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Fairline Boats^[1] was a British manufacturer of luxury motor yachts. Started in 1963 by Jack Newington, the company built motor yachts in Oundle, Northamptonshire.

The company went into administration in December 2015. On 26 January 2016, the assets were acquired from administration by Russian businessmen Alexander Volov and Igor Glyanenko into a new company, Fairline Yachts Ltd.

History[edit]

Newington family[edit]

The company started when Newington bought a series of gravel pits on the River Nene and built the Oundle Marina. In 1967 he launched the first Fairline boat, a 19 feet (5.8 m) handcrafted glass-reinforced plastic river cruiser.^[2] When Newington's son Sam, a former Royal Air Force pilot and Columbia University MBA graduate, took over in 1971, the company employed fourteen people. Sam expanded the company's sales network overseas to take advantage of the expanding Mediterranean market place – by 1979 the company employed 140 people and turned over £5 million, with production expanded by the success of 1977's Fairline 40 model.^[2]

The company expanded in the 1980s developing lines of high speed cruising yachts. In 1986, Fairline was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade. When Sam retired in 1996, the company expanded further by establishing Fairline Boats of North America Inc., creating a network of 35 dealers.^[2] In 2002 the 10,000th Fairline was completed, together with new production facilities at the original Oundle site. By 2010, the 12,000th Fairline was completed, a Squadron 55 shipped to a client in Italy. The Fairline Owners Club was founded in 2003.^[3] On 20 June 2017 it was announced that Sam Newington had died peacefully at home at the age of 82.^[4]

Venture investment: 2006–2015[edit]

In 2006 the company was purchased by 3i.^[2] The company launched the Fairline Targa 38 in 2006, which won the European Powerboat of the Year in the 30 ft (9.1 m) to 40 ft (12 m) category in 2007.^[5] Fairline Boats was purchased by Better Capital and RBS in July 2011.^[6] In 29 September 2015, Fairline Boats was bought by Wessex Bristol.

Administration[edit]

Having suffered a series of trading difficulties since the 2008 global recession, in December 2015 Fairline Boats entered administration.

In January 2016, Alexander Volov and Igor Glyanenko, UK-based Russian businessmen, purchased the assets of Fairline Boats for about £4 million. Fairline Yachts Ltd new managing director Russell Currie announced a reduction in the workforce from the previous 466 to 'around 100'.^[7]

Range[edit]

Fairline Boat's range included the following models:

• Squadron – first launched in 1990 with the Squadron 62, a large yacht range. From 42 feet (13 metres) to 78 ft (24 m)
• Targa – first launched in 1985, a series of sports style boats. From 38 ft (12 m) to 62 ft (19 m), the range is topped by the Gran Turismo models, first launched in 2003

References[edit]

1. ^'FBL REALISATIONS LIMITED – Overview (free company information from Companies House)'. Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
2. ^ ^abcdBack Targa 62 GRAN TURISMO more (2 December 2015). 'Luxury Motor Yachts'. Fairline.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
3. ^'The Fairline Owners Club'. Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
4. ^Hugo Andreae (28 June 2017). 'Fairline luminary Sam Newington dies'. mby.com. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
5. ^'Boat Buyers Guides'. Rightboat.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
6. ^Nick Burnham (12 July 2011). 'Fairline is bought by Better Capital Limited and RBS – Motor Boat & Yachting'. Motorboatsmonthly.co.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
7. ^Rob Davies (1 January 1970). 'Fairline Boats former staff 'queuing at gates' to work after Russian takeover Business'. The Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2016.

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Contents.Mission The 9th Air Refueling Squadron mobilizes and deploys twelve KC-10 aircraft and over 140 personnel and equipment to worldwide forward operating locations. It generates 24-hour-a-day strategic airlift and air refueling sorties supporting U.S. And allied forces during contingency operations. It trains to support and sustain Joint Chiefs of Staff directed missions. The 9th executes an 8,000+ flying hour program and a $580,000 budget. History World War II Training in the United States The first predecessor of the was organized in February 1942 at, New York, as the 9th Photographic Squadron and was assigned directly to.

