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Reno–Tahoe International Airport

Reno–Tahoe International Airport is a public and military airport 3 mi southeast of downtown Reno, in Washoe County, Nevada, United States. It is the state's second busiest commercial airport after Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas. The Nevada Air National Guard has the 152nd Airlift Wing southwest of the airport's main terminal. The airport is named after both the City of Reno, Nevada and Lake Tahoe. The airspace of Reno-Tahoe Airport is controlled by the Northern California TRACON and Oakland Air Route Traffic Control Center.

Early years
The airport was built in 1929 by Boeing Transport Inc. and named Hubbard Field after Boeing Air Transport VP and air transport pioneer Eddie Hubbard. It was acquired by United Airlines in 1936 and purchased by the City of Reno in 1953. The August 1953 OAG shows 15 scheduled departures each weekday; ten years later there were 28.

Jets (United 727s) arrived in June 1964; runway 16 (now 17R) was extended southward from 7800 to 9000 feet around that time. The airport didn't rate a nonstop to Los Angeles until 1969; a nonstop to Chicago began in 1970.

The first terminal building was completed in time for the 1960 Winter Olympics held in Squaw Valley, California in 1960. The present ticketing lobby and concourses were built in 1979. The airport received its current name in 1994 (which honors both the city and the nearby popular tourist destination Lake Tahoe), when the terminal was named in honor of retired Air Force Reserve Major General and former U.S. Senator Howard Cannon. Prior to that the airport itself was named Cannon International Airport.

Reno–Tahoe International was the hub of Reno Air, a now-defunct airline that had MD-80s and MD-90s to many cities until it was bought by American Airlines and later disposed of, in 2001. Reno Air's first flight was on July 1, 1992, and its last flight was August 30, 1999. On New Year's Eve of 2003, Continental Airlines completed the installation of self check-in in the continental United States at Reno International.

Expansion
In 1996, the baggage claim and ticketing area were updated with technology and decor. In 2008, the airport began a $70 million project that enhanced the baggage screening equipment and remodeled the ticketing area with a modern Tahoe theme; the project was entirely completed in 2010. In March 2013, a $24 million expansion of the airport was completed and focused on a new centralized TSA Security Checkpoint on the ground level, and above it, a shopping and dining promenade called "High Mountain Marketplace". Windows in the dining areas allow views of the mountains and runways. Future projects may include updates to the concourses.

International service
In February 2014, the airport announced that Volaris planned to start operating non-stop service flights to Guadalajara, Mexico sometime in 2015. Since the DOT approved the route, it is Reno's first international non-stop service since 1999. On October 7, 2014, the DOT and the airport announced that Volaris would start a twice weekly flight to Guadalajara, Mexico from Reno on December 16, 2014.

In November 2014, Thomas Cook Airlines announced that it planned to introduce twice weekly, non-stop flights from London–Gatwick to Reno starting in December 2015. It would have been the first transatlantic route from Reno Airport. However, Thomas Cook Airlines canceled these plans in May 2015 stating insufficient border control capacities at the airport to handle their Airbus A330. Finally, in September 2019, Thomas Cook went into compulsory liquidation.

Overview

Reno–Tahoe International Airport covers 1,450 acre at an elevation of 4,415 ft. In the year ending June 30, 2019, the airport had 104,239 aircraft operations, with an average of 285 per day: 46% airline, 41% general aviation, 11% air taxi, and 2% military. At that time, 161 aircraft were based here: 104 single-engine, 19 multi-engine, 23 jet, 9 military, and 6 helicopter. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).

It has three concrete runways: 17R/35L is 11,001 by; 17L/35R is 9,000 by; 8/26 is 6,102 by. During September through November 2010, the airport opened a new 200 ft ATCT to replace the 70 ft control tower that had been used for more than 50 years. It was designed by the Parsons Design Firm, which is responsible for the design of many other ATCT towers. The cost of the new tower was about 30 million dollars.

The passenger terminal is named after the late US Senator Howard Cannon. The lobby of the terminal has an exhibit with the bust of Nevada State Senator (and Nevada State Senate Minority Leader) William J. "Bill" Raggio. Raggio is described in the exhibit as being "The Father of the Airport Authority."

Military facilities
The airport is also host to Reno Air National Guard Base, an approximately 60 acre complex, which was established on the west side of the airport in 1954, when Air National Guard units relocated from the former Stead Air Force Base in Reno.

The base is home to the 152d Airlift Wing (152 AW), a Nevada Air National Guard unit operationally gained by the Air Mobility Command (AMC) and equipped with C-130H Hercules aircraft.

Terminals
Reno–Tahoe International Airport provides two concourses designated B and C with an overall 23 jet bridge gates.

Car rental
The airport provides access to nine different rental car agencies with rental car pick up available right outside the terminal building. All nine rental car counters are located in the baggage claim. After completing the rental agreement inside, vehicles may be collected from the parking structure located just outside the baggage claim.

Taxis and limousines
The passenger waiting area for taxis and limousines is located outside of the D Doors located north of the baggage claim.

Bus
Public transportation to/from the airport is available via RTC Ride bus:

 * Route 12 takes passengers either to Downtown 4th Street Station or Meadowood Mall and stops at Terminal Way & Villanova Drive, a short walk from the airport north of baggage claim via the marked pedestrian walkway.

Shuttles
Complimentary hotel shuttles stop along the curb, outside the D Doors located north of the baggage claim, to pick up passengers.

Accidents and incidents

 * At 10:15 pm on November 24, 1971, a Northwest Orient Airlines Boeing 727 landed at the airport with the aft airstair still deployed after the aircraft had been hijacked by an unidentified man who is only known as D.B. Cooper. The aircraft had been hijacked by Cooper between Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington earlier that day. After landing in Seattle, the passengers were released. Cooper and the crew of the 727 were allowed to depart from Seattle to Mexico City with a fuel stop in Reno. The crew reported that the aft airstair had been deployed while over southern Washington. Upon landing in Reno, the aircraft was surrounded by law enforcement. An armed search quickly confirmed that Cooper was gone. The identity of the hijacker and his whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
 * In the early morning hours of January 21, 1985, Galaxy Airlines Flight 203, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, took off from the airport for Minneapolis, Minnesota and crashed 1.5 mi southwest of the airport while the pilots were attempting an emergency landing after experiencing an unexpected vibration from under the wing. An investigation attributed the crash to pilot error for failing to maintain proper control over the aircraft while investigating the cause of the vibration. The vibration was later found to be caused by an open air start service door which the ground crew failed to secure before departure. All but one of the 71 passengers and crew on board were killed.
 * Also in 1985, Roger Stockham, who would later be arrested for attempting to blow up a mosque in Michigan, was arrested at the airport for planting a pipe bomb and carrying an unregistered weapon.
 * On April 13, 2011, a Piper Cheyenne air ambulance flight landed uneventfully at Reno–Tahoe International Airport without a clearance, after the single overnight air traffic controller fell asleep. Federal Aviation Regulations state that if a control tower is not in operation (a condition satisfied by the fact that the controller was asleep), it is considered an "uncontrolled airport" with flight and ground movement becoming the responsibility of the pilot. The incident was minor in nature and safety was never compromised; however, it led to the resignation of Air Traffic Organization chief executive Hank Krakowski. The Federal Aviation Administration announced that 27 airports, including RNO, would subsequently be staffed with two air traffic controllers during graveyard shifts.

Sound levels
Sound levels have been analyzed for over two decades at this airport, with one of the first studies being a comprehensive production of aircraft sound level contour maps. Later analysis was conducted to analyze sound levels at Kate Smith School and provide retrofitting to reduce sound levels through a Federal Aviation Administration grant.

