California Dreamin

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CalPilots 2013 Annual Meeting California Dreamin’ – Oct. 18-19, 2013 Click to play videoWell, it won’t quite be winter in sunny California in October, as fall is one of the most beautiful weather times of the year on the Central Coast. We invite and welcome you to California Dreamin’, presented in San Luis Obispo [KSBP]…

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2013 CalPilots Annual Meeting – Huge Success!

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SLO Annual MeetingThe 2013 California Pilots Association Annual Meeting was held on October 18-19th at the San Luis Jet Center Jet Center.

The California Pilots Association (CalPilots) held its business meeting Saturday morning followed by Mike Jesch of the Fullerton Airport Pilots Association, a chapter of CalPIlots. Mike discussed the revitalization of the previously dormant association at Fullerton

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Go west, old dude…

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jamie beckettOne of the great advantages of writing professionally is that we who scribble ideas down for others to read rarely have to face those general-aviation-newsothers in person. We don’t have to worry about an errant idea sending you to the refrigerator to ferret out some overly ripe fruits or vegetables that you can hurl in our general direction as an indication of your displeasure with our prose. We don’t get too many exuberant pats on the back, either. But avoiding the first scenario makes missing out on the second seem like small potatoes.

Occasionally, I will break with tradition and appear in public. Most often these forays out into the world involve a grocery store, a coffee shop, my neighborhood seaplane base, or the local FBO.

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CalPilots Annual Meeting – Save the Dates!

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California Pilots Association Annual Meeting – Announcing California Dreamin’  October 18 -19, 2013 Save the Dates Oct 18–19th, 2013 San Luis Obispo Airport (SBP) Last year’s meeting was a huge success, and we are planning another event that will be both educational as well as lots of fun! Watch the newsletter and this web site…

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Castle Air Museum Gets Old Air Force One

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AF1ATWATER — Close to 300 people welcomed the Castle Air Museum’s newest airplane, a Douglas VC-9 that flew presidents, vice presidents and first ladies for 30 years, as it touched down at Castle Airport early Wednesday afternoon.

The air museum’s chief executive officer, Joe Pruzzo, spoke just after the gleaming blue, white and chrome-adorned plane circled the runway then landed in front of the crowd just after 1 p.m.

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March JPA/March Inland Port Airport

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Please see the attached Save the Date for the March JPA/March Inland Port Airport Groundbreaking event to be held on October 16, 2013. An official announcement will be forthcoming.

Thank you and we hope to see you there.

Contact:
Carey L. Allen, CMC
Administrative/Property Services Manager
March Joint Powers Authority

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California Redwood Coast Humboldt County Airport

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arcata eurekaAll ‘quiet’ on the airport front: New airport manager recruitment grounded 

With the retirement of the embattled airport manager and the search continuing for a new airline to serve the Arcata-Eureka Airport, county Department of Public Works Director Tom Mattson said he will be taking over operations for the “foreseeable future.”

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Brown Field Municipal Airport Redevelopment

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brown municpleSan Diego City Council has approved a redevelopment of Brown Field Municipal Airport in Otay Mesa, involving more than $900 million in planned improvements over the next 20 years.

Metropolitan Airpark, a four-phase commercial development, will cover about 331 acres of the city-owned, 880-acre facility near the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Out of This World Family Night at Props Restaurant

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WATSONVILLE, Calif. — Have you ever gazed through a telescope to see a Moon crater up close? Now is your chance! On Friday, Oct.11, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Props Restaurant and Lounge at Watsonville Airport (WVI) is hosting Orion Telescopes & Binoculars for a Moon Viewing Party. This family event is geared towards…

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