History
In June 1953, Pilot Captain Suggs along with his radar operator Robert Markhoff were flying an intercept mission with a F-94C Starfire of a UFO that was seen over the alert area at Otis AFB. The plane successfully took off and was at 1500 feet when suddenly the engine, along with all electrical systems, quit and the plane began falling towards the ground. Frantic, Captain Suggs cut the nose to keep the aircraft from stalling. The plane was too close to the ground to accomplish an air start so Suggs ordered Markhoff to bail out. The canopy was then jettisoned and Suggs heard an explosion as Markhoff ejected. Suggs immediately followed suit and the plane continued on its course. Suggs landed safely. He landed but the most peculiar thing happened. There was no sound of a jet explosion. There wasn't even any sign of Robert Markhoff. Between the time when Suggs bailed out and he hit the ground, the aircraft had simply vanished. The only thing ever proving the existence of there being a plane ever in the air besides Captain Suggs was the canopy of the cockpit.
Controversy
The following was based on the testimony of Clarence Dargie who, in an interview with a radio reporter in Texas, told this story. There are inconsistencies that appear many times in his story. Barry Greenwood, an editor for The Computer UFO Network on the World Wide Web has investigated Dargie's account. He dug up records and there were no records that either a Captain Suggs or a Robert Markhoff ever existed. There is also data on the internet stating that there were squadrons flying the F-94C Starfire. Dargie said that the plane was the only one on the base. He might have bee right with that fact because the squadron might have been in the middle of a transition period. The Cape Cod Times also didn't include an article on the disappearance but Dargie said that the Air Force stated that they were lost at sea. A quick internat search shows that his account is the only one out there on this subject. The History Channel has opened up one of it's episodes with this story but why would they do it if he was the only one talking about this. Do they have some information that has previously been unpublished on the internet? That question is really the only thing that keeps the story alive as the potential eyewitnesses die off and take any proof that they might have with them. The Cape Cod Times articles also do mention that:
And it may be at least that long before the government releases its files on the incident. The National Security Agency is withholding 131 secret documents about UFO sightings.
Although it has been 20 years since the publication of this article, the Freedom of Information Act might provide access to these 131 secret documents.
In June 1953, Pilot Captain Suggs along with his radar operator Robert Markhoff were flying an intercept mission with a F-94C Starfire of a UFO that was seen over the alert area at Otis AFB. The plane successfully took off and was at 1500 feet when suddenly the engine, along with all electrical systems, quit and the plane began falling towards the ground. Frantic, Captain Suggs cut the nose to keep the aircraft from stalling. The plane was too close to the ground to accomplish an air start so Suggs ordered Markhoff to bail out. The canopy was then jettisoned and Suggs heard an explosion as Markhoff ejected. Suggs immediately followed suit and the plane continued on its course. Suggs landed safely. He landed but the most peculiar thing happened. There was no sound of a jet explosion. There wasn't even any sign of Robert Markhoff. Between the time when Suggs bailed out and he hit the ground, the aircraft had simply vanished. The only thing ever proving the existence of there being a plane ever in the air besides Captain Suggs was the canopy of the cockpit.
Controversy
The following was based on the testimony of Clarence Dargie who, in an interview with a radio reporter in Texas, told this story. There are inconsistencies that appear many times in his story. Barry Greenwood, an editor for The Computer UFO Network on the World Wide Web has investigated Dargie's account. He dug up records and there were no records that either a Captain Suggs or a Robert Markhoff ever existed. There is also data on the internet stating that there were squadrons flying the F-94C Starfire. Dargie said that the plane was the only one on the base. He might have bee right with that fact because the squadron might have been in the middle of a transition period. The Cape Cod Times also didn't include an article on the disappearance but Dargie said that the Air Force stated that they were lost at sea. A quick internat search shows that his account is the only one out there on this subject. The History Channel has opened up one of it's episodes with this story but why would they do it if he was the only one talking about this. Do they have some information that has previously been unpublished on the internet? That question is really the only thing that keeps the story alive as the potential eyewitnesses die off and take any proof that they might have with them. The Cape Cod Times articles also do mention that:
And it may be at least that long before the government releases its files on the incident. The National Security Agency is withholding 131 secret documents about UFO sightings.