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French West Indies

The French West Indies or French Antilles (Antilles françaises, ; Antiy fwansé) are the parts of France located in the Antilles islands of the Caribbean:

 * The two overseas departments of:
 * Guadeloupe, including the islands of Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Les Saintes, Marie-Galante, and La Désirade.
 * Martinique
 * The two overseas collectivities of:
 * Saint Martin, the northern half of the island with the same name, the southern half is Sint Maarten, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
 * Saint Barthélemy

History

Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc was a French trader and adventurer in the Caribbean, who established the first permanent French colony, Saint-Pierre, on the island of Martinique in 1635. Belain sailed to the Caribbean in 1625, hoping to establish a French settlement on the island of St. Christopher (St. Kitts). In 1626 he returned to France, where he won the support of Cardinal Richelieu to establish French colonies in the region. Richelieu became a shareholder in the Compagnie de Saint-Christophe, created to accomplish this with d'Esnambuc at its head. The company was not particularly successful and Richelieu had it reorganized as the Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique. In 1635 d'Esnambuc sailed to Martinique with one hundred French settlers to clear land for sugarcane plantations.

After six months on Martinique, d'Esnambuc returned to St. Christopher, where he soon died prematurely in 1636. His nephew, Jacques Dyel du Parquet, inherited d'Esnambuc's authority over the French settlements in the Caribbean, in 1637 becoming governor of Martinique. He remained in Martinique and did not concern himself with the other islands.

The French permanently settled on Martinique and Guadeloupe after being kicked off Saint Kitts and Nevis (Saint-Christophe in French) by the British. Fort Royal (Fort-de-France) on Martinique was a major port for French warships in the region from which the French were able to explore the region. In 1638, Jacques Dyel du Parquet (1606–1658), nephew of Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc and first governor of Martinique, decided to have Fort Saint Louis built to protect the city against enemy attacks. From Fort Royal, Martinique, Du Parquet proceeded south in search for new territories and established the first settlement in Saint Lucia in 1643, and headed an expedition which established a French settlement in Grenada in 1649. Despite the long history of British rule, Grenada's French heritage is still evidenced by the number of French loanwords in Grenadian Creole, French-style buildings, cuisine and places name (For ex. Petit Martinique, Martinique Channel, etc.)

In 1642, the Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique received a twenty-year extension of its charter. The King would name the Governor General of the company, and the company the Governors of the various islands. By the late 1640s, in France Mazarin had little interest in colonial affairs, and the company languished. In 1651 it dissolved itself, selling its exploitation rights to various parties. The du Paquet family bought Martinique, Grenada, and Saint Lucia for 60,000 livres. The sieur d'Houël bought Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante, La Desirade and the Saintes. The Knights of Malta bought Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin, which were made dependencies of Guadeloupe. In 1665, the Knights sold the islands they had acquired to the newly formed (1664) Compagnie des Indes occidentales.

Dominica is a former French and British colony in the Eastern Caribbean, located about halfway between the French islands of Guadeloupe (to the north) and Martinique (to the south). Christopher Columbus named the island after the day of the week on which he spotted it, a Sunday (domingo in Spanish), 3 November 1493. In the hundred years after Columbus's landing, Dominica remained isolated. At the time it was inhabited by the Island Caribs, or Kalinago people, and over time more settled there after being driven from surrounding islands, as European powers entered the region. In 1690, French woodcutters from Martinique and Guadeloupe begin to set up timber camps to supply the French islands with wood and gradually become permanent settlers. France had a colony for several years, they imported slaves from West Africa, Martinique and Guadeloupe to work on its plantations. In this period, the Antillean Creole language developed. France formally ceded possession of Dominica to Great Britain in 1763. Great Britain established a small colony on the island in 1805. As a result, Dominicans speak English as an official language while Antillean creole is spoken as a secondary language and is well maintained due to its location between the French-speaking departments of Guadeloupe and Martinique.

In Trinidad, the occupying Spanish had contributed little towards advancements, despite the island's ideal location. Because it was considered underpopulated, Roume de St. Laurent, a Frenchman living in Grenada, was able to obtain a Cédula de Población from the Spanish king Charles III, on 4 November 1783, allowing French planters with their slaves, free coloreds and mulattos from the French Antilles of Martinique, Grenada, Guadeloupe and Dominica to migrate to Trinidad. The Spanish gave many incentives to lure settlers to the island, including exemption from taxes for ten years and land grants in accordance to the terms set out in the Cedula. This exodus was also encouraged by the French Revolution. These new immigrants established the local communities of Blanchisseuse, Champs Fleurs, Paramin, Cascade, Carenage and Laventille, adding to the ancestry of Trinidadians and creating the creole identity; Spanish, French, and Patois were the languages spoken. Trinidad's population jumped from just under 1,400 in 1777, to over 15,000 by the end of 1789. In 1797, Trinidad became a British crown colony, with a French-speaking population.

The two official French overseas departments are Guadeloupe and Martinique. Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy, formerly attached to the department of Guadeloupe, have held separate status as overseas collectivities since 2007. These Caribbean Départments et Collectivités d’Outre Mer are also known as the French West Indies.

French Caribbean
The French Caribbean (or Francophone Caribbean) includes all the French-speaking countries in the region. It can also refer to any area that exhibits a combination of French and Caribbean cultural influences in music, cuisine, style, architecture, and so on. The Francophone Caribbean is a part of the wider French America, which includes all the French-speaking countries in the Americas.

The term varies in meaning by its usage and frame of reference. It is not used much in France, unless the speaker wants to refer to every French dependency in the Caribbean region. The term's more ambiguous than the term "French West Indies", which refers specifically to the islands that are French overseas departments, which means they have overall the same laws and regulations as departments on the mainland of France. Collectivities can be included too.

The following Caribbean regions are predominantly French-speaking and/or French Creole-speaking:

 * French Republic
 * 🇬🇫 French Guiana
 * 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
 * 🇲🇶 Martinique
 * 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy
 * Saint Martin
 * Sovereign state(s)
 * 🇩🇲 Dominica*
 * 🇭🇹 Haiti
 * 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia*

* Both countries gained independence from the United Kingdom. English is their official language, but French-based Creole languages are widely spoken by the island population due to a period of French colonization.

Former French West Indian islands
In addition, some of the islands of the present and former British West Indies were once ruled by France. Among some of them, a French-based creole language is spoken, whereas in others the language is nearing extinction; specific words and expressions may vary among the islands.

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srbine, prošlo je vrijeme tvoga prosrbskog jednoumlja i propagande po wikipediji. Od sad če se pisati istina po ovim stranicama.

ZDS!

--GeneralPatton 10:40, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)

 * Šic, kaj ti je to ZDS, za dečki spremni? ;) Nauči prvo razliku između č i ć pre nego što se počneš igrati sa velikima. Piše se prosrpskog inače... Jadu i bedo! Sad ću baš iz inata da idem za tobom i sve ispravljam.

 * Igore, Carla Del Ponte te traži. Ozbiljno, Igore reci mi zašto ovoliko fundamentalistički, radikalno mrziš Hrvate i Bošnjake? To si imao neku osobnu tragediju? Mislim, vjerujem da nije lako biti gubitnik u ratu, roditi se u jednoj od najsiromašnijih zemalja Europe, zemlji koja je ratovala protiv NATA, čija je vojska počinila največe zločine u Europi poslje nacista, i sve to, no kod tebe mora biti još nešto više, ti se ponašaš kao da misliš da si čovjek sa misijom. Stvarno je šteta što si ovoliko opterečen. Bog i Hrvati! --GeneralPatton 23:25, 18 Apr 2004 (UTC)

 * Nikoga ne mrzim ali to ne znači da vam trebam dopustiti da pišete gluposti. Opismeni se. Opterećen a ne opterečen. Kada već pretendujete na srpski jezik naučite svih 30 slova. - Igor

Thanks very much - also, for the list of monasteries etc burned - where is that information from? Can we attribute the reports? Appreciate it, Mark Richards 00:48, 19 Mar 2004 (UTC)

 * Serbian Orthodox Church and B92. --Igor

Igor, what is the copyright status of those images of RS banknotes and stamps that you recently uploaded? In my experience, banks very rarely give permission for people to copy their notes. If you've got this permission, could you please add it to the relevant image pages? Unfortunately the images will probably have to be listed as probable copyright violations otherwise. -- ChrisO 01:17, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)

 * I did not know that Banks do not allow for pictures of banknotes to be taken? What about numismatic publications? You are not going to try and convince me that they need to get permission from every single Central Bank in the world? This has nothing to do with counterfitting, notes are not life size.

