Archive for June 2013
Ontario Sues LA for Control Of Airport
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) – The city of Ontario has sued Los Angeles in order to take over control of the Ontario International Airport. Attorney Roy Goldberg claims the facility has been neglected for years and Los Angeles caused “immeasurable harm” to Inland Empire residents because of the way it has dealt with the airport. Goldberg specifically said officials at Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) didn’t “promote and expand air service” at the airport.
Moffett Field Hangar One Update
Bay Area’s Biggest Fixer-Upper Looking for New Tenant – Bill Parsons surveyed the hulking metal hangar, towering like a massive metal cocoon over Moffett Field.
With its decaying outer skin removed, the historic Hangar One looked as if it had been assembled with an erector set.
Parsons worked in the hangar back in the sixties, when he was an airplane mechanic with the Navy.
“The enormity — spending a night watch in there by myself,” Parsons mused, “you wonder about the ghosts.”
Read MoreFAA advises against regulating helicopters over LA
LOS ANGELES—A federal report released on Friday advises against issuing regulations to limit low-flying helicopters to cut down on chopper noise over the Los Angeles Basin.
The report by the Federal Aviation Administration said the region’s complex and congested airspace, its dense neighborhoods and varying topography makes it “extremely difficult if not impossible” to come up with a single remedy.
Instead, the FAA recommends taking voluntary measures to reduce helicopter noise.
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