Archive for July 2003

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An all-volunteer, public benefit California Corporation, California Pilots Association’s main mission is airport advocacy, to promote and preserve California’s general aviation airports. Without small and medium sized airports, California?s air transportation system would be crippled, the state?s economy would suffer, and our airplanes could become raw material for pots and pans.

Welcome! Our web site is modest. We realize it needs to be more user friendly and interactive, we are working toward that goal. We post appropriate California General Aviation Airport news, and report special airport events as they are provided to us. You will also find interesting educational, and entertaining articles. If you visit our…

NEXRAD (Next Generation Radar) obtains weather information (precipitation and wind) based upon returned energy. The radar emits a burst of energy (green). If the energy strikes an object (rain drop, bug, bird, etc), the energy is scattered in all directions (blue). A small fraction of that scattered energy is directed back toward the radar.