“The city has created a major surplus as the result of recent increases in revenue and yet is continuing to charge unjustly high landing fees to aeronautical operators, which together constitute yet another impermissible access restriction,” Brown explained.
Aviation News
Disabled pilots to fly around the world in Flight Design CTLS
An international team of more than 15 pilots with physical disabilities will take off on an around the world flight Nov. 18.
Tacoma Narrows completes new corporate air center at KTIW
Tacoma Narrows Aviation has opened its new corporate air center at KTIW.
Storage step stool doubles as portable tool kit
A new step stool is also a portable tool box.
Failure to issue NOTAM blamed in crash
Probable cause: The airport’s failure to issue a NOTAM regarding the deployment of the traffic monitoring camera system before the accident, which resulted in the airplane striking the camera system during a short-field approach and landing.
Pictures of the Day: Red sky at morning
Jay Carpenter sent in these two photos, along with a quick note: “Tropical Storm Sergio passes from Baja California over Texas. Red clouds gather at sunrise at Winston Field (KSNK) in Snyder, Texas. My RV-7 “Odette” preps for a dawn departure just ahead of the approaching storm.” Once VFR On Top, Jay snapped this picture of […]
A spaced-out Ercoupe adventure
Bad weather didn’t dampen spirits at the Ercoupe Owners Club national fly-in, which featured the rare opportunity for pilots to land at Spaceport America in the middle of the New Mexico desert.
First BAY FLIGHT brings together San Francisco Bay pilots
The first BAY FLIGHT conference for GA pilots in the San Francisco Bay Area was a hit.
EAA inducts five into Halls of Fame
The Class of 2018 was inducted in the EAA Halls of Fame Nov. 8, 2018.