Cubana de Aviación
Cubana de Aviación S.A., commonly known as Cubana, is a national airline based in Cuba, as well as the country's largest airline. It was founded in October 1929 (1929-10), becoming one of the earliest airlines to emerge in Latin America. It has its corporate headquarters in Havana, and its main base is located at José Martí International Airport. Originally a subsidiary of Pan American World Airways and later a private company owned by Cuban investors, Cubana has been wholly owned by the Cuban government since May 1959 and celebrated its 80th anniversary in 2009.
Cubana was a founder and is a current member of the International Air Transport Association, the International Association of Aeronautical Telecommunications (SITA) and the International Association of Latin American Air Transportation (AITAL).
History
Early years to Cuban revolution
The airline was established on 8 October 1929 as Compañía Nacional Cubana de Aviación Curtiss S.A., initially as a flying school as well as a charter carrier, beginning scheduled services in 1930. The airline's name indicated its association with the Curtiss aircraft manufacturing company. Cubana's early fleet used Curtiss Robin, amphibian Sikorsky S-38, Ford Trimotor, and Lockheed Electra (L-10) aircraft. Pan American acquired Cubana in 1932, and the word Curtiss was deleted from the carrier's name. By the end of the decade, the carrier had a fleet of four Ford Trimotors and three Lockheed Electras that operated on the domestic Havana–Camaguey, Havana–Guantanamo–Baracoa and Santiago–Baracoa routes.
'La cubana' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
La Yuma (2009)
Actors: Mauricio Bustamante (actor), Raul Cabeza (actor), Emir Cabezas (actor), Jerson Espinoza (actor), Salvador Espinoza (actor), Juan Carlos García (actor), Guillermo Martínez (actor), Rigoberto Mayorga (actor), Pablo Pupiro (actor), Omar Rayo (actor), Yamil Sevilla (actor), Ernesto Sotto (actor), Marlon Tapia (actor), Eliézer Traña (actor), Gabriel Benavides (actor),
Genres: Action, Drama,The Fugitive (1993)
Actors: Mike Bacarella (actor), Gene Barge (actor), Tighe Barry (actor), Chris Brenczewski (actor), Roland Burris (actor), Peter J. Caria IV (actor), Darren W. Conrad (actor), Ed Cray (actor), Eugene F. Crededio (actor), Kevin Crowley (actor), Bill Cusack (actor), Dick Cusack (actor), David Darlow (actor), Johnny Lee Davenport (actor), Don Albert (actor),
Plot: A well respected Chicago surgeon Dr. Richard Kimble has found out that his wife, Helen, has been murdered ferociously in her own home. The police found Kimble and accused him of the murder. Then, Kimble (without Justifiable Reason) was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. However, on the way to prison, Kimble's transport crashed. Kimble escapes and is now on the run. Deputy Samuel Gerard from Chicago takes charge of the chase of Kimble. Meanwhile, Kimble makes up his own investigation to find who really killed his wife, and to lure Gerard and his team into it as well.
Keywords: 1990s, abduction, action-hero, ambulance, application-form, arm-amputation, arrest, assassin, attempted-murder, automobileGenres: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller,
Taglines: A murdered wife. A one-armed man. An obsessed detective. The chase begins.
Quotes:
Sheriff Rawlins: Okay boys, gather around here and listen up. We're shuttin' it down, Wyatt Earp's here to mop up.::Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard: That's funny. "Wyatt Earp."Marshal Biggs: If they can dye the river green today, why can't they dye it blue the other 364 days of the year?
Bones: What ever happened with that thing about your wife?::Dr. Richard Kimble: It's not over.
Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard: Alright, listen up, people. Our fugitive has been on the run for ninety minutes. Average foot speed over uneven ground barring injuries is 4 miles-per-hour. That gives us a radius of six miles. What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area. Checkpoints go up at fifteen miles. Your fugitive's name is Dr. Richard Kimble. Go get him.
Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard: Newman, what are you doing?::Newman: I'm thinking.::Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard: Well, think me up a cup of coffee and a chocolate doughnut with some of those little sprinkles on top, while you're thinking.
Cosmo Renfro: When I die, I wanna come back just like you.::Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard: Oh, you mean happy and handsome?
Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard: [after taking credit for Kimble's saving of his partner and declaring all prisoners dead] Oh. Wow. Gee Whiz. Looky here. You know we're always fascinated when we find leg irons with no legs in them. Who held the keys sir?::Old Guard: Me.::Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard: Where those keys at?::Old Guard: I don't know.::Poole: Care to revise your statement, sir?::Old Guard: What?::Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard: Do you want to change you bullshit story, sir?::[Poole shows guard a picture of Kimble]::Old Guard: He might have got out.
Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard: All right, I want to start right there. We're going start with phone taps. I want to start with his lawyer first.::Cosmo Renfro: Whoa, whoa, whoa. You're never gonna get that.::Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard: You call Judge Reuben and tell him I want a whole bunch of phone taps...::Cosmo Renfro: Why are you yelling at me? Why?::Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard: And I'll call him later and tell him on who...::Cosmo Renfro: Why are you always yelling at me?::Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard: IF, I'm in a good mood.::Cosmo Renfro: Why don't you yell at her some time?
Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard: So he showed up not dead yet. Let that be a lesson to you, boys and girls. Don't ever argue with the big dog, because the big dog is always right.::Marshal Biggs: Woo-woo-woo-woof.
Dr. Richard Kimble: [Holding Gerard at gunpoint] I didn't kill my wife!::Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard: I don't care!
Pantaleón y las visitadoras (1975)
Actors: Fernando Casado (actor), Pancho Córdova (actor), Victor Pujols Faneyte (actor), Felipe Gil (actor), Miguel Gouch (actor), César Olmos (actor), José Sacristán (actor), Mario Vargas Llosa (actor), Rafaela Aparicio (actress), Rosa Carmina (actress), Martha Figueroa (actress), María Elena Flores (actress), Sylvia Gálvez (actress), Katy Jurado (actress), Camucha Negrete (actress),
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La Cubana
ALBUMS
- Caribe Mix 2 released:
Like A Pen
Sharpen my body like a pen
Come on I need to show it
Something too small for a lens
If I rub it if I wipe it
Guiding with one single hand
Nothing's wrong you like the feeling
I am all over the land
Come on I need to show it
Back on the mountain again
I was standing watching seasons
You're now my only friend
I'm too heavy, I'm the burden
Sitting and picking on myself
It's a shiny, shiny morning
And when the light finds my eye
I'll be fleeting like a scent
I hold my breath and I count to three
On and on outworn
It must be five hundred degrees
Will it show, in my show