Mon, Sep 26, 2016
The pilot of the last piston airplane based at San Francisco International Airport has sued the airport, claiming he is being pressured to move his Cessna 182 to a new home base.
Courthouse News Service reports that Robert Reinheimer says in his suit that his flight privileges were illegally suspended by then-airport director John Martin for alleged safety violations. Those allegations were determined to be unfounded by the FAA. However, it’s reported that Reinheimer was not notified by the airport that the charges had been dismissed by the agency, and Martin did not respond to his request to have his privileges reinstated. Legal wrangling in a drone shootdown incident may set a national precedent. A judge is expected to determine which court should hear the case involving a drone that was shot down in Kentucky. The owner of the drone is David Boggs, whose neighbor, William Merideth, admits to shooting down Boggs' $1,800 drone. Merideth has gone so far as to dub himself the "Droneslayer." EAA is honoring five new inductees into their Sport Aviation Halls of Fame at a dinner ceremony on November 10, in the Founders’ Wing of the EAA AirVenture Museum. All this -- and
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Airborne 09.23.16 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Friday, September 23rd, 2016... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Brianne Cross and Christopher Odom, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Earl Downs, this episode covers:
- GA Pilot Sues San Francisco International Airport
- Kentucky Drone Shootdown Case May Set National Precedent
- AeroSports Update: EAA 2016 Halls Of Fame Inductees
- Zenith Open Hangar Days Happening This Week
- Barnstorming: Stunned With The Actions And Lack Of Integrity Of The City of Santa Monica
- FAA Issues Airline Guidance On Recalled Devices
- Mexico Grants Type Validation For Piper M600
- Daher Rolls Out 800th TBM Aircraft
- NASAO Elects New Officers For 2017
- FAA Eyes New Role In Commercial Space Regulation
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