Archive for August 2010
Byron Airport Land Use Commission Meeting
Byron Airport Meeting Summary – The Saturday August 7th Power Plant Awareness Meeting at Byron Airport was well received, with about 20 pilots in attendance. The meeting started at 9:30 am and went until after 12:00 noon
Read MoreByron Airport (C83) Meeting – Pilots and Users
Important Meeting Byron Airport (C83) Pilots and Users
When : 9:30 AM Sat Aug 7th , OPS Building West side of Ry30 ~ mid way (Free Coffee & Doughnuts)
Who: California Pilots Association Briefing (www.calpilots.org)
Why: Two Power Plants are in the planning process and are about to restrict Airport Arrivals & Departures from/to the Southeast of Byron Airport.
Watch AirVenture in Review and Get Out There Yourself!
If you are an aviation enthusiast and didn’t get an opportunity to attend Oshkosh AirVenture this year you can still watch a daily high point review presented by Aero News TV. I haven’t been able to attend Oshkosh in a few years but we did make it this year. I have to say that just…
Read MoreFAA Plume Study Results in AIM Change
The FAA has notified the California Pilots Association that the Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM) now includes visible and invisible thermal plumes and their effect on aircraft, pilots and passengers. This information is now included in section (7-5-5) in the Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM) with a page warning for pilots to avoid flight in the vicinity of Thermal Plumes (smoke stacks and cooling towers).
Read MoreBUR Airport Curfew Update
This is being posted to advise everyone what the City Of Burbank and the Burbank Airport authority are trying to do.
The FAA denied a part 161 Study to impose a Full Night Time Curfew at BUR. Now the City and the Airport Authority are trying to go around FAA regulations by requesting the three Congressmen in the San Fernando Valley propose an amendment to attach to the FAA reauthorization legislation.
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