Archive for July 2005

No title Aero GP’s predecessor, the Red Bull racing series, will hold events throughout Europe this year before ending the season in its only North American stop Oct. 8 in San Francisco. The precise location of the race hasn’t been listed on the Web site but it should be available, along with a course map,…

There seems to be a great effort to improve airport safety this year ? safety in the terms of more clear zones around and at the ends of runways. The owner/operators of both Oceanside Airport (OKB)and of Montgomery Field (MYF) have plans that will bring these airports into compliance with the current standards in the FAA?s Advisory Circular for airport design standards (AC 150/5300-13). (This is available on the FAA website, but is a large file, more than 9 MB, and takes more than an hour to download if you have a dialup connection).

Tuesday, July 19, 2005
City has right to decide airport issues
By Doug Keeler
The Taft (CA) Midway Driller

It’s up to Taft to decide the land use issues within the city limits-even when it involves the airport, which is owned by Kern County.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Grand juries across California have indicted 40 pilots for fraud after they falsified medical records to hide disabilities like schizophrenia and severe heart problems that would have grounded them, federal officials said on Monday.

Under the new SMO landing-fee program, (ALL) “itinerant” aircraft (those based outside the airport) will be charged landing fees at a uniform rate of $2.07 per thousand pounds of maximum certified gross landing weight, regardless of size. The landing fees will not apply to aircraft based at SMO.