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Read MoreDivision of Aeronautics, Cal AERO Newsletter – Jan 2014
Attached is the latest edition of the California Department of Transportation , Division of Aeronautics, Cal AERO Newsletter. Besides the always excellent aviation articles, guess who is featured in this edition? Go ahead and download it… you know you are curious…
What's your story?
We tell stories. In 2014 we want to tell your story. This year, we will dive deeper into fewer subject. Don’t worry, we’ll still deliver the news and information you read General Aviation News for. But there are a few topics we want to expand, and need your help. January was DESTINATIONS. We included a…
Read MoreOmnibus Spending Bill Contains Los Angeles Helicopter Noise Language
Would Require The FAA To Reduce Noise From The Aircraft In The LA Area Beginning A Year After Passage – Buried in the 1,582 pages of the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill passed by congress is a provision that would require the FAA to reduce helicopter noise in the Los Angeles (CA) area unless it can show “voluntary” efforts are effective in achieving that goal.
Read MoreNevada GPS Signal Reliability
FLIGHT ADVISORY
GPS Testing
NAFC GPS 14 – 01
20 Jan, 2014 – 20 Feb, 2014
Beatty, NV
Lighting up the Brain for Aviation
Fascinating information from our own Jolie Lucas Region 3 VP, give it a read. Region 3 VP Jolie Lucas’ latest installment for AOPA Opinion Leaders: http://blog.aopa.org/opinionleaders/2014/01/15/lighting-up-the-brain-for-aviation/
Read MoreWhen it comes to promoting aviation are we on the right track?
By BRENT OWENS – If someone has never seen a light airplane before and decides that maybe this is something they are interested in, what is their first exposure? For many it will be via an Internet search engine or the newsstand. And what will our new pilot-to-be see when he or she looks? If…
Read MoreFederal government seeks to dismiss Santa Monica Airport lawsuit
In the battle to close Santa Monica Airport, the federal government on Friday requested that the city’s lawsuit to gain control of the historic facility be dismissed.
Santa Monica officials sued in October, challenging the constitutionality of a 1948 agreement that transferred ownership of the property and its 5,000-foot runway from the federal government back to the city after World War II on the condition it remain an airport.
Read MoreBill Positioned to Move Ahead Airport Projects
A California bill that would help airports pay for federally funded improvement projects passed the State Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing on an 11-0 vote Jan. 14. On Jan. 21, the bill was placed on the Senate Appropriations Committee suspense file pending consideration of amendments later in the week.
FAA Management Advisory Council
Secretary Foxx Announces 10 New Members to – WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx today appointed 10 new members to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Management Advisory Council (MAC). The council advises the FAA on management, policy, spending and regulatory matters. (CalPilots Editor’s Note: The FAA needs a council that can help it move forward from its bureaucractic glacier like responses in Washington D.C.)…
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