to which HSBC might introduce additional banking services.
Cruz told WND he recorded hundreds of hours of meetings he conducted with HSBC management and bank security personnel in which he charged various bank managers were engaging in criminal acts.
"I have hours and hours of recordings, ranging from bank tellers, to business representatives, to branch managers, to executives," he said. "The whole system is designed to be a culture of fraud to make it look like it's a legal system. But it's not."
Cruz explained that after many repeated efforts, he gave up on the idea that HSBC senior management or bank security would pursue his allegations to investigate and stop the wrongdoing.
"My conclusion was that HSBC wasn't going to do anything about this account, because HSBC management from the branch level, to senior bank security, to executive senior management was involved in the illegal activity I found," he said.
Despite repeated attempts to bring the information to the attention of law enforcement officers, Cruz hit a brick wall until WND examined his documentation and determined his allegations were sufficiently substantiated to merit publication.
"HSBC is a criminal organization," Cruz stressed. "It is a culture of crime."
In 2011, Cruz published a book about his experience with HSBC titled "World Banking World Fraud: Using Your Identity."
Note: Media wishing to interview Jerome Corsi, senior staff writer for WND, please contact us here.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2015/02/whistleblower-believes-hsbc-still-money-laundering/#BCKRyUwOUPLd2Y6m.99"
"OAT / NETJETS EUROPE CADET PROGRAMME - FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is the purpose of the joint OAT/NetJets Europe Cadet Programme?
NetJets Europe is the leading private jet operator in Europe and conducts operations around the world. They are undergoing a programme of expansion and have identified a requirement to recruit a number of highly motivated, suitably qualified young men and women of European Union or Swiss citizenship to join them as First Officers. Those initially selected will enter training at Oxford Aviation Training on an integrated APP First Officer (APP FO) ATPL training course commencing in either May, June or August 2007 and should enter the airline as a First Officer under training from late 2008. Further courses are planned for later in the year.
What can you tell me about Oxford Aviation Training?
OAT is one of the largest and best known Flight Training Schools in the world. Since 1964, it has trained more than 16,000 pilots for many of the world's major airlines. At its two Airline Training Centres, in Oxford, England and Phoenix, Arizona, OAT provides state-of-the-art facilities, highly-experienced instructors and unsurpassed training.
What can you tell me about NetJets Europe?
NetJets Europe operates business jets on a fractional ownership basis. NetJets has over 1,250 owners and cardholders who currently share 114 jets with an average age of 2.5 years. NetJets Europe has grown over the last 10 years since inception to become the ninth largest airline in Europe in terms of fleet size. The company is more than 6 times the size of the next largest business jet operator in Europe.
NetJets Europe currently operates the following aircraft types:
* Cessna Citation Bravo
* Hawker 400XP
* Cessna Citation Excel/XLS
* Hawker 800XP/XPC
* Falcon 2000, 2000EX, 900, 900EX
* Gulfstream GIV-SP, V, 550
..
How much will the course cost?
Under the cadet training programme OAT training will cost £61,800 plus £4,000 for the CAA test fees (2007 figures). Included in the price are 20 weeks room only accommodation in Phoenix plus the two weeks accommodation during the additional aerobatic/unusual attitude advance handling and VFR training courses. This will mean that you will need to cover any other expenses, which are effectively limited to approximately 43 weeks Oxford accommodation and food, (estimated cost of £9,000) given that all other costs are already encompassed within the course fee. The total estimated cost is approximately £75,000.
OAT offers a bespoke HSBC loan programme for all APP FO students. Based on this programme, OAT/NetJets Europe cadets will qualify for a loan of up to £60,000, subject to meeting agreed HSBC/NetJets requirements. The loan will be paid off through salary deductions over a period of 5 to 6 years.
Successful candidates will be required to deposit £9,000 into a HSBC deposit account prior to commencement of the course, which will be refunded to their loan account, plus interest, once they have successfully completed their multi-engine commercial flight test (approximately 50 weeks into the course)."
"RAF Northolt mulls plan to boost bizav activity
by Charles Alcock
- January 8, 2008, 11:13 AM
Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) is considering plans to allow 30- or 40 percent more business aviation traffic at the Royal Air Force's London-area Northolt base.
At the same time, newly formed Northolt Business Aviation is preparing to offer unused air force hangar space to corporate operators.
The MoD is now contemplating an application to increase annual civil movements permitted at the airfield from 7,000 to 9,000 or 10,000. The basis for the increase, which has been requested by civil operators and service companies active at the airfield, is that the number of military movements at the site has declined since 10 years ago, when the current limit was set. The airport is located just 12 mi west of London, about three miles north of Heathrow Airport and close to the M25 beltway.
