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The feel of Christmas…on social media

Singer Suzi Croner (Fluckiger), of Friends the band fame, says she now spends most of her lockdown time, working on Christmas carols, some of which she has already posted on her Facebook page.
“I do have lots of free time, at the moment, as all of us, in Switzerland, are literally, confined to the four walls of our home, due to the Coronavirus pandemic,” says Suzi.
And, it’s this free time that has galvanised Suzi into action – working on Christmas material…to give all of us that Christmas feel.
She say she has already completed the recordings, and the homemade videos, as well, for the songs. ....

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Ratmalana airport's operations and unplanned development – The Island

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In 1934 the State Council of Ceylon decided that an airport with easy access to Colombo was a necessity and declared that Ratmalana was the best site available. Accordingly an airfield was built and the first landing took place on 27 November 1935. This was Ceylon’s first Airfield. With the advent of WW II, the airport expanded and a runway was also built. The Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm used it.
To assist aircraft landing in bad weather and resulting bad visibility, a transmitter was built at Thalangama to generate a Radio Signal Beam directed along the extended centre line of the runway at Ratmalana. If the aircraft was tracking the correct path, the pilots would hear a continuous tone on their head sets. However if they were left of the desired track, the pilots would hear a letter ‘A’ in Morse code (dit dah) or if right, a letter ‘N’ which was a (dah dit) in Mo ....

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