HEICO Chairman And CEO Is 2016 Recipient

Laurans A. Mendelson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HEICO Corporation, received the prestigious Wright Brothers Memorial Award from the Greater Miami Aviation Association at the Association’s annual gala dinner in Doral, FL on October 2, 2016.

Long-Term Airport Restaurant to "Fold Its Wings" in Response to SMO's Tripling Of Rent and Other Harrasment

Anywhere else a story like this would not be believed... that a city would drive out successful businesses, tax-payers, and other entities that brought attention, money, fame, and prosperity to its locale. Not only foolish and counter-productive, one has to wonder how something like this could happen here in America... and sadly, I really have no answer for you. And regardless of how all this plays out, if this doesn't signify how rabidly anti-aviation Santa Monica has become, and how thoroughly anti-American this city has decided to play its cards, nothing will. This time, the victim is a bystander in the airport war... clearly showing that the City of Santa Monic

Three People Fatally Injured In The Accident

The NTSB has released a preliminary report from a mid-air collision which occurred September 24, 2016, at 0923 EDT. According to the report, a Cessna 120, N3580V, and a Piper PA-28-140, N612FL, collided in midair while in cruise flight over North Collins, New York. The Cessna was destroyed and the private pilot was fatally injured. The Piper was destroyed and the private pilot and passenger were fatally injured.