 * As far as I know, banks almost always prohibit unauthorised reproductions of their notes because of the obvious dangers of counterfeiting. And I think numismatic publications do have to get permission - banknotes are usually copyrighted by their issuers and you have to get special permission to reproduce any aspect of them. See http://213.225.140.30/banknotes/repoappform.htm for an example of how the Bank of England handles this. -- ChrisO 01:32, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)

 * Nonsense, numismatic publications catalog currencies of the world, getting permission from every bank would be impossible and just one missing currency (or pictures of them) catastrophic. It might be the case in the UK but not in the rest of the world.

 * This is the official page of the National Bank of Serbia, no such warnings, they don't even place the words SPECIMEN over the banknotes which I will do to get you off my back. http://www.nbs.yu/serbian/7_3.htm --Igor 0:54, 21 Mar 2004 {UTC)

 * It does have copyright notices on the page, though. Please don't think I'm trying to make trouble for you - it's just that if you're actually in Serbia, you could have problems with anti-counterfeiting laws. I certainly would if I uploaded Bank of England notes without permission. -- ChrisO 02:09, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)

 * Every single page has a copyright notice on http://www.nbs.yu, that's customary for a website. It has no particular warnings or notices concerning the use of pictures of its banknotes in fact I remember quite clearly newspapers using them to fill their pages as background when it comes to financial stories.

 * I added the words SPECIMEN in red over the images, just so you can get a good night's sleep tonight, seeing how much you worry about them coming after me for counterfitting. --Igor 1:18, 21 Mar 2004 {UTC)

 * Anyways, it must be my lucky day since the Republika Srpska as of 1996 no longer has its Central Bank and thus the issuing authority that allegedly holds the copyright no longer exists, that makes it public domain. Tu?an dan za krelce :). -- Igor

 * Good point! They use the convertible mark now, right?

 * Incidentally, were there ever any RSK notes or did they just use those of the FRY or the RS? -- ChrisO 01:32, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)

 * You will know the answer to that when I get to do the Republic of Serbian Krajina page. -- Igor 0:54, 21 Mar 2004 {UTC)

Igor, could you please add some copyright info to Image:Serbia100Din.jpg? If you have permission to reproduce the note, that should be stated clearly. -- ChrisO 01:52, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Hi, Igor! I moved your addition of the name of North Ossetia-Alania in the Ossetic language out of the info box into the article intro. The reason for that is that the info box headers have only the names of the federal subjects in their official languages. Since Ossetic is not an official language of the republic (only Russian is), the name in that language should not be there. Thanks for the great addition, though!--Ëzhiki (erinaceus europeaus) 20:36, Sep 21, 2004 (UTC)

 * No problem - Igor

Serbs
I see you recently added a lot of population information to Serbs. Do you have any sources for this? If so, could you please cite them? I've found that these sections on population statistics are often very controversial. See Armenians (people) for an example of handling this in a way that I think will stand up to scrutiny. -- Jmabel | Talk 09:01, Oct 29, 2004 (UTC)

Misuse of minor edits
Igor, please don't mark the deletion of a chunk of text as a "minor edit" (as you did on Greater Serbia). That's an abuse of the minor edits function and is against policy - see Minor edit for more information. -- ChrisO 09:05, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the " " template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

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Image copyrights
Thanks for uploading Image:Srbinje.jpg and Image:Srpski jezik.gif. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use if you release it under the GFDL, or  if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much,   — Edwin Stearns | Talk 18:36, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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Hi Igor, just aying hi!--68.81.205.212 15:56, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Здраво, Игоре! Потпуно подржавам твоје чланке и податке које износиш на њима. Вјеруј ми, и ја сам искусио како је то кад ти се усташки оријентисани Хрвати мијешају у чланке и бришу и исправљају податке како њима одговара.

Kakve sve gluposti ne će čovjek pročitati kad zna ćirilicu! Obećao sam sâm sebi da se moram skinuti s navučenosti na objašnjavanje, ali kao i svi poroci, i taj je težak. J*biga, slijedi objašnjenje (kratko i jasno da ga tvoj indoktrinirani um shvati). Заправо, истини више одговара да про-четнички "оријентисани" Смрби (или Сврби, овисно о укусу), свјесни да је појам "српска култура" готово оксиморон, покушавају од хрватске културе украсти што се може, а остало дискредитирати. Твој пријатељ Игор један је од оних који нису схватили узалудност тог потхвата. Za kraj, pozdrav na latinici; kad ste nam već ukrali jezik, naučite ga ispravno pisati. P.S. Ako želite pisati o "srpskoj kulturi", posjetite stranicu http://www.srbovanje.com i napasite oči biserima svjetske kulturne baštine.

--193.198.128.139 01:02, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

What happenned with the Catholic Serbs article??? HolyRomanEmperor 21:32, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Got deleted. Nikola 20:58, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

Why and is there a way for me to see it? HolyRomanEmperor 21:32, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

Votes needed: see Montenegrin language talk page. HolyRomanEmperor 12:58, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Hello!
Could please help solve the disputes on Mehmed Pasha Sokolović and Ruđer Bošković? --HolyRomanEmperor 20:43, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Article Improvement Belgrade
You may wish to vote for Belgrade at the Article Improvement Drive page, here. --estavisti 21:16, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Series finale

Farscape
I changed the description for the Farscape season finale, as it was not exactly accurate and sounded a bit too cheeky.

Cheers
Is that actually what happened on the Cheers finale? All I really remember is them sitting around the bar talking, and then Sam telling some customer the bar was closed. But then that was 10 years ago :)

 * Yes, indeed! :)

Did the 1990 Finales get VFD'd?
Did the 1990 Series Finales page get VFD'd? It's blank all of a sudden. Joylock 06:26, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Why is Futurama listed without a series finale?
It resolved what was probably the longest-running plotline on the show, Fry's feelings for Leela. -- Antaeus Feldspar 17:50, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Alpha or chronological?
Do we want the list of finales to go in alphabetical order or chronological order? I incline to the former.

 * Agreed. Chronological makes little sense in this context. Cburnett 17:03, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)

From finale (television)
Series episodic television programs eventually come to an end (except for Doctor Who), and when the production companies which make the shows know about it (or will admit to it) sufficiently far in advance, they often instruct/permit the writers to craft a Series Finale, which can tie up loose plot threads, satisfy viewers and fans, and, in some cases, set the stage for later series in a given fictional universe.

Some series also make a special dramatic point with their Season Finales, often using them as a cliffhanger to draw their audience back in for the following season.

One of the most difficult tasks in writing series episodic television is the job of writing a season finale when you don't know if it is also a series finale; very few instances of this exists, of which fewer were popular with fans.

Occasionally, as in the fifth season finale of Buffy, The Vampire Slayer, a season finale will be portrayed as a series finale by a network which is losing a series to another network--the jumping of a series from one network to another, uncommon in earlier days of television, is happening more and more frequently these days; examples include:

 * Buffy, The Vampire Slayer
 * JAG

--Christopherlin 06:29, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I would like to ask, what exactly is notable about the following series: * Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (1990) * TaleSpin (1991) * Sonic the Hedgehog (1993) * The Lone Gunmen (2001) other than The Lone Gunmen being a spinoff to The X Files, I don't feel any of the above series aew notable. I think better examples are needed here. Plus I agree with A. Feldspar above that Futurama did wind up having a series finale. The writers pretty much saw the series cancellation coming and wrote up a closer (The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings) that they felt would provide enough closure in the event that the inevitable happened. -- SterlingNorth 07:27, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * The thing is, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers and TaleSpin were shows that had beginnings, but no closures. Darkwing Duck had a plot thread revolving around the resurrection of Taurus Bulba that was supposed to be resolved in its fourth season, which never reached production because the show was canned. And Sonic the Hedgehog ended on a cliffhanger that was supposed to be solved in its third season, but ABC cancelled the series.

