Utility Company Did Not Report Two Rotor Strikes By Work
Crews
San Diego Gas & Electric is spending $2 billion to build an
electrical transmission line between San Diego and Imperial
Counties in California and the state of Arizona. It's called the
Sunrise Powerlink, and the project involves lots of work for
helicopter crews. But a few days after a newspaper revealed two
helicopter incidents which were not reported to the California
Public Utilities Commission, the agency has halted the project
until pilots receive safety reviews.
Raytheon reports the FAA has certified that the company's
advanced electronics system has met a milestone for the Long Range
Radar Service Life Extension Program regarding the upgrade of aging
radar electronics. The new radar transmitters have greater range
and will provide improved detection and clutter management
capability.
Biplane Fever Comes In Many Forms... But Stearman
Fever May Be The Best Of Them All!
There is something about a biplane... especially when that biplane
happens to be a Stearman... one of the most iconic bi-wingers to
take flight since this whole shebang got going on Kill Devil Hill.
ANN happened upon an old friend, Steve McDonald, at a recent
aero-social gathering at the St. Augustine Airport (KSGJ) and
coerced him (OK... no actual coercion was involved... to get
an aero-opini
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