Local politicians and residents have been steadfastly opposed to increased civil traffic at Northolt. This opposition is being countered by the argument that modern business aircraft are significantly quieter than the military transports that have used the airfield.
Rising demand for RAF Northolt as an alternative business aviation gateway to the UK capital cannot be met by current limits, with controllers having to ration slots so as not to exceed the 7,000-movement annual quota. Operators have complained that this rationing is handled in a somewhat irrational, bureaucratic way, rather than acknowledging that business aviation traffic tends to be lighter in the vacation months of July and August and allowing the movements to be spread more evenly over the busier months. At press time the annual slots quota for 2002 had been almost exhausted, forcing some operators to use alternatives such as Farnborough.
The RAF station commander at Northolt is actively encouraged by the MoD to generate commercial revenue from the base by using "irreducible spare capacity." Crucially, he cannot increase the deployment of RAF personnel specifically to provide for civil operations. With the number of military operations progressively decreasing, this spare capacity is necessarily increasing. That said, with a possible war with Iraq looming it remains to be seen whether this might delay any plans to allow a larger civil aviation presence at the strategically located airfield.
Meanwhile, the aforementioned Northolt Business Aviation, established two years ago by Peter Riley, former director of flight operations for UK media group Granada, has leased Northolt's Hangar 311 from the UK government's Defence Estates agency and has signed a deal that enables NetJets Europe to use the building as its forward operating base. As of early last month, the fractional provider has been operating some of its 38-aircraft fleet out of Northolt to take advantage of its proximity to central London. By July, the NetJets Europe fleet is set to rise to 60 aircraft.
Riley, a former RAF fighter pilot, told AIN that the NetJets activity should not constrain other business aviation flying at Northolt because the aircraft will rotate through the airfield as necessary, rather than being permanently based there. In fact, the total number of NetJets movements in and out of Northolt should probably decrease because the operator has previously had to resort to a lot of positioning flights to and from other London-area airports. By being nominally based at Northolt, it will benefit from preferential access to weekend slots and to the more economical civil aircraft fuel supply provided by Air BP.
NetJets is establishing its own JAR 145 maintenance operation at the base to support its own aircraft. Its overall European operation will continue to be managed from its headquarters in Lisbon, Portugal.
The Granada flight department had itself been based at Northolt until it was mothballed six months ago. The company is now trying to sell its 1987 Hawker 800.
Maintenance for other based and transient civil aircraft is available from Serco, which is bidding to provide support for the NetJets operations at Northolt. The JAR 145-certified operation already provides support for the two BAE 146s and six Hawkers operated by the Royal Air Force to transport members of Britain's royal family, as well as government ministers and officials. This operation falls under the auspices of the RAF’s No. 32 (The Royal) Squadron, which was formed from the 1997 amalgamation of the Queen's Flight (then based at RAF Benson) and 32 Squadron's government flight department.
The MoD is planning to build a new hangar next to the Northolt operations building, which doubles as a terminal for business aviation. The new building would mainly house The Royal Squadron’s aircraft, but will offer additional capacity for corporate operators.
Separately, the RAF is evaluating possible replacement aircraft for the 146s and Hawkers. Options being considered include the Gulfstream V and Bombardier Global Express, both of which could provide significantly greater range than is possible with the existing fleet.
Ground handling for business aircraft is provided by Northolt Handling, a joint venture between Regional Airports (owner of London-area Biggin Hill and Southend Airports) and Serco under a four-year license that started in July 2001. It will provide handling for the NetJets aircraft and already provides other visiting operators with ad hoc covered aircraft parking in Northolt’s Hangars 5 and 6.
Slots at Northolt are available strictly by prior arrangement, with the official deadline for requests being 3:30 p.m. on the preceding day. In some instances, Northolt Handling is able to secure slots on somewhat shorter notice since it works with the RAF controllers on flight planning for civil movements.
Northolt Handling manager Robert Walters told AIN that the average number of movements each day is around 30, a number that peaked as high as 50 during busy periods last year. The FBO now has almost 150 regular customers.
The airfield's official opening hours for civil flights are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays. Based operators can sometimes get permission for flights outside these hours and on weekends, provided the airfield is open for military operations at the time. When a slot is not available, Northolt Handling tries to redirect flights to its sister airports at Biggin Hill (12 mi southeast of London) and Southend (37 mi to the east and open 24/7).
Northolt’s main runway is 5,525 ft long, which allows larger business jets such as the Falcon 900 to take off fully loaded. Larger aircraft such as the Boeing Business Jet can also use the airfield, but are limited by pavement-strength issues to around a dozen movements per year.