The unit began an intensive period of training for early deployment overseas with aircraft. By March, its destination had been settled as the and it was assigned to, which was moving to that theater. The support elements of the squadron departed from the Port of Embarkation on the in May.The squadron's remained behind to receive additional training at. After The squadron's Lightnings went through modifications at, Texas, they were delivered to, New Jersey for shipment to India.

The pilots then boarded transport planes for flight to India. Combat in China, Burma and India The squadron did not arrive in India until late July, by which time it had been renamed the 9th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron. Despite the haste with which it had been sent to, India and its long ocean voyage, it was an even longer voyage for its F-4 Lightnings, which only began to arrive in September. In the interim, the squadron's mechanics helped assemble and fighters for delivery to the. However, this early in the war, techniques for sea transport of aircraft had not been developed and many of the squadron's aircraft had been damaged in preparing them for shipment. In particular, fuel tanks had not been fully drained causing severe deterioration of the self-sealing features, which resulted in the need for extensive work on the planes by the air depot at.In October, the squadron sent a detachment to, China to build and operate a photographic processing laboratory for the.

The detachment was augmented by four Lightnings in November. The same month, the squadron moved to, India, which was already the home of the, with the idea that the squadron could work with the 7th Group to provide prestrike and poststrike reconnaissance. On 12 December, nearly five months after its official arrival in theater, the squadron flew its first combat reconnaissance mission over Burma. Flights of squadron reconnaissance aircraft operated over a wide area of Burma, Thailand, and China until, obtaining aerial photos and reconnaissance of enemy positions and targets for heavy bomber attacks in support of British and American forces. Lightning Lockheed F-5B as flown by the squadronIn March 1943, a single Lightning and supporting personnel and equipment were detached to, India.

Combat attrition had seriously reduced the availability of the squadron's F-4s by this time, and two months later, the squadron began to fly a second type of plane, the. The first Mitchell, formerly flown by the 7th Bombardment Group, arrived on 27 May. After modifying the B-25s to carry cameras the squadron flew its first combat mission with the B-25 on 10 June. Meanwhile, the squadron had begun receiving the newer F-5 reconnaissance version of the Lightning, and the first F-5 mission was flown later the same month. In July, the squadron transferred the personnel and equipment at its detachment at Kunming to the, which had just arrived in the theater.Tenth Air Force formed the provisional 5306th Photographic and Reconnaissance Group in October 1943 and attached the squadron to it. In December reconnaissance assets in India were centralized under Photo Reconnaissance Force, Eastern Air Command, a combined.

The provisional group was discontinued on 17 January 1944 and its components, including the 9th, returned to the control of Tenth Air Force.In April 1944, the arrived in theater and the squadron was assigned to it. Next month, the took over the reconnaissance mission at Dinjan, which the 9th had maintained since March 1943 with a brief pause, and squadron assets at Dinjan rejoined the squadron at.

However the squadron maintained detachments at other locations in India and Burma, including,. The Chittagong detachment augmented. Responsibility for this augmentation began to be transferred to the in November, and all 9th Squadron personnel had been withdrawn by the middle of December.The squadron remained in India after the Japanese surrender, but left for the United States in mid-November 1945 aboard the. Upon its arrival at the Port of Embarkation in the United States in December 1945, it was inactivated. Strategic Air Command. KC-97 refueling a B-47The 9th Air Refueling Squadron was activated on 1 August 1951 at, Arizona and equipped with aircraft.

It was assigned to the until June 1952, then to the. These headquarters were located at, California, so the squadron was attached to various units at Davis-Monthan, while it trained on techniques. In 1953, the and squadron were finally united, when both moved to, Idaho.

In July, the squadron became nonoperational while the wing was becoming a unit. By early 1954, both the wing and squadron were again operational. By September 1954, the squadron had fully converted to theFrom Mountain Home, the squadron supported deploying as a unit to, French Morocco for three months in 1955 and later to, Alaska in 1956. It also deployed some of its personnel to, Guam. In 1965, as (SAC) began to phase its B-47s and KC-97s out of service, the squadron was inactivated and its planes transferred to storage, while its parent became the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing and moved on paper to, where it took over the resources of the, which was discontinued. Boeing KC-135 taking offThe squadron was reactivated on 1 January 1970, when it joined the 9th Wing at Beale Air Force Base, as the expanded to include two tanker squadrons to support its own and the of the 9th Wing. At Beale, the 9th flew the.

