YOUR CHANCE TO TAKE UNPRECEDENTED ACTION

Private pilots, charter and airline captains, weekend warriors… all see the same airport differently. What they read varies from publication to publication, but what unifies most distributed or sold printed matter is advertising.

I finished the Commercial rating not long ago, and CFI immediately came into view as the next target to be acquired. A brief read through the materials to prep the brain seemed in order, and I was about half way through when I met a guy we’ll call Bill.

CARMEL VALLEY’S FINAL STAND
(submitted by CPA Rep Jeff Hand)

You may recall that last year Monterey County passed an amortization ordinance to close Carmel Valley Airport. The County admitted that an environmental review would be required based on the airport’s designation as a California historic resource, but the County was banking on the fact that the historic designation would be overturned by the State Historic Resources Commission last November. It wasn’t.

Castle Air Force Base, near Merced, became Castle Airport after the military relinquished it to civilian control. The transition to civilian use was not as smooth as it should have been. A joint powers authority was formed to administer and operate the airport. The airport did not fare well under the authority.

The progress of the Weaverville airport relocation (due to the non standard uphill one-way runway) was discussed at the Trinity County Advisory Committee meeting held April 19 2002. The annual Trinity County Pilots Association (a CPA chapter) dinner meeting was scheduled immediately thereafter to update members attending. The $21M project will be funded 95.5% by State and Federal grants.

SCAPA SCORES WITH REAL ESTATE NOTICE LEGISLATION

For 3 years the San Carlos Airport Pilots Association (SCAPA), a chapter of the California Pilots Association, has been working on Legislation to improve notices to persons buying homes near airports in California.