Lone Gunmen
Lone Gunmen is listed under shows without a finale. "The Lone Gunmen" itself didn't have a real finale, but an episode of the X-Files ("Jump the Shark") revolved around them (including Jimmy) and showed their fate (they lock themselves in with a man carrying a biological bomb and sacrifice themselves). This is worthy of a mention.

Finales That Aren't Finales
I changed the list of shows in the "shows without a series finale" bit because the previous list? (see above post!) Was ridiculous.

Feel free to change mine though, I just thought of some off the top of my head.

Quantum Leap
That's not how I remember it ending... I thought Sam was given a chance to deliberately save Al's first marriage, cutting Al out of the program in the new continuity, and causing Sam to be lost in time forever. in fact, I clearly remember onscreen text stating "Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home." 24.91.43.225 3 July 2005 09:44 (UTC)

Isserex's comment: It just says that "Dr Beck never returned home". It never said why he did not return. It could be because he chose (as Bartender Al said) or his changing of history.

Differentiating US series from other countries
Over the past month or so, I've noticed the addition of a few foreign-country series that had series finales. While this is fine (since Wiki articles are supposed to be written from a worldwide POV), I would propose placing all non-U.S. series in a separate section; I'm presuming these all to be British series, anyway. Whatayathink? Briguy52748 17:12, 17 January 2006 (UTC)]]

Non-notable finales
I am not sure what the criteria here are for "notable shows without finales." Apparently all a show needs is a couple of fans to assert its nobility on this page and it gets listed (Joan of Arcadia? My Wife and Kids?)

Okay, well, thanks to some inexplicable editing, there are now only THREE shows in history that have had notable finales, and one of them is Knight-Rider. What happened?? I agree that not every show in history should be listed here, but the current list of three is absolutely preposterous. If only three shows are allowed to be listed, they should certainly be something other than the completely unacceptable choices (excluding M*A*S*H; that was a big deal) that are there now. Chalkieperfect 00:51, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Non-finale shows placement
Anyone else think these, too, should be given their own page(s)?Caswin 00:14, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

No, but describing the plots of the non-finale episodes is unnecessary for this page. A simple list of series (and possibly episode titles) with related links would be better. Kkachi 15:19, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Rocko's Modern Life/ As Told By Ginger
I don't think that the Thanksgiving episode schould be considered the seris finale as Put to Pasture/Future Schlock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Put_to_Pasture_/_Future_Schlock) where more of a series finale, just cause it was the last new episode schouldn't make it the series finale.

Another example being As Told By Ginger, it's season finale "The Wedding Frame" (which is only available on DVD but showed abroad) was released to DVD which close up its loose ends in the series (http://www.hey-arnold.com/Ginger/Season3.html) though it also lasts episode shown was a Thanksgiving episode "Ten Chairs".

Friends series finale
Unless there are objections, I am going to remove the Friends/Joey reference from this line: "sometimes a character or two may be set up for a sequel series (i.e., Cheers begetting Frasier; or Friends begetting Joey)" because as I recall, the Friends finale did not set up Joey. Friends ended with the character Joey planning to stay in the apartment in New York City. Then Joey began, and he had basically changed his mind and decided to move to Los Angeles. --Mathew5000 00:35, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Done. --Mathew5000 02:05, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Notable shows that ended without a series finale -> New page?
Should the section in this article "Notable shows that ended without a series finale" be moved to a new page, it's getting a tad long for a single heading, more-so for just a simple list. I vote for a new page like the other sections for this content to be moved to
 * Seconded! It's crazy. Caswin 01:38, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree that it's much too long, but on the other hand, is there really any use for an article on "TV shows that didn't have a series finale"? That seems awfully silly to me.  At any rate, that section is a total mess.  Way too many entries, many of them very poorly written, and the majority of them having no significance whatsoever (I do not happen to agree that Darkwing Duck is "one of the most notable shows" of any type). Chalkieperfect 01:00, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

get rid of non-notable "buffy" and "knight rider" finales (fan cruft); add "Newhart" and "St. Elsewhere"
Buffy finale, fancruft. Ditto Knight Rider. Must we put up with this?

See Why doesn't TV know when (or how) to BOW OUT? for discussion of notable finales, esp. Newhart's "most unexpected moment in TV."

--Ling.Nut 19:44, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Fancruft? There the detailed breakdowns of the episodes, what's so "fancruft" about it? Buffy's finale IS noticable, and Knight Rider's spin-off canocity is unclear to the point this was the closest thing to a conclusion

If the powers-that-be-utter-morons had'nt deleted the series finales articles, or had at least merged them all in one, we'd have shows like Newhart already there in contrast to what we have now.

I'll see what I can do about including the others, but I should'nt be having to clean up the mess the idiots have directly caused themselves by thinking with the "delete button" first, and what was good for any future version of an article later. I really should bring this up with 'em, and tell them to save any information that comes with too many articles on the same subject.

Dr. R.KZ. 19:49, May 7th 2007 (UTC)

I second the motion that Newhart should be included. The last episode was one of the best, most truly originial shows ever in the history of television. While it did not have the giant ratings of M*A*SH or the Fugitive, it was one of the most critically praised programs ever shown on tv. The series was great as well. The fact that it did not win any Emmys means nothing. The Emmys have a very long history of giving the same awards to the same people and same shows year after boring year.204.80.61.110 18:26, 11 June 2007 (UTC)Bennett Turk

 * Knight Rider is not notable. Buffy is, somewhat. Newhart and St. Elsewhere definitely need to be included. JAF1970 16:55, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Quantum Leap
Oops. Forgot about Quantum Leap. JAF1970 20:23, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

The Prisoner
Completely forgot "The Prisoner" too :p JAF1970 07:13, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

spoiler tag not needed
How in the world is a spoiler tag needed on a section that makes it clear that the finales of various shows are being discussed? Our readers are not so stupid that they cannot realize that reading about finales is going to give away the endings... — Carl (CBM · talk) 05:12, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

The King of Queens?
That show isn't particularly historic, and its finale isn't exactly special. JAF1970 04:13, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Roseanne
Roseanne did have a memorable finale (everything was a dream after Dan's heart attack). JAF1970 23:57, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Home Improvement
I have removed an unsourced statement regarding one of the co-stars in Home Improvement being written out of the finale, and speculative reasons as to why. My rationale is WP:BLP. Feel free to restore the information if a valid source can be provided. 23skidoo (talk) 16:40, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

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Happy Days
What about the Happy Days finale? 76.126.29.36 (talk) 03:07, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Um, what finale? JAF1970 (talk) 04:03, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

About Animated Series finale
I think the reason why animated series finalies are unimporant.Beause in America only cartoons for children hide their agenda of their last episodes to prevent the kids from knowing hat theuir shows ended.(including disney channe lstars shows).And second of all Only japanese shows show like that —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.83.40.224 (talk) 17:07, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

De facto finales
I've been bold and removed an incredibly long list of programs that did not have finales in the accepted sense (their last episodes contained no resolution). These were labelled de facto finales, which I think was a misnomer. They were last episodes or last broadcast episodes, but not finales. --Jenny 21:46, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Second thoughts, I've self-reverted and invite comments. --Jenny 21:49, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Little House on the Prairie
Would this programme be considered for the Notable Series Finale section? The final episode featured an evil property developer buying up the land the town of Walnut Grove was built on... so they have to move on... but to avoid him getting all their hard work for free they dynamite the entire town and march off singing Onward Christian Soldiers. Not sure if the series itself counts as notable, though. Anyone? I'll write it up if there's general approval.Dantheman123 (talk) 08:33, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

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 * Fixed. But I'm trying to figure out this guy stating it has Fair Use for the episode but not the Series finale page? Huh? JAF1970 (talk) 18:23, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Global?
Fact is, most popular entertainment has come from English speaking countries. Name a single TV show finale from, say, South Africa or India that has made worldwide press? JAF1970 (talk) 06:18, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I can't say anything for South Africa or India, but I'll guarantee there are several such finales among Japanese anime series (which raises the related question of why this list seemingly insists on focusing on live-action television series). I can't think of any offhand (working through a three-day-long watchlist with over 1000 items has completely fried my brain), but asking at WT:ANIME will probably get you somewhere. 「ダイノ ガイ 千 ？！」(Dinoguy1000) 06:33, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * You may notice the page doesn't go into detail about animation, let alone anime. Name a live-action Japanese series that's received worldwide press. Oh, and anime? It doesn't receive mainstream worldwide press at all. Wikipedia is skewed towards the computer geek, always has been, but honestly, mainstream press doesn't care about anime. JAF1970 (talk) 17:56, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Eh, whatever. I'm really not going to argue this, it's not my cup of tea anyways. 「ダイノ ガイ 千 ？！」(Dinoguy1000) 21:11, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Really "Notable"?
Are the finales of "Friends" or "Seinfeld" or "Frasier" really all that notable? They're pretty typical, mundane finales. They don't break any ground, they don't get "creative" in any way -- these are just popular shows that ended with something.

