Palm Springs International Airport

Monday, March 28, 2005
Op/Ed
Attacks on airport director ignore managerial realities
By Ken Sherman
The Palm Springs (CA) Desert Sun

As a member of the Palm Springs International Airport Commission for the last three years, it seems that certain recent events need to be addressed to clarify how management of the airport is actually accomplished.

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Garmin GNS 430 and GNS 430A Service Alert

Garmin issued a service alert on Wednesday warning users of some of its brand-new GNS 430 and GNS 430A units not to use them for IFR operations. It was the company’s second service alert this month to include those units.

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San Diego's Lindbergh Field- Replacement Process

Monday, March 28, 2005
Pricing and paying for a new San Diego regional airport
By MARK WALKER
The San Diego (CA) North County Times

NORTH COUNTY —- Denver got a new one for just less than $5 billion. Indianapolis is opening one in 2008 that will arrive at a comparatively affordable $1 billion.

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Nut Tree Airport Provides Home for Variety of Pilots

Sunday, March 27, 2005
Nut Tree Airport Provides Home for Variety of Pilots
By Brad Stanhope
The Fairfield (CA) Daily Republic
VACAVILLE – Tom Beattie has “the perfect job.”

“I have an office minutes from home and I’m footsteps from my plane,” he said. “I fly every week – probably 120 hours a year.”

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Columbia Airport (O22) Update

Current Issues and Activities as of March 2005.
Columbia airport is governed by Tuolumne County Airports, (as is Pine Mountain Lake Airport). Columbia Airport is fortunate in that we have great support from our County Board of Supervisors. The fact that the CDF Air Attack Base is located at Columbia is also a big plus for the Airport. The Community understands the need and fantastic role the Air Attack Base plays in protecting our foothill and mountain community from wild land and forest fires.

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Lindbergh Field Replacement- Congressional Reps "Don't Consider Bases in Region"

Thursday, March 24, 2005
Sites list for airport irks some lawmakers
Don’t consider bases in region, they insist
By Jeff Ristine
The San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune

San Diego County’s congressional delegation and the state’s two U.S. senators have vehemently denounced a regional airport board over its plans for considering military installations as possible replacements for Lindbergh Field.

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Stockton Airport

Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Freight traffic propels plans to upgrade airport
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Lodi (CA) News-Sentinel

Stockton Airport officials are moving forward with plans to fix up the facility to handle growing freight traffic, with a hope-for return of passenger service within five years.

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