California Airports

Here is the link to the Friends of Oceano Airport latest public service announcement on promoting General Aviation  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aCulB8ADo8

Mariposa Energy Project Power Plant IN – East Altamont Energy Center Power Plant OUT. There will only be one 200 megawatt (MW) power plant located near the Byron Airport.

In a disappointing vote, the Big Wave Project was passed by San Mateo Cnty Board of Supervisors. Next step is a review the Coastal Commission.  Since it appears that the City Supervisors are ignoring the inappropriate land usage next to the Half Moon Bay Airport. – perhaps the fact that it is in a Tsunami Zone will insure that someone makes the appropriate decision which is to vote this location down.

The city and county first met to discuss a hand-off on March 29, and the county Board of Supervisors is slated to hear an update on the deal’s progress Tuesday.

LAWA has doubts about Ontario managing the airport
The current manager of Ontario International Airport has doubts about transferring control of the airport to the city of Ontario, according to a document prepared by Los Angeles World Airport’s (LAWA) staff.

As a pilot, Nick Ullmann is an expert in aviation. As a flight school owner at Santa Monica Airport, Ullmann is getting a crash course in politics.Ullmann and the operators of five other flight schools at the airport find themselves under attack from an unexpected source: members of the Los Angeles City Council.

The History
The Redding Airdrome preceded today’s Redding Municipal Airport. It was built in 1942 during World War II as a military flight training field by the Army Corps of Engineers. When construction was finished later that year, the airdrome became known as the Redding Army Airfield and also as the Redding-Shasta Army Airfield.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today issued its interim policy on residential through-the-fence (RTTF) access agreements at federally-funded airports.

FORBES BLOG – My cousin Karen just visited from Seattle. Many times as a child we loaded up our Mooney Aircraft and flew to the Northwest to visit. This time, Karen flew commercially to visit us here on the Central Coast of California. Read More…..

Riverside Councilman Paul Davis is taking on two colleagues over plans for a terminal to serve small planes at the former March Air Force Base. Davis has questioned how plans for a small terminal to accommodate private and business pilots at March will affect residents in Ward 4, the part of the city nearest the air base.