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FAA Suspends Mather Night Flight Tests

Experiment Moved Noise, But Didn't Eliminate It

When people living in Folsom (CA) complained about noise from aircraft taking off and landing at Mather Airport each night, local aviation officials were quick to react. The Sacramento County Airport System shifted traffic away from Folsom and sent it south, over Cameron Park, Shingle Springs and El Dorado Hills.

Search Continues For Missing Pilot Off South Carolina

Cessna 310 Impacted Water Just Short Of Myrtle Beach Runway

Divers just off the coast of Myrtle Beach (SC) continued their search Monday for 34-year old James Moore, pilot of a Cessna 310 (file photo of type, below) that crashed in the water on approach to Grand Strand Airport.

Congressmen To FAA: Save Buchanan Field!

Powerful House Transportation Chairman Says Efforts To Close Buchanan Field Should Stop

The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee says the FAA should consider wresting control of Buchanan Field (CCR) from Contra Costa County unless the county abandons its efforts to close the airport. In a letter to FAA Administrator Marion Blakey, Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) wrote that continuing efforts to close the airport, while at the same time spending federal dollars to study expanding it, are "inconsistent and wasteful."

What To Do About Moffett

Guard Will Reportedly Depart Moffett, Leaving Airport Future Uncertain

The Pentagon is reportedly set to announce that it's pulling the Air National Guard out of Moffett Field (CA), even as NASA looks at closing down its Aimes Research Center there. The result: what Carl Honaker, chairman of the San Jose Airport Advisory Commission calls "a sucking chest wound in regard to airfield services."

Two Dead In Central Texas Crash

Officials: Engine Failed On Take-Off From Field Near Luling

Two people are dead after a 1994 Aviat crashed on take-off from an unimproved field near Luling (TX) Saturday. Luling is about 45 miles south of Austin.