Archive for June 2012
What does Pilots Bill of Rights mean to GA pilots?
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pilots will get better notices to airmen (NOTAMs) and more equitable treatment from the FAA during any enforcement actions against them as a result of passage of a bill introduced by Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), which was passed June 29 by the Senate and sent to the…
Read MoreCommittee reports on challenges to replacing 100LL
A just-released report from the Unleaded Avgas Transition Aviation Rulemaking Committee concludes that a drop-in replacement for leaded 100LL is not available, adding that an additional six years is needed to assess possible replacements.
Read MoreStripping a relic: Moffett Field's Hangar One
Stripping a relic: Moffett Field’s Hangar One, Bay Area’s most famous skeleton, nearly naked
Read MoreLA's choking out Ontario airport
Apparently politics can also have negative effects on large commercial airports too…………….. CalPilot’s Editor
Read MoreRedding Dragstrip may have to shrink track for new airport runway
REDDING — When a local group purchased IASCO Flight Training last month, keeping the commercial pilot school in Redding, plans to add a parallel runway at Redding Municipal Airport throttled up. And building a third runway could mean changes for the Redding Dragstrip, which has operated a quarter-mile track east of the airport since 1953.
Read More(SMO) Calling into question airport surveys
CITYWIDE – Some communities suffer from a lack of information. Santa Monica may have too much.
Read MoreGroup claims victory in VNY runway rehab schedule
Citing a major victory for airport businesses and employees, the Van Nuys Airport Association, which represents businesses at Van Nuys Airport (VNY) in Southern California, has struck a deal with the Los Angeles World Airports that reduces closure of the airport’s main runway from Los Angeles World Airports’ proposed 17 weeks to 10 days.
Read MoreSupport VFR flights on driver's license medical
Day-VFR flights without a third class medical? It could be possible. Support the AOPA/EAA medical exemption to fly certain aircraft in these conditions using medical self-assessment and a driver’s license. Only 15 days left to comment! AOPA Online
Read MoreU.S. Senator Pushes Pilot's Bill of Rights Measure
U.S. Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.) took to the Senate floor on June 14 to ask for passage of his Pilots Bill of Rights legislation. The effort, however was blocked by Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.) and ranking member Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas).
Read MoreGeneral Aviation Airports Are Community Assets
The confusion regarding an airport’s mission is one shared by most general aviation airports. Most airport sponsors (city or county) as well as the non-flying community have little appreciation, and perceive that airports are simply parking lots for airplanes. Those of us in aviation know that just isn’t true.
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