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October 19, 2011

Santa Monica NIMBYs Protest

Residents Exploit Leaded Fuel Issue As Part Of Closure Campaign

Residents of Santa Monica, California and two other nearby communities gathered to protest over the weekend, calling for the closure of the Santa Monica Airport and blaming aircraft operations for noise, pollution and compromised safety in their neighborhoods. The Santa Monica Daily Press reports that protesters from West Los Angeles and Venice joined locals to picket.

Love Of Flight Filled His 100 Years

A memorial service was held Saturday for Charles Roger Keeney of Lomita, CA, who died of natural causes at age 100 on August 27. Keeney flew for the last time in his Super Cub on his 97th birthday, in February of 2008. His service was held in a hangar at Torrance Municipal Airport, which was called the Lomita Flight Strip when Keeney opened his Acme Aircraft Company there in 1945.

We're In Tough Straits... But How Much Of That Is OUR Fault?

Cruising the exhibits and hallways of NBAA over the past few years, has been an exercise in quiet desperation. While much of the industry had resigned itself to suffering the unkind fate of bad press, negative attention from Washington, and a public image that was sliding from 'not so good' to 'pretty darn deplorable' this year's NBAA convention saw a whole new attitude taking shape.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (10.19.11)

"As we move into a new era of spaceflight, these flight directors will help us transition the knowledge and experience from the existing human spaceflight programs into the next period of exploration and space station operations." Source: John McCullough, chief of the Flight Director Office at Johnson Space Flight Center in Houston.

A maneuver during high wind conditions (usually with power off) where float plane movement is controlled by water rudders/opening and closing cabin doors.

The Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA)

Established in Washington, D.C. in 1956 by a group of air traffic controllers, the Air Traffic Control Association has been dedicated to progress in the science of air traffic control and the preservation of a safe flight environment.