(Commando303 (talk)) —Preceding undated comment added 01:49, 7 April 2009 (UTC).
 * Um, yes. They've been in many lists for Best Finales Ever, as well as having superhigh ratings. For instance, an estimated 25.2 million people tuned in Thursday to NBC's last episode of "Frasier," which won a record 31 Emmys, including five for best comedy, in its 11 seasons - and is considered one of the best ever. Friends was seen by 51M. Just because you didn't watch them doesn't mean tens of millions in the US alone didn't. JAF1970 (talk) 17:18, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
 * If you can supply notability, you really should. If something is notable because of ratings or critical review, please cite it in the main article. Alastairward (talk) 18:01, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
 * You're joking, right? Take any TV Guide "BEst Finales" list and the ones posted were listed. Do you actually know ANYTHING about television? There's even citations on many of them. For example, more people watched the Cheers finale (80+M) than MASH. Seinfeld had a total audience of about 76.3 million people. That's not notable? JAF1970 (talk) 00:15, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Adding citations proving notability. Please refrain from deleting content til I'm finished. JAF1970 (talk) 00:40, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Added a ton of citations from news articles and "best of" lists. I can do more, but not now. Am tired. JAF1970 (talk) 01:28, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not joking and no, you do not own this article. I should point out that articles should not be a simple list of indiscriminate information and that cites should be from reliable sources. Alastairward (talk) 07:53, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Why do I "own" the article because I put a ton of cits on the shows to prove they're notable? JAF1970 (talk) 14:27, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Your demand that we not edit the article because you aren't finished with it. Your edits do not address the tags at the top, that it doesn't represent a world view and nor does it address the fact that the episode is creeping into a list of indiscriminate information. I'll edit it myself later when I have more time. Alastairward (talk) 14:39, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
 * No, I'm not finished adding citations. And you're cutting valid lists, too. You wanted notability - and I defy you to prove, say, the ending of The Prisoner is not notable. You've already shown you don't know notable finales at all (you didn't think Frasier, Friends, etc were notable.) You have to have SOME level of expertise in the genres of articles to edit them, and you've shown none. JAF1970 (talk) 05:52, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Be civil please. No expertise is necessary, all we need are cites. Many of those that you've provided are not from reliable sources. Also, if we use the cites that you've provided in the way that you're using them, we're just going to have a long list of episode outlines, which isn't useful to the reader. A thorough rewrite is definitely pending. Alastairward (talk) 08:10, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm being civil, but if you don't know that Clarabelle speaking was a touchstone in television history (especially with what a major children's show Howdy Doody was)... JAF1970 (talk) 05:10, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Being uncivil includes attributing reasons for removal of material that the removing editors did not quote. Never did I say anything about not liking the material added. Alastairward (talk) 10:04, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Article improvement
For anyone interested in improving the article, addressing the tags in place, making it more readable for readers, why not do so here. Alastairward (talk) 19:58, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Number of examples
Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. At present a lot of the article is composed of a long list of links and episode synopses. Little of this addresses the subject material and it reads poorly. I would suggest breaking it up into prose and taking more from the cites. Alastairward (talk) 19:58, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Cites
From Reliable sources; "Reliable sources are credible published materials with a reliable publication process; their authors are generally regarded as trustworthy or authoritative in relation to the subject at hand." and "Sources should directly support the information as it is presented in an article and should be appropriate to the claims made".

For example, the following have been used to support notability but do not appear to do so; Alastairward (talk) 19:58, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The Houston Pilgrim; No assertion of this being a reliable source or notability of this finale.
 * tvseriesfinale.com; No assertion of reliable publication process, no assertion of notability of shows listed.
 * New York Daily News; Reliable certainly, but makes no assertion of the finale's notability other than calling it "outrageous".
 * The Knight Shift; A personal blog, which generally isn't deemed a reliable source.
 * They are notable finales that were noted in print magazines. Some of these finales have won awards - if you think All Good Things... is not notable, for instance, you're crazy. JAF1970 (talk) 04:49, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * [WP:BRD]], you were bold and edited, I reverted the edits, I invite you (again) to discuss the above. Please discuss the additions that I have removed, with reference to wikipedia policies. As it stands, I am perfectly entitled to remove much of the content of the article. Alastairward (talk) 10:35, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Finales launching spinoffs
The Ropers (1979-80) was a spinoff of Three's Company (1977-84), but it did not spring from the series finale. Assignment: Earth was a backdoor pilot that was presented as the last episode of the second season of Star Trek. That episode wasn't the series finale, although Star Trek's prospect for a third season may not have been known when the episode was produced. Andy Griffith to Mayberry R.F.D. fits the bill, Star Trek, possibly with a qualification, but the Ropers doesn't. It appears that the the proposed Carmine spinoff from Laverne & Shirley is an appropriate example. Just1thing (talk) 23:05, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

Article "Improvement"
Akin to the Newspeak Dictionary as being an "improvement". The article is now completely useless and uninformative, with no interesting examples or reason for people to ever visit the page. I don't care, though. Do whatever you want to the page you own. JAF1970 (talk) 19:49, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Why not discuss the above? Wikipedia is not a simple indiscriminate list of information. That's what I was trying to do with those lists, turn them into something a bit more informative. Before, there was an episode name, then a description of the episode, with no information on what made it notable actually extracted from the cites. Why not add episodes in that manner? What did we gain from that long drawn out list of "de facto" finales or a separate article on animated series? Alastairward (talk) 20:24, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Because you've attempted to take ownership of the article, with such statements that science fiction is not notworthy enough. All of the citations are quite valid. You're still going on WP:IDONTLIKEIT. JAF1970 (talk) 14:30, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm going on the idea that Wikipedia isn't a directory of list of indiscriminate information. The long lists do nothing but state show titles. The section on animated and de facto finales appear to be uncited and those sections that are cited appear not to have anything taken from the cites themselves.
 * Instead of edit warring, why not accept the invitation to address the issues raised regarding the article? Since you've looked at some cites, why not extract useful information from them? Alastairward (talk) 16:05, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

About animated and series finales for youth oriented shows
WE need an article which is about the series finales of youth oriented shows unlike Adult and mature oriented shows,We need to understan its difference therefore Iam putting the Animated series finale section back until you find out about its difference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alfred123123 (talk • contribs) 13:34, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
 * We need cites above all else. Provide them and the material can certainly stay. Alastairward (talk) 15:20, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

