Mon, Jul 07, 2014
A group of airport tenants has been joined by at least two national aviation associations in filing a complaint with the FAA concerning California’s embattled Santa Monica Airport.

The complaint, formally filed on July 2 requests that the FAA clarify that the airport must continue to abide by its FAA grant assurances through August 2023, to ensure vital aviation services and facilities remain intact. Boeing confirmed that the new 787-9 Dreamliner and the P-8A Poseidon will participate for the first time in flying displays at the Farnborough International Airshow, which runs July 14 through the 20th. These airplanes will be on static and flying display during the airshow through July 18. It would seem appropriate that the Secretary of the Air Force would be invited to ride with the Thunderbirds demonstration team, If for no other reason than just to have an understanding and appreciation for what they do. But Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James may have gotten more than she bargained for during such an experience at Nellis Air Force Base recently. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 07.07.14 is chock full of info in this thrice-weekly news period ending Monday, July 7th, 2014...

Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Ashley Hale, 