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CALIFORNIA PILOTS ASSOCIATION
October 15, 2004
Honorable Beverly O’Neill
Mayor, City of Long Beach

Friday, October 15, 2004
Citizens noisy over airport
Committee seeks to include all viewpoints over expansion of Livermore facility
By Mike White
The Tri-Valley (CA) Herald

LIVERMORE — The committee seeking to make recommendations on expanding the Livermore Municipal Airport has agreed on ways to express both majority and minority viewpoints, as well as opinions somewhere in between.

Thursday, October 14, 2004
Agents checking smaller airports
The San Diego (CA) North County Times

NORTH COUNTY —- A federal homeland security effort to deter the smuggling of illegal immigrants through airports in San Diego and Imperial counties includes the McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad, officials said Wednesday.

Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Opinion
Don’t blame the airport
By Janna S. Caughron
The Truckee (CA) Sierra Sun

Robie Wilson Litchfield’s letter of last week (“Airport planning done in vacuum” Sierra Sun Oct. 1) pushed my launch button. Ms. Litchfield, a member of the Town of Truckee Planning Commission, states that the “airport’s master plan … shortchanged the environmental review process and refused to consider the impact of increased aircraft operations on the communities below the flight path.”

CALIFORNIA PILOTS ASSOCIATION
October 11, 2004
FAX TRANSMISSION
Mr. Clyde Morris
San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex
P.O. Box 524
Newark, CA 94560

Re: Inner Bair Island Restoration and Management Plan, DEIS/EIR

In 2002, recognizing the importance of air transportation to the vitality of the US economy, the President appointed a Commission on the Future of the US Aerospace Industry to evaluate the industry and postulate its future.

Saturday, October 9, 2004
Activists seek airport plan Expansion opponents say master plan is required, but Airport Authority and government officials say it’s not necessary.
By Mark R. Madler
The Burbank (CA) Leader

AIRPORT DISTRICT – Activists opposing Bob Hope Airport expansion say it needs a master plan to guide future development, but airport officials and the federal government disagree.

Thursday, October 7, 2004
Work on landing system blamed for delays at Arcata-Eureka Airport
The Associated Press

McKINLEYVILLE, Calif. Work on improving the landing system at Arcata-Eureka Airport is being blamed for recent cancellations and delays at the airport.

Thursday, October 7, 2004
Council Members Want Airport Guiding Principles
By Harry Saltzgaver
The Grunion Gazette, Long Beach (CA)

After ducking and dodging for more than a year, City Council members – at least some of them – appear ready to start making decisions about what the Long Beach Airport should be in the future.

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