[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 135 (Friday, September 23, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: September 23, 1994]
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              CONGRATULATIONS TO FLIGHT TIME INTERNATIONAL

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                           HON. BARNEY FRANK

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 23, 1994

  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I was very pleased to learn 
that Flight Time International, an air charter service headquartered in 
Brookline, MA, was named the best in the Northeast region in the Best 
of America Awards.
  These awards are sponsored by Dunn & Bradstreet Information Services, 
and the National Federation of Independent Business Education 
Foundation. The sponsors created these awards last year, in their words 
``to recognize excellence in small business, especially in areas of 
growth, innovation, and community service.'' Thousands of businesses 
were nominated, and hundreds were accepted as applicants for this 
award.
  Flight Time International, which has been in existence for 9 years, 
began with only $30,000 in personal savings of the founders, three very 
energetic, creative, and dedicated women. Jane McBride, Dara Zapata, 
and Patricia Zinkowski drew on their experience in the airline business 
and their own inherent skills to create a successful independent air 
charter firm. I am pleased they were given the recognition they 
deserve, and I was grateful to have a chance to meet with them and talk 
with them when they came to Washington to receive this honor.
  This sort of entrepreneurial success is very important for all of us, 
and I am proud to have the Northeast winners come from within my 
district.

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