Aviation Interest

CALLING ALL PILOTS, AIRCRAFT OWNERS, AVIATION GROUPS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, PILOTS, PILOTS, PILOTS!!! If you can join us and strut your stuff, display ANY kind of aircraft to about 10,000 young people + family, let me know and we’ll hold a prime display space on the ramp for you!

The 5th annual ‘Take Flight for Kids’ is returning to San Jose’s Reid Hillview for the 5th straight year on Saturday October 19, 2013, 9am-5pm. The RHVAA Reid Hillview Aiport Association is simultaneously hosting their annual Reid Hillview Airport Day at RHV the same time.

The 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

One of the great advantages of writing professionally is that we who scribble ideas down for others to read rarely have to face those others 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.

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…

ATWATER — 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.

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…

California Dreamin’, the California Pilots Association (CalPilots) Annual Meeting, is coming to the San Luis Jet Center (KSBP), Oct. 18-19.

Greetings to All Nor-Cal Airports:

Our Wings Over Marin 2013 event, on Saturday September 21 from 10 am to 4 pm, is shaping up nicely. PLEASE DISTRIBUTE THIS TO ALL YOUR MEMBERS. (See item 3 below).

There’s an exciting Marin event coming up on Saturday September 21st I thought you might be interested in! I’ll be there and I hope you can come and bring your friends and family. Here are some of the highlights: · September 21st from 10AM to 4PM at Gnoss Field in Novato. This event will feature:

Safety Alert for Operators (SAFO) on Using Runways as Taxiways
A new SAFO has provided information on reducing the risk of runway incursions when taxiing on intersecting or active runways. It is a common practice for ATC at many airports to use active or inactive runways as a taxiway, however, due to runways typically being wider than taxiways, signs located on the edge of the runway may be more difficult for the pilot to see and identify. In addition, many of the visual cues typically present on taxiways such as signs, markings, and lighting, are frequently missed.