Although it has been 20 years since the publication of this article, the Freedom of Information Act might provide access to these 131 secret documents.
Rulez — a slang term used to praise or express satisfaction with something.
Obviously descends from the verb "to rule" with Hispanic-style slang ending -z (like in "warez"/wares), but also may be interpreted as adjective (e.g. " rulez" — " is good", not "is directing").
Merriam-Webster dictionary says that one of the forms of the verb "to rule" is a slang form meaning "to be extremely cool or popular -- used as a generalized term of praise or approval".
In the Internet age the term was popularised worldwide and penetrated into non-English slangs. E.g. in Russia in 2006 it was used in a TV and press advertising campaign for the car Opel Corsa. As well, is a Hungarian alternative jazz group, is a second album of Polish punk rock band The Analogs. "House Rulez" is the name of a Korean pop artist. Meanwhile, is a 1989 song by USA Hip-Hop band Boogie Down Productions.
Common slang antonym to "rulez" is "sucks" (popular distorted forms "suckz", "sux", "suxx").
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Obviously descends from the verb "to rule" with Hispanic-style slang ending -z (like in "warez"/wares), but also may be interpreted as adjective (e.g. " rulez" — " is good", not "is directing").
Merriam-Webster dictionary says that one of the forms of the verb "to rule" is a slang form meaning "to be extremely cool or popular -- used as a generalized term of praise or approval".
In the Internet age the term was popularised worldwide and penetrated into non-English slangs. E.g. in Russia in 2006 it was used in a TV and press advertising campaign for the car Opel Corsa. As well, is a Hungarian alternative jazz group, is a second album of Polish punk rock band The Analogs. "House Rulez" is the name of a Korean pop artist. Meanwhile, is a 1989 song by USA Hip-Hop band Boogie Down Productions.
Common slang antonym to "rulez" is "sucks" (popular distorted forms "suckz", "sux", "suxx").
Links
* Search results for 'rulez' in English
John Allen Borgman (December 6, 1866 - January 15, 1937) was a United States Postmaster of Jonesboro, Arkansas in the early 1900's. John was born in Attica, Indiana and was the son of Francis John Borgman and Frances Jane Beauchamp and had a twin brother named George M., who died of an illness at the age of eighteen. His father had served in the Union Army during the American Civil War, but since he deserted in 1862 from his West Virginia regiment he re-enlisted in Indiana under an assumed name, John Frank Dierker. Because of this, John's name during his early years was listed as Dierker until he was no longer worried of arrest.
He and his father moved out to Arkansas while endeavoring in the lumber trade. John Borgman moved to Jonesboro in 1906. He married a woman from Tennessee, Mary Owen Harris, the daughter of Thomas H. Harris, a Confederate veteran. They had two children——Herman Francis and Lola——before his wife and daughter came down with tuberculosis. His wife died of the illness, and a year later he married her younger sister Ida Harris.
His son Herman, for whom Herman, Arkansas is named after, related a story published by The Jonesboro Sun in its Off The Beaten Path column. "The Frisco used to have a water tank at the north end of the trestle across Big Bayou. They pumped their water out of the bayou. The tank fell down across the track and my father... flagged down the northbound fast train (106) and prevented it running into the tank on the track."
John was very active in politics, and it was his being a Republican which led to his appointment as postmaster. Borgman was appointed acting postmaster from July 1, 1922 replacing postmaster Chrales B. Gregg and served as postmaster from February 14, 1923 to July 1, 1933. He served under three presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover. He was a Republican delegate at the Arkansas Republican State Convention in Littlerock on May 3, 1928 and a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Chicago on June 14, 1932.
Borgman was also a U. S. Marshal. His only surviving child Herman Borgman became a postal employee and moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1920.
Borgman died at the age of seventy on at 2:20 PM on January 15, 1937 at his home in Bay, Arkansas. His funeral was held on January 16 at the Gregg Funeral Home and he was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery.
He and his father moved out to Arkansas while endeavoring in the lumber trade. John Borgman moved to Jonesboro in 1906. He married a woman from Tennessee, Mary Owen Harris, the daughter of Thomas H. Harris, a Confederate veteran. They had two children——Herman Francis and Lola——before his wife and daughter came down with tuberculosis. His wife died of the illness, and a year later he married her younger sister Ida Harris.