SO put the animated series finale back or put a new section called youth oriented series finale so we can understand. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alfred123123 (talk • contribs) 16:57, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I said that we needcites first. All material you add must be verifiable by a reliable third party source. Please provide such sources and the material can stay. What evidence, besides what you wrote, is there to suggest that animated series deserve to be treated to their own section? Alastairward (talk) 18:11, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Synopsis of finales
Shouldn't this page have a brief synopsis of the series finale for shows that indeed had a finale? That is what I came to this page looking for. If that info is located elsewhere, then shouldn't there be a link on this page to that other page? Does anyone know? Thanks. (64.252.124.238 (talk) 15:32, 25 October 2009 (UTC))
 * There are external links for that sort of stuff, Wikipedia isn't a simple indescriminate list of information. Alastairward (talk) 10:35, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Edit for Encyclopedic content and WP standards
Sorry to say, this article was simply not at all to WP standards. Most of it was original research, completely non-objective discussion or conclusions with no citations at all. Encyclopedic articles can't be fan-like essays on the subject, which this was. Extensive lists, and individual opinions and conclusions on the subject, and extensive detail which is not relevant to the article, all needed to go. The article is much more encyclopedic now. Additions should be verifiable, and extensive discussions of individual show's finales should go on those shows' article pages, not here.Njsustain (talk) 10:03, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Lost Series Finale
All right, I know I may be in the minority but I don't think the Lost series finale The End is all that notable. The ratings were just average, it didn't break any records. Plus the entry seems to be based just on Emmy nominations. The End was nominated for seven awards--Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, Outstanding Direction for a Drama Series, Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series plus Creative Arts Emmys for Art Direction, Camera Editing, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Music Composition. With the exception of the guest actress award, these are all awards the series has been nominated for before--how is that notable? Awards aside, the Lost series finale did just what a series finale is supposed to do. It ended the series. It wasn't the highest rated finale ever (M*A*S*H), it wasn't controversial (The Prisoner) or unique (Newhart, St. Elsewhere). So instead of getting into an edit war, I'd rather just come to a consensus on this. Bhall87Four Scoreand Seven 18:33, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

"many commonwealth countries"? Isn't it just the UK?
I know Canada and Australia use the term the same way as the US, which other countries other than the UK use it their way? Since there's no cite and a citation needed tag, this needs to be clarified and corrected.07:15, 18 December 2010 (UTC)~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.226.113.6 (talk)

Howdy and the Beaver
With all due respect to "The Fugitive," the first was "Howdy Doody" and the second was "Leave It To Beaver." Or if they weren't, what came before them? Specifically, when "Howdy Doody" did its final 60-minute send-off, was it inventing something or following the lead of some other show? 71.162.113.226 (talk) 01:18, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

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British West Indies

The British West Indies (BWI) were colonised British territories in the West Indies: Anguilla, the Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Montserrat, the British Virgin Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, British Guiana (now Guyana) and Trinidad and Tobago. Other territories included Bermuda, and the former British Honduras (now Belize).

The Kingdom of England first pursued the establishment of the colonies in its 16th-17th century competition with the Spanish Empire. Initially, financed by valuable extractive commodities such as sugar production, the colonies were also at the centre of the transatlantic slave trade, around 2.3 million slaves were brought to the British Caribbean. The colonies served as bases to project the power of the British Empire through the Royal Navy and the merchant marine, and to further and protect the empire's trade. Before the decolonisation period in the later 1950s and 1960s, "British West Indies" was regularly used to include all British colonies in the region as part of the British Empire. Following the independence of most of the territories from the United Kingdom, the term Commonwealth Caribbean is now used.

In 1912, the British government divided their territories into different colonies: The Bahamas, Barbados, British Guiana, British Honduras, Jamaica (with its dependencies the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Cayman Islands), Trinidad and Tobago, the Windward Islands, and the Leeward Islands. Between 1958 and 1962, all of the island territories except the British Virgin Islands, the Bahamas and Bermuda were organised into the West Indies Federation. It was hoped that the Federation would become independent as a single nation, but it had limited powers and faced many practical problems. Consequently, the West Indies Federation was dissolved in 1962.

The territories are now fully independent sovereign states, except for five – Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Montserrat, and the Turks and Caicos Islands – which remain British Overseas Territories, as does Bermuda. All remain within the Commonwealth of Nations. They also established the Caribbean Community, and many of the nations have joined various international bodies, such as the Organization of American States, the Association of Caribbean States, the World Trade Organization, the United Nations, and the Caribbean Development Bank among others.

Territories
The territories that were part of the British West Indies are (date of independence, where applicable, in parentheses):
 * The Bahamas (1973)
 * Barbados (1966)
 * Belize (formerly British Honduras) (1981)
 * Bermuda (British overseas territory)
 * British Leeward Islands
 * Anguilla (British overseas territory)
 * Antigua and Barbuda (1981)
 * British Virgin Islands (British overseas territory)
 * Dominica (1978)
 * Montserrat (British overseas territory)
 * Saint Kitts and Nevis (1983)
 * British Windward Islands
 * Grenada (1974)
 * Saint Lucia (1979)
 * Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1979)
 * Cayman Islands (British overseas territory)
 * Guyana (formerly British Guiana) (1966)
 * Jamaica (formerly Colony of Jamaica) (1962)
 * Trinidad and Tobago (1962)
 * Turks and Caicos Islands (British overseas territory)

History
The origins of the British West Indies lie in outposts established to support English pirates and privateers who were involved in raiding Spanish treasure fleets, and merchants interested in trade. Charles Leigh, an English merchant, established a short-lived settlement on the Wiapoco River in 1604 (now the Oyapock, which forms the border between French Guiana and Brazil). This was followed by failed attempts to established settlements in Saint Lucia in 1605 and Grenada in 1609. The first permanent settlement was established in St. Christopher (St. Kitts) by Thomas Warner. This was followed by settlements in Barbados in 1627, Nevis in 1628, and Montserrat and Antigua in 1632. Providence Island was colonised by English Puritans in 1630, but the colony was destroyed by the Spanish in 1641. The capture of Jamaica in 1655 expanded British control beyond these small islands in the Lesser Antilles.

Leeward Islands
Sir William Stapleton established the first federation in the British West Indies in 1674. He set up a General Assembly of the Leeward Islands in St. Kitts. Stapleton's federation was active between 1674 and 1685, during his term as governor, and the General Assembly met regularly until 1711.

By the 18th century, each island had kept its own Assembly and made its own laws. The islands continued to share one Governor and one Attorney-General. Although unpopular, Stapleton's federation was never really dissolved but simply replaced by other arrangements.

Between 1816 and 1833, the Leewards were divided into two groups: St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla and Antigua-Barbuda-Montserrat, each with its own Governor. In 1833, all the Leeward Islands were brought together, and Dominica was added, remaining as part of the group until 1940.

In 1869, Governor Benjamin Pine was assigned to organise a federation of Antigua-Barbuda, Dominica, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands. St. Kitts and Nevis opposed sharing their government funds with Antigua and Montserrat, which were bankrupt. Governor Pine told the Colonial Office that the scheme had failed due to "local prejudice and self-interest". His only achievement was to give the Leewards a single Governor. All laws and ordinances, however, had to be approved by each island council.

In 1871, the British government passed the Leeward Islands Act, by which all the islands were under one Governor and one set of laws. The Federal Colony was composed of all islands organised under Governor Pine's previous attempt. Each island was called a "Presidency" under its own Administrator or Commissioner. Like earlier groupings, this federation was unpopular but it continued until 1956, when it was redefined as the Territory of the Leeward Islands. In 1958, the Federation of the West Indies was organised, of which the Leeward Islands became a part.

Windward Islands
In 1833, the Windward Islands became a formal union called the Windward Islands Colony. In 1838, Trinidad (acquired in 1802) and St. Lucia (acquired in 1814) were brought into the Windward Islands Colony, but were not given their own assemblies (having previously been Crown Colonies). In 1840 Trinidad left the Colony. Barbados wished to retain its separate identity and ancient institutions, and the other colonies did not want to associate with it. The individual islands resisted British attempts at closer union. Barbados in particular fought to retain its own Assembly and left the union in 1884. Power for the union was then transferred to Grenada as overseer of the bloc.

From 1885 to 1958, the Windward Islands Colony included Grenada and the Grenadines, St. Vincent and St. Lucia during the entire period. Tobago left in 1889, forming a union with Trinidad. Dominica joined the Windward Islands Colony in 1940, after having been transferred from the Leewards, and remained in the Colony until 1958. After 1885 the Windward Islands Colony was under one Governor-General in Grenada, and each island had its own Lieutenant-Governor and its own assembly (as before). Attempts to create a Federal Colony, as in the Leewards, were always resisted. The Windward Islands Colony broke up in 1958 when each island chose to join the new Federation of the West Indies as a separate unit.