Twelve years later, in January 1982, the squadron was again inactivated. Its planes and personnel were used to form the, which was activated at Beale the next day.The squadron began its current, and longest, active period a few months later, in August, at, California, where it equipped with the as part of the. The following year, the squadron provided support for, the rescue of US students and replacement of the revolutionary government of Grenada with a constitutional one. On 19 September 1985, as part of a program to combine World War II combat units with those formed after the war, the 9th Air Refueling Squadron was consolidated with the 9th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron.In 1989, squadron assets assisted in, the 1989 incursion into Panama that ended 's rule. The squadron supported deployments to Southwest Asia from 1990 to 1991 in Operations Desert Shield.

In September 1991, SAC implemented the Objective Wing organizational model and the squadron was transferred from the 22d Wing to its newly-activated. Air Mobility Command. 60th Wing KC-10A Extender at McChord AFBIn 1992, the Air Force reorganized its major commands, combining air refueling and units under (AMC), with the 22d Air Refueling Wing becoming an element of the new command. Under AMC, the squadron flew to Somalia in support of during 1992–1993.

The, meanwhile, recommended that March be transferred to. As the transfer of the base to the was implemented, the 22d Air Refueling Wing moved without personnel or equipment to, Kansas, where it became a KC-135R wing. The was activated at March as a holding organization for the remaining regular Air Force units there on 1 January 1994, and the squadron became part of the 722d Wing until September 1994, when it moved to, California and was assigned to the.Although not deployed as a unit, crews and planes from the 9th supported, enforcement of the no fly zone in southern Iraq through the 1990s by refueling aircraft deploying to, Italy. Its crews provided refueling for B-52s participating in, cruise missile attacks on Iraqi forces in northern Iraq in September 1996 and, later attacks on suspected Iraqi weapons sites. That same year, after terrorists sponsored by Libya struck a nightclub in, its crews supported, the retaliatory bombing of Libya. It aided, the operation against Serbia in Kosovo in 1999 and, enforcement of a no fly zone over Bosnia Herzegovina.

It has provided airlift and refueling support for presidential travel.In 1997, the 9th orchestrated the first sixteen-ship mixed-cell refueling formation in AMC history for Operation Centraz Bat, the longest airdrop mission in aviation history, in which eight delivered 540 paratroopers and their supporting equipment over nearly 8,000 miles. Following the events of, the 9th supported. Starting in October 2001 and continuing to the present day, the unit has provided logistics support of and undertaken support in of 2003.

In 2015, the squadron's boom operators were awarded the Albert Evans Trophy as the best refueling section in the USAF. Mitchel Field, New York, 1 February 1942., Connecticut, 10 March 1942., Washington, 16 April–18 May 1942. Karachi Air Base, India, 24 July 1942Flight at Kunming Airport, China, November 1942 – 12 July 1943 Detachment operated from, China, c.

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1 May 1945., India, c. 14 November 1945., New Jersey, 3–4 December 1945. Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, 1 August 1951. Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, 1 May 1953 – 15 December 1965Deployed to Ben Guerir Air Base, French Morocco, 18 April–16 July 1955; Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, 2 May–1 July 1956. Beale Air Force Base, California, 1 January 1970 – 27 January 1982.

March Air Force Base, California, 1 August 1982. Travis Air Force Base, California, 1 September 1994 – presentAircraft. From January 1970 until this emblem was approved, the squadron used the emblem of the 903d Air Refueling Squadron, which it had replaced at Beale AFB. This emblem was designed for the squadron by, but not officially approved before the squadron moved overseas. The complexity of the emblem made it difficult to reproduce overseas and it was replaced by the tiger cub emblem, which did not receive official endorsement, either. It is not clear whether the detachment with the China Air Task Force flew earlier combat missions in China. The F-5 had more powerful engines, longer range and better communications equipment.

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