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Santa Paula Airshow Was A Hit
Story and Photos
By Curt Fargo
There are a few airports in this country where aviation is more than just a hobby, it's a religion.
Santa Paula, Calif. (SZP) is one of those. Owned by its pilots, it houses one of the largest collections of flyable antiques (planes and pilots) this side of the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome.
Luminaries [...]
Red Bull Series Ends With Nail Biter
Britain's Paul Bonhomme won the 2010 Red Bull Air Race World Championship by taking second place behind Austria's Hannes Arch in the final race of the season at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz in Germany this month, his second championship in a row.
Australia's Matt Hall got the third podium of his career with third place in the [...]
AOPA Official Killed In Mid-Air
Chris O'Callaghan, 51, vice president of eMedia for the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, was killed in a mid-air collision at a soaring competition in Uvalde, Texas last month.
A resident of New Market, Md., O'Callaghan died when the sailplane he was piloting collided with another glider as both were returning to Uvalde' Garner Field Airport. [...]
SMO Under Fire Again
On July 1, pilot Robert Davenport was practicing touch and goes at Santa Monica Airport when his airplane crashed on a local golf course and he was killed.
At most airports in the country, the tragedy would be noted, perhaps a memorial held and there would be an FAA or NTSB investigation to see what went [...]
B-29 Begins Aerial Testing
On Tues. July 6, 2010, the FAA issued an Airworthiness Certificate allowing the crew of “FIFI,” the CAF B-29 Superfortress, to begin Phase I flight-testing.
It began on the afternoon on Fri., July 9 and continued through Sat., July 10. During those test flights, the crewmembers were required to depart Midland International Airport for unpopulated [...]
Lockheed Buying Out Officials
Lockheed Martin Corp. of Bethesda, Md., the largest aerospace military industrial company in the country, needs to cut costs, it says.
So it plans to offer buyouts to company executives in an effort to trim its management structure and lower costs. Reason?
The move is “ in response to growing budgetary pressures facing its largest customer, the [...]
NBAA and AOPA Join in GA effort at EAA
From “Why?” to “How To,” the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) and the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) will help Members make the most of their light general aviation (GA) aircraft as business tools this fall at each group’s annual Convention.
Speaking on AOPA Live at EAA’s AirVenture, AOPA President and CEO Craig L. Fuller [...]
CAF Wants Your E-Waste
The High Sierra Squadron of the CAF based in Reno, which is flying and restoring two historic aircraft, have joined forces with a commercial electronic recycler to raise money for the projects.
They have partnered with eCycleBEST to promote the recycling of eWaste to raise the necessary cash to support their 1941 U.S. Navy N3N-3 biplane [...]
Tucker Weeks Join Foundation
Two of aviation’s best known names, air show ace Sean D. Tucker and aircraft collection icon Kermit Weeks, have joined the board of The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation to further its long-standing efforts to better the environment.
Both say they were drawn to the Foundation by its substantial programs within the aviation community [...]
Feds Wamts $100K For Report
Here’s an interesting conundrum for residents of Santa Monica who live near the airport and complain about airport noise.
The homeowners said a recent test of departures procedures caused a drastic increase in flights over their homes in Sunset Park and Ocean Park. They requested the data after the FAA claimed the test had only a [...]
