Aviation Regulation

California’s Seminal Airport Land Use Compatibility Planning Laws Are Up For Repeal

Oregon State Marine Board revisiting Closure of Waldo Lake-Comments requested – CalPilots Editors Note: The Columbia Seaplane Pilots Association requests your help.

AOPA and EAA are expected to advance their own soon

Pilots could face stiff fines—up to six figures—for violating new overflight regulations that place the National Airspace System on a slippery slope. The FAA has ceded to another federal agency—the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—authority to enforce what amount to new airspace restrictions.

The new 2012 FAA VFR aeronautical charts are being updated to provide additional information for aircraft operations in the vicinity of Monterey Bay, Channel Islands, Gulf of the Farallones, and Olympic Coast National Marines Sanctuaries.

In July 2010, the FAA published a final rule that establishes specific registration expiration dates over a three-year period for all U.S. civil aircraft registered before October 1, 2010, and requires re-registration of those aircraft according to a specific schedule.

  – Notice Number: NOTC3489

A ruling by a federal judge in California allowed the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) to proceed with a lawsuit against FBOs and avgas distributors under state law, but did not address the businesses’ claim that federal law preempts state regulations on avgas, the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) announced.

The FAA has scheduled two (additional) informal airspace meetings on Oct. 25 and 26 2011 in its an effort to establish Class C airspace for the now-Class D airspace in Long Beach, Calif.

Long Beach Airport airspace plan relieves South Bay pilots –