Jamaica and dependencies
The Cayman Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands were grouped under Jamaica out of convenience and sometimes for historical and/or geographical reasons. British Honduras (later Belize) was surrounded by hostile Spanish colonies and needed the protection afforded by the Jamaican Army and Navy. In addition, British Honduras had been founded by loggers. It increased in population partly by the settlement of Englishmen migrating from Jamaica in the late 17th and early 18th centuries (settlers also immigrated directly from England; others were born in the colony.) From 1742, British Honduras was a dependency directly under the Governor of Jamaica. In 1749 the Governors of Jamaica appointed Administrators for British Honduras.

In 1862, British Honduras became a Crown Colony; it was placed under the Governor of Jamaica with its own Lieutenant-Governor. In 1884 it finally broke all administrative ties with Jamaica and wanted self governance, as did Cayman Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

West Indies Federation
The West Indies Federation was a short-lived federation that existed from 3 January 1958 to 31 May 1962. It consisted of several Caribbean colonies of the United Kingdom. The Federation's purpose was to create a political unit that would become independent from Britain as a single state, similar to the Federation of Australia or Canadian Confederation. However, the Federation collapsed due to internal political conflicts over how it would be governed before that could develop.

West Indies Associated States
In 1967, following the termination of the West Indies Federation, a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association form of government along with the United Kingdom called the West Indies Associated States. The arrangement was created through the British House of Commons passing the West Indies Act (1967) (also known as the Associated States Act). As part of the arrangement more sovereignty was granted to the bloc of West Indies countries with the United Kingdom maintaining responsibility for defence and external affairs only.

Territories today
Although most of the British West Indies seceded from British rule and were granted independence, several opted to remain British territories. Those territories include:

 * 🇦🇮 Anguilla
 * 🇧🇲 Bermuda (sometimes included as part of the BWI)
 * British Virgin Islands
 * 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands
 * 🇲🇸 Montserrat
 * 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands

Cricket
Cricket has traditionally been the main sport in the British West Indies (though others sports such as football have challenged its dominance since the 1990s). Most of the countries and territories listed above field a combined cricket team called the West Indies, which is one of the twelve elite international teams that play at Test match level. The West Indies hosted the 2007 Cricket World Cup of ODI Cricket and the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.

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Yeager Airport

West Virginia International Yeager Airport is a public airport 3 mi east of downtown Charleston, in unincorporated Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. It is owned by the Central West Virginia Regional Airport Authority. The airport hosts McLaughlin Air National Guard Base, home to eight C-130 Hercules aircraft of the West Virginia Air National Guard's 130th Airlift Wing (130 AW), an Air Mobility Command (AMC)-gained unit of the West Virginia Air National Guard.

The airport sits on a hilltop over 300 feet (about 100 m) above the valleys of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers, and the hill drops off sharply on all sides. Arriving passengers enjoy a view of downtown Charleston or the rolling hills north and east of the field.

Federal Aviation Administration records show 225,150 passenger enplanements in calendar year 2015, a decrease of 6.8% from the 241,566 enplanements in 2014. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.

Facilities
West Virginia International Yeager Airport covers 767 acre at an elevation of 947 ft above mean sea level. It has one asphalt runway, 5/23, 6,715 by.

Runway 5/23's heading is 235°. An Engineered Materials Arresting System (EMAS) was built at the end of Runway 5 to act as an equivalent to a 1,000 ft. runway safety area, as required by the FAA. Yeager's secondary runway 15/33, now taxiway C, was headed 335° and was 4750 ft long. It was mostly used by general aviation.

In the year ending November 30, 2022 the airport had 38,083 aircraft operations, an average of 104 per day: 63% general aviation, 13% air taxi, 15% military, and 9% airline. In November 2022, 66 aircraft were based at this airport: 31 single-engine, 6 multi-engine, 4 jet, 17 helicopter, and 8 military.

History
During World War II, Charleston's airport, Wertz Field, closed when the airport's approaches were blocked by the federal government building a synthetic rubber plant next to the airport. There were already plans for a new Charleston airport.

The city started construction in 1944; the airport opened in 1947 as Kanawha Airport and American Airlines flights started in December. A terminal was built in 1950, designed by Tucker & Silling. In 1985 the airport was named for then-Brigadier General Chuck Yeager, a native of nearby Lincoln County who piloted the world's first supersonic flight in the Bell X-1. In 1986 the terminal was renovated. Concourse C, designed by L. Robert Kimball and Associates and costing $2.8 million, was completed in 2001.

On February 27, 2008, CRW's Governing Board voted to close the secondary runway, Rwy 15/33, to allow construction of two new hangars and ramp space for four more C-130s to be based at the Air National Guard facility. It will allow the airport to triple the general aviation area's hangar space and create room for off-runway businesses, and provide parking for up to ten additional commercial airliners. $5 million was given to the airport to build a canopy around the front of the terminal. An additional $2 million was given for a covered walkway from the terminal to the parking garage.

On June 25, 2009, AirTran Airways began service from Charleston to Orlando. AirTran was the first low-cost airline at CRW since Independence Air left years before. AirTran used the Boeing 717-200 until June 3, 2012, when AirTran's last flight departed from CRW. On March 3, 2011, Spirit Airlines began flights to Fort Lauderdale and on May 5, 2011, Spirit started seasonal flights between Charleston and Myrtle Beach. On June 10, 2012, Spirit ended service to Fort Lauderdale, leaving seasonal service to Myrtle Beach.

People Express Airlines planned service to Orlando International Airport, on a similar schedule to AirTran's former operations at CRW, but filed for bankruptcy before starting.

On July 27, 2021, the airport board members voted to change the name of the airport to West Virginia International Yeager Airport following the completion of the U.S. Customs Building by the general aviation area of the airport.

On March 2, 2023, it was reported that Spirit Airlines would end service to the airport on May 4, 2023. Later in March 2023, it was reported that Breeze Airways would begin low-cost, non-stop flight service to Orlando, Florida and Charleston, South Carolina, with additional flights to New York City and the West Coast beginning over the next two years.

Accidents and incidents
On May 12, 1959, Capital Airlines Flight 983, a Lockheed L-049 Constellation touched down and landed and the captain groundlooped the aircraft due to ineffective braking. During the maneuver the Constellation skidded down a steep embankment and caught fire. One crewmember and 1 passenger died out of 44 on board.

On August 10, 1968, Piedmont Airlines Flight 230 was on an ILS localizer-only approach to runway 23 when it struck trees 360 feet from the runway threshold. The aircraft continued and struck up-sloping terrain short of the runway in a nose-down attitude. The aircraft continued up the hill and onto the airport, coming to rest 6 feet beyond the threshold and 50 feet from the right edge of the runway. A layer of dense fog was obscuring the runway threshold and about half of the approach lights. Visual conditions existed outside the fog area. All three crew members and 32 of the 34 passengers died. The National Transportation Safety Board blamed the accident on an "unrecognized loss of altitude orientation during the final portion of an approach into shallow, dense fog." The disorientation was caused by a rapid reduction in the ground guidance segment available to the pilot at a point beyond which a go-around could be successfully effected.

On July 13, 2009, Southwest Airlines Flight 2294 from Nashville International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport was forced to divert to West Virginia International Yeager Airport in Charleston, West Virginia after a hole formed on the top of the plane's fuselage near the tail, resulting in depressurization of the cabin and deployment of the oxygen masks. The Boeing 737-3H4 with 133 passengers and crew landed safely.

On January 19, 2010, PSA Airlines Canadair CRJ-200 N246PS on Flight 2495 to Charlotte, North Carolina on behalf of US Airways with 30 passengers and three crew, overran the runway following a rejected take-off at 16:13 local time (21:13 UTC). The aircraft was stopped by the EMAS at the end of the runway, sustaining substantial damage to its undercarriage.

On February 8, 2010, a Freedom Airlines Embraer ERJ-145 on Flight 6121 to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport on behalf of Delta Air Lines with 46 passengers and 3 crew, rejected takeoff from Charleston at high speed and came to a safe stop about 400 ft short of the runway end. Both right main gear tires exploded and the fragments damaged the flaps.