Landing fees go directly to the RAF and are among the most costly in the London area. A GIV operator, for example, would pay around £1,100 ($1,700). RAF Northolt currently collects almost $2 million in civil landing fees annually and is ranked as one of Britain’s most commercially viable air force bases.
Handling fees are charged in the following four mtow categories: £90 ($140) for up to 10 metric tons (22,046 lb); £120 ($186) for between 10 and 20 metric tons (up to 44,092 lb); £150 ($233) for between 20 and 40 metric tons (up to 88,184 lb); and £180 ($279) for aircraft over 40 metric tons. The Northolt landing fee covers use of a ground power unit and lavatory service for the aircraft. The handling fee covers all other ground services.
Northolt Handling currently has three staff members besides Walters, and it is about to add another. Supplementary baggage handling can be provided by RAF personnel during busy periods. In addition to Serco, which now manages the RAF’s visiting aircraft servicing operation, line maintenance and repairs can be conducted by Jet Aviation, which dispatches mechanics from its Biggin Hill operation.
Visiting aircraft generally have to purchase fuel from RAF supplies at somewhat elevated prices. For based aircraft, and by special arrangement, fuel can be supplied by Air BP."
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May 16, 2012
CAE has acquired Oxford Aviation Academy (OAA), an industry-leading provider of aviation training and crew sourcing services for C$314 million. This acquisition strengthens CAE’s leadership and global reach in civil aviation training by increasing its training centre footprint, growing its Ab-Initio flight training network and extending its portfolio by adding OAA’s Parc Aviation, the global leader in pilot and maintenance crew sourcing for airlines and leasing companies.
« We are very excited about this acquisition as it enables us to offer our customers more locations and additional training capacity as well as a new service for pilot and maintenance crew sourcing. We have greatly enhanced CAE's industry-leading position with the addition of two of the industry's strongest brands in Ab-Initio aviation training and crew sourcing: Oxford Aviation Academy and Parc Aviation, » said Marc Parent, CAE's President and CEO. « Civil aerospace market fundamentals are strong and we are increasing our position at an opportune time. With this acquisition, CAE responds to market demand with an increased footprint and a complete end-to-end solution for commercial aviation. »
The acquisition strengthens CAE's position in capturing the long-term and growing market demand for aviation professionals:
— Adds seven new civil aviation training centres offering pilot, maintenance and cabin crew training to its global network for a total of 42 civil training locations worldwide
— Adds 40 full-flight simulators for a total of 211 full-flight simulators
— Adds four of the industry's most renowned flight academies (Ab-Initio flight training organizations) with a capacity to train over 600 cadets annually, for a total CAE-operated network of 12 flight schools with a capacity to train 1,500 cadets annually. The Oxford Aviation Academy has enjoyed a 50-year pedigree of excellence, and the CAE-operated flight schools will now be branded CAE Oxford Aviation Academy
— Broadens portfolio by extending into pilot and maintenance crew sourcing through Parc Aviation, which currently provides 1,200 aviation personnel on assignment to 50 airlines and leasing companies in 40 countries, primarily in Asia. Parc Aviation will now be branded CAE Parc Aviation Personnel.
Oxford Aviation Academy (OAA) had revenues of approximately C$280 million during CAE’s fiscal year 2012 and the purchase price represents approximately 9 times OAA's EBITDA during the same period. The acquisition will be accretive to CAE’s earnings in fiscal year 2014.
CAE has financed the acquisition with a new senior unsecured credit facility.
Press release issued by CAE Inc"
"Brian J Walton Aviation Engineer & Expert Witness
1995 to date … Serco Group plc, RAF Northolt
Senior BAe 146 Crew Chief
Operate under The Military Aviation Authority (MAA) & Maintenance Approved Organisation Scheme (MAOS) rules.
Fly on the BAe 146 CC2 of No32 (TR) Squadron, RAF (an amalgamation of The Queen’s Flight and 32 Squadron RAF) as a civilian Engineering Specialist. Duties include setting up the aircraft and testing all systems. Carry out all servicing and rectification and solely responsible for engineering standards whilst away from base.
Fly worldwide on Royal/VVIP Tours, often for extended periods and was the engineer on all of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh’s BAe 146 tasks for approximately six years until his retirement from flying.
Responsible for training and annual assessment of all the new BAe 146 Crew Chiefs, ensuring they continue to meet exacting engineering standards. Accompany Test Pilots on full Air Tests on an annual basis and on any Air Checks. Carry out diagnosis, rectification and functionals of all systems, including ground running of the engines and APU, also take part in hangar servicing of the BAe 146 at all levels up to C check.
Completed all the manufacturers BAe 146 training courses, Airframe, Engine, Electrics, Avionic and SEP10 Autopilot course."
Yours sincerely,
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