New York Governor Kathy Hochul has vetoed her state’s Senate Bill S7493A, thereby safeguarding over 43,200 general aviation jobs and preserving $8.6-billion in yearly economic output by which the State of New York and its people currently benefit. Brazenly dubbed the “Stop the Chop” act, the legislation sought to allow anyone—ANYONE—to bring legal action against a pilot, flight department, line service personnel, or company employee for alleged rotorcraft noise pollution by a flight operation in the state of New York—even if the operation was conducted in accordance with federal law and applicable FAA Regulations.
On 14 June 2021, GE Aviation and Safran undertook a technology development program targeting decreases in fuel-consumption and CO2 emissions of twenty-percent over conventional turbine aircraft engines. Subject endeavor—dubbed the CFM Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines (RISE) program—set out to demonstrate and mature a range of technologies for future engines. On 14 December 2022, FADEC Alliance—a joint venture of GE, BAE Systems, and Safran Electronics & Defense (Safran)—announced it will design and develop the electronic control system architecture for the CFM’s RISE demonstrator engine program.
On 12 December 2022, the EAA announced that Shelly deZevallos, Ed.D., had been named to the association’s Board of Directors as a Class III Director serving a one-year renewable term. Dr. deZevallos is president of West Houston Airport (IWS), a privately owned, public use, general aviation airport operated by her family for two generations.
Aero Linx: International Auster Club
Mission: To bring together Auster owners and enthusiasts and anyone wishing to support or learn about Auster aircraft throughout the world. To foster and promote the worldwide survival of the type in an airworthy state through the provision of information and advice as is within the scope of the Club’s technical and financial resources. To raise awareness of the brand by means of marketing and publicising Auster’s contribution to the UKs aviation heritage....
Obstacle Free Zone
The OFZ is a three-dimensional volume of airspace which protects for the transition of aircraft to and from the runway. The OFZ clearing standard precludes taxiing and parked airplanes and object penetrations, except for frangible NAVAID locations that are fixed by function. Additionally, vehicles, equipment, and personnel may be authorized by air traffic control to enter the area using the provisions of FAA Order JO 7110.65, Paragraph 3-1-5, Vehicles/Equipment/Personnal Near/On Runways. The runway OFZ and when applicable, the inner-approach OFZ, and the inner-transitional OFZ, comprise the OFZ.
“In addition to submitting the Corrective Action Plan required by the FAA, we will be requesting the FAA to conduct a safety assessment of jet operations at the airport and an environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act in connection with its approval of the Corrective Action Plan. The County has also initiated a Part 150 Noise Compatibility Study for the Lantana Airport, which was paused due to the litigation.”
Source: Palm Beach Director of Airports, Laura Beebe, signaling a new tactic after Lantana Airport was forced to forgo its highly restrictive jet ban. It seems that the questionable, anti-business, jet-hating attitude is not gone from the future of Lantana...
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