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Bonanza Air Services (BAS) was formed in early in 1945 by Edmund
Converse, a former lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy; Charlie
Keene, once an operator of a small charter operation in Santa
Paula, California; and June Simon, daughter of "Pop" Simon the
former secretary-director of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce.
A type of heavier-than-air aircraft able to rise and descend
vertically. The convertiplane rises vertically by using rotors
similar to those on a helicopter. However, once airborne, the
rotors can be tilted forward to produce thrust to pull the aircraft
thru the air as a normal fixed wing airplane.
"That's about as ugly as it gets. The aircraft didn't
need to be where it was."
Source: Mike Foote, Los Angeles representative
for the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, regarding a
June 13 separation incident over LAX. The Los Angeles Times reports
a chartered Piaggio Avanti was instructed to turn left on departure
from Hawthorne Municipal, a common vector to avoid the Class B
airspace surrounding LAX, located two miles to the northwest.
Instead, the Avanti's pilot read back the instruction as a right
turn... and the HHR tower controller did not correct the error.
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