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Chesapeake Regional Airport (ICAO: KCPK, FAA LID: CPK) is a public use airport located in the city of Chesapeake, Virginia and serving the Hampton Roads area. The airport is 12 nautical miles (22 km) south of the central business district of Norfolk, Virginia. [1] It is owned by the Chesapeake Airport Authority. Horizon Aviation is the FBO.
"Bonjour Vietnam" is a song composed by Marc Lavoine, co-written by Lavoine and Yvan Coriat, and recorded by Vietnamese-Belgian singer Quynh Anh.Lavoine said he was impressed by Quynh Anh's charm and talent as well as being touched by the feeling of a small girl who had never seen her homeland, so he wrote the song as a gift for her. [2]
In 2004 the airport had 86,805 aircraft operations, average 237 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi and <1% military. 203 aircraft were based at this airport: 73% single engine, 14% multi-engine, 8% helicopters and 4% ultralights.
It has also produced the recordings of famed Vietnamese artist Khánh Ly and has re-licensed many songs by legendary Vietnamese songwriters Phạm Duy and Trịnh Công Sơn. Its music was also featured in the 1993 Vietnamese-language film The Scent of Green Papaya , which was shortlisted for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film .
Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV; Vietnamese: Tổng công ty Cảng hàng không Việt Nam) is a Vietnamese joint-stock company with 95.4% state-owned shares, based in Ho Chi Minh City. The company, operated under the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam , was founded on January 8, 2012 when three companies operating airports in the north ...
The new Huntington-Ironton-Chesapeake Airport opened on August 31, 1929, with a 3,600 feet (1,097 m) east-west sod landing strip (current site of runway 8/26) and a north-south strip 2,500 feet (762 m) in length (partially still in use as the airfield's only taxiway). The opening fell on Labor Day weekend, and massive celebrations were planned.
"Tiến Quân Ca" (lit. "The Song of the Marching Troops") is the national anthem of Vietnam.The march was written and composed by Văn Cao in 1944, and was adopted as the national anthem of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1946 (as per the 1946 constitution) and subsequently the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976 following the reunification of Vietnam.
He performed alongside songwriters and singers including Duyen Dang Viet Nam, Green Wave and Nhip Cau Am Nhac in Dong Thoi Gian 2002. In May 2001, he appeared in a play by Ho Chi Minh City's Television Broadcast Station. His acting received positive reviews though the show itself found little success.