Archive for September 2004
Tahoe Airport Tower (TVL)
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Fate of airport tower could be decided today
By Susan Wood
The Lake Tahoe (CA) Daily Tribune
With its 2004-05 fiscal-year funding up in the air, today’s City Council meeting could represent a make-it or break-it for the Lake Tahoe Airport tower.
Read MoreSchools, Airports Don't Mix
Sunday, September 19, 2004
Opinion
Schools, Airports Don’t Mix
The Ventura County (CA) Star
Western Ventura County is a wonderful area to settle and to raise a family. Many share this opinion, as more and more families move into the Oxnard area. These families want the best for themselves and their children: a comfortable and affordable place to live, available work and good schools for their children.
Read MoreAirport Red Herring Intimidation
PRESIDENT?S CORNER …by Jay White
Sept-Oct 2004 Newsletter
California?s airport land use commissioners are being intimidated and hampered in their work by developers? ?Red Herring.? An airport land use commission has a duty to formulate plans for land uses that are compatible with airports. A comprehensive land use plan describes the types of compatible uses within an airport influence area.
Read MoreCarlsbad, Calif., Residents Campaign to Lower Airport Noise
Friday, September 17, 2004
Carlsbad, Calif., Residents Campaign to Lower Airport Noise
The North County (CA) Times
CARLSBAD, Calif. — About two dozen residents who live near McClellan-Palomar Airport lobbied an airport advisory board Thursday for more controls on plane traffic, saying the noise problem is so bad it sounds like jets are landing in their bedrooms.
Read MoreFragile shrimp Spark Big Dispute Between L.A. Airport and Feds
Saturday, September 18, 2004
Close-up
Fragile shrimp spark big dispute between L.A. airport and feds
By Jennifer Oldham
The Los Angeles (CA) Times
LOS ANGELES – The scrubby, rock-filled drainage ditch at the end of a runway at Los Angeles International Airport might not look like much, but to scores of endangered shrimp, it’s home.
Read MoreTulare Airport
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Commission recommends airport expansion
Proposal to study consolidation is rejected
By Julie Fernandez
The Tulare (CA) Advance Register
Sticking to its original recommendation, the Aviation Commission has called for expansion of the Tulare airport and rejected a proposal to study possible consolidation.
Read MoreHR 5035 Shelved
Follow up to the proposed outragious bill which would have been very harmful to general aviation.
Read MoreSan Martin Airport Takes Off
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
San Martin Airport takes off
By Katie Niekerk
The Morgan Hill (CA) Times
A 5,000-foot runway is in South County Airport’s future, and some San Martin residents aren’t thrilled at all.
Read MoreMore on Tulare's Airport
Friday, September 10, 2004
Aviation group hears feedback on airport
By Julie Fernandez
The Tulare (CA) Advance Register
Aviation commissioners heard many passionate calls Thursday to keep open and expand Tulare’s airport. But they also heard concerns the airport is hindering economic growth because of disagreement over the types of developments allowed on nearby properties.
Read MoreSAN JOSE AIRPORT NIXES UNFAIR NOISE CURFEW
Capping a multi-year effort, AOPA successfully forced San Jose Norman Y. Mineta International Airport to abandon its discriminatory, weight-based noise curfew.
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