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January 30, 2021

Want A REALLY Cool Pilot Job? LA County Fire Department Needs Pilots

$107,390.16 – $144,715.68 A Year... Plus Benefits

OK.... I think that covering aviation aviation as an aviation journalist for these last many decades has been about the coolest job ever... but this advert makes me think twice about that. The LA County Fire Department is looking for pilots for what they describe as an elite air fleet of Bell and Sikorsky helicopters...

From 2017: Desert Jet Center Fights To Be Heard…

Desert Jet Center has been trying since 2015 to build a new facility at Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in Palm Springs, CA, but has run into multiple delays, and now believes the county is actively favoring a competing FBO in what it describes as "cronyism". The story of what is going on at the airport is detailed in five parts, with the sixth part coming soon, on the Desert Jet Center website. Denise Wilson, president and CEO at Desert Jet, told Aero-News CEO and Editor in Chief Jim Campbell at NBAA-BACE that the total price tag for the

Damage To Power Lines And A Utility Pole... With A Debris Path To The Wreckage

On January 19, 2021, about 1435 central standard time, an Air Tractor AT-802A agricultural airplane, N523BB, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Newellton, Louisiana. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 as an aerial application flight. The wreckage was found by a motorist and reported to law enforcement. There are no known witnesses to the accident. The wreckage was located along a road. Information later obtained by investigators revealed that the pilot was hired to apply applicant to an adjacent field.