His son Herman, for whom Herman, Arkansas is named after, related a story published by The Jonesboro Sun in its Off The Beaten Path column. "The Frisco used to have a water tank at the north end of the trestle across Big Bayou. They pumped their water out of the bayou. The tank fell down across the track and my father... flagged down the northbound fast train (106) and prevented it running into the tank on the track."
John was very active in politics, and it was his being a Republican which led to his appointment as postmaster. Borgman was appointed acting postmaster from July 1, 1922 replacing postmaster Chrales B. Gregg and served as postmaster from February 14, 1923 to July 1, 1933. He served under three presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover. He was a Republican delegate at the Arkansas Republican State Convention in Littlerock on May 3, 1928 and a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Chicago on June 14, 1932.
Borgman was also a U. S. Marshal. His only surviving child Herman Borgman became a postal employee and moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1920.
Borgman died at the age of seventy on at 2:20 PM on January 15, 1937 at his home in Bay, Arkansas. His funeral was held on January 16 at the Gregg Funeral Home and he was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery.
TransAtlantic International Airlines (TIA) is an airline seeking to begin commercial flights from Columbus, Ohio’s Rickenbacker International Airport offering roundtrip, one-way, and group packages. They are planning to operate Boeing 747SP aircraft on these services in a three class layout. Initially their route network will include New York (JFK), Honolulu, Shannon, Brussels, London, and Sydney with more to come.
History
TIA’s CEO, Ely B. Chulli has tried many other attempts to revive old aircraft. In fall of 2005 he had a plan to refit stored retired Delta L1011 ship N723DA. The plane would fly from New York (JFK) to destinations in West Africa also under the name TIA. Nothing much has been heard of this project since late 2005, the problem stated were issues with certification (AOC) and them trying to have an offshore AOC but it not working out.
Services
They have a B747SP available for lease as well as a B747-200F, BBJ, B767, B737-300, Gulfstream GV, and a Global Express. All aircraft are available to charter with the addition of an MD82. They also have four engines for sale, from a scrapped B747 as well as a small inventory of business aircraft parts. They also seem to be thinking about operating the DC9 because they are enquiring about pilots on their website, and at aviation hiring website it shows they updated this information on April 24 2006 for 8 pilots. Talk is that these DC9s will be used on services to the Bahamas.
Fleet
As of August 2006 the Transatlantic International Airlines fleet includes :
*2 Boeing 747SP
The airline currently owns two Boeing B747SP’s which are registered as N708BA and N4508H both are which are currently being stored at Marana Airpark in Arizona. They show up on about 5 different website showing that they own these aircraft and confirm the registration numbers. This is one of their planes here in 2005 missing engines. The airline’s CEO is Ely Bachir Chulli, and he planned on having the airline operating by spring 2006 but this date has been delayed.
History
TIA’s CEO, Ely B. Chulli has tried many other attempts to revive old aircraft. In fall of 2005 he had a plan to refit stored retired Delta L1011 ship N723DA. The plane would fly from New York (JFK) to destinations in West Africa also under the name TIA. Nothing much has been heard of this project since late 2005, the problem stated were issues with certification (AOC) and them trying to have an offshore AOC but it not working out.
Services
They have a B747SP available for lease as well as a B747-200F, BBJ, B767, B737-300, Gulfstream GV, and a Global Express. All aircraft are available to charter with the addition of an MD82. They also have four engines for sale, from a scrapped B747 as well as a small inventory of business aircraft parts. They also seem to be thinking about operating the DC9 because they are enquiring about pilots on their website, and at aviation hiring website it shows they updated this information on April 24 2006 for 8 pilots. Talk is that these DC9s will be used on services to the Bahamas.
Fleet
As of August 2006 the Transatlantic International Airlines fleet includes :
*2 Boeing 747SP
The airline currently owns two Boeing B747SP’s which are registered as N708BA and N4508H both are which are currently being stored at Marana Airpark in Arizona. They show up on about 5 different website showing that they own these aircraft and confirm the registration numbers. This is one of their planes here in 2005 missing engines. The airline’s CEO is Ely Bachir Chulli, and he planned on having the airline operating by spring 2006 but this date has been delayed.