On March 13, 2015, a landslide below the approach to Runway 5/23 caused damage to an overrun area, although operations at the airport were largely unaffected by the damage.

On May 5, 2017, an Air Cargo Carriers Short 330, subcontracted by UPS and operating as Air Cargo Carriers Flight 1260, crashed after suffering a hard landing at CRW. Both the captain and first officer were killed in the accident. Early reports state that the left-wing made contact with the surface of Runway 5, separated from the fuselage, and the aircraft cartwheeled left off the runway and down a heavily wooded hillside. The National Transportation Safety Board cited in its final report the causes of "the flight crew's improper decision to conduct a circling approach contrary to the operator's standard operating procedures (SOP) and the captain's excessive descent rate and maneuvering during the approach, which led to inadvertent, uncontrolled contact with the ground. Contributing to the accident was the operator's lack of a formal safety and oversight program to assess hazards and compliance with SOPs and to monitor pilots with previous performance issues."

Concourses
West Virginia International Yeager Airport has three concourses.

Concourse A
 * Concourse A has seven gates and is used by United. It is accessed via a stairwell and elevator to the left of Concourse B.
 * Concourse B
 * Concourse B has two gates and is used by Breeze and Delta. It contains the airport gift shop, a shoeshine service, and The Junction Charleston, a restaurant, bar, and gift shop owned by Faber, Coe & Gregg. The TSA checkpoint empties into Concourse B, and all passengers must exit the secure area through Concourse B.
 * Concourse C
 * Concourse C has five gates and is used for American flights. It is the newest concourse and opened in 2001. It is accessed via a stairwell and elevator to the right of Concourse B.

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Charleston International Airport

Charleston International Airport is a joint civil-military airport located in North Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The airport is operated by the Charleston County Aviation Authority under a joint-use agreement with Joint Base Charleston. It is South Carolina's busiest airport; in 2023 the airport served over 6.1 million passengers in its busiest year on record. The airport is located in North Charleston and is approximately 12 mi northwest of downtown Charleston. The airport serves as a focus city for Breeze Airways. It is also home to the Boeing facility that assembles the 787 Dreamliner.

History
In 1928, the Charleston Airport Corporation was founded and purchased 700 acres of land previously belonging to a mining company. Although privately developed at first, the City of Charleston floated bonds in 1931 to acquire a portion of the site for passenger service. Within ten years, three runways were paved and outfitted with lighting for nighttime operations. In World War II, control of the airfield passed to the United States Army though civilian service was allowed to continue to use the airfield. After the war, the airfield reverted to civilian use for a short time. In 1949, a new passenger terminal was built.

During the Korean War, the airfield was reactivated for military use and in 1952, the City of Charleston and the United States Air Force reached an agreement on control of the base and the runways—an arrangement that has been renegotiated over time and that continues to this day. In 1979, the civilian portions of the airport were transferred from the City of Charleston to the Charleston County Aviation Authority, which had operated two other airports in the area. The current terminal on the south end of the airport was built in the 1980s on land acquired by Georgia Pacific.

In October 2009, Boeing announced that it would build a major plant on 265 acres at the airport as a second final assembly site for its 787 Dreamliner commercial aircraft. The facility began limited operations in July 2011 and rolled out its first completed aircraft in April 2012. Additional facilities to complement aircraft assembly have since been announced by the company.

Since 2010, the airport's passenger figures have doubled. New services established by additional airlines during this time along with increased services from the three legacy carriers have contributed to this growth.

In 2021, the newly established Breeze Airways announced that the airport would serve as a focus city for the airline and announced service to 11 cities. In 2022, the airport authority announced a 20-year master plan for future growth of the airport, including the constructing of an additional concourse, adding up to 11 new gates, providing additional plane stands, and expanding parking facilities for vehicles.

The airport has had brief periods of international service. In 2001, Air Canada briefly served the airport from Toronto but ended service immediately after the September 11th attacks in 2001. Porter Airlines briefly served Charleston with flights to Toronto in 2015. In April 2019, British Airways launched a seasonal route to London's Heathrow Airport. This was Charleston's first transatlantic flight. The first season ended in October. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the service was suspended in 2020. In 2023, Air Canada announced a return to Charleston with daily nonstop flights to Toronto starting in March 2024.

Facilities
The airport consists of four general areas: the military area to the west, the airline terminal to the south, the general aviation area to the east, and the Boeing assembly area further to the south. The combined airport area of Charleston International Airport and Charleston Air Force Base covers 2060 acre and has two runways: 15/33, 9,001 x and 03/21, 7,000 x.

For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2019, the airport had 118,211 aircraft operations, an average of 324 per day: 42% commercial, 28% general aviation, 16% military, and 13% air taxi. In May 2019, there were 81 aircraft based at this airport: 28 single-engine, 6 multi-engine, 43 jet, and 4 helicopter.

Joint Base Charleston owns and operates the runways at the airport and has an agreement with the Charleston County Aviation Authority to allow civilian use of the field. General aviation services are operated by the Charleston County Aviation Authority. Boeing South Carolina operates the Boeing assembly area.

Terminal

The current airline terminal completed a three-year, $200 million redevelopment project in 2016 which added five gates and significantly renovated the interior appearance of the facility. The original terminal was built in 1985 and was designed by Howard Needles Tammen & Bergendoff, Davis & Floyd, Inc., and Lucas & Stubbs.

Both departures and arrivals are located on the same floor, with the departure area to the east end of the terminal and the arrival area to the west end. Flights depart from two concourses: Concourse A towards the east and Concourse B towards the west. Since 2015, a consolidated TSA security checkpoint is utilized for both concourses. Charleston International Airport is classified as a security-level Category I airport by the TSA. The airport is equipped to handle international flights.

Concourse A contains eight gates (A1, A2, A2A, and A3-A7) that are primarily used by Delta Air Lines and Delta Connection, with other airlines occasionally using gates as needed for overflow. Concourse B contains ten gates (B1-B10) and is used by other airlines serving the airport. Concourse B also contains the international arrivals facility.

Ground transportation
Charleston International Airport is located near the interchange of Interstate 26 and Interstate 526 and is accessible from both interstates using International Boulevard and Montague Avenue exits. The airport offers a free cell phone parking lot for passenger pickups. For short-term and long-term parking, the airport offers surface or garage parking for up to 30 days. Rental cars from major companies are available. The airport completed a rental car pavilion adjacent to the terminal in 2014.

CARTA, the regional mass transit system, serves the airport with one bus route that operates seven days a week.
 * CARTA Route 11 is a local service that connects the airport to downtown Charleston with several stops along Dorchester Road and Meeting Street in North Charleston. Total trip time from the airport to downtown is usually 50–55 minutes.

Accidents and incidents

 * December 31, 1946: A Douglas C-47 operated by Inter Continental Air Transport crashed after a missed first approach. He attempted to remain visual while flying below a 500 foot ragged ceiling. Flying over dark, heavily wooded terrain, the left wing struck treetops, lost control and crashed 3.1 miles NW of Charleston. All five occupants (three crew, two passengers) perished.
 * March 14, 1947: a Douglas DC-3 operated by US Airlines approached Charleston low and left of the runway, struck trees 3,800 feet from the runway, crashed and burned. Both occupants were killed.
 * August 23, 1955: A USAF Kaiser-Frazer Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar impacted a tree and crashed after a takeoff for a night flight in a residential area, 1.7 miles SE of Charleston AFB. A fire erupted, destroying several homes. Reports said one engine was on fire when the crash occurred. Five of the 11 occupants on the aircraft were killed and four on the ground died.
 * October 3, 1956: A USAF Douglas C-124 Globemaster II crashed on approach 0.9 mile NW of Charleston AFB when the pilot descended below minumums, struck trees and crashed. Three of the 10 on board were killed.
 * September 18, 1979: A USAF Lockheed C-141 Starlifter caught fire after touchdown at CHS when the landing gear retracted along with several other mechanical issues occurring at once. The aircraft was destroyed, but there were no fatalities.
 * November 2, 2020: Joel T. Drogomir was arrested on a charge "conveying false information regarding attempted use of a destructive device" after he falsely threatened to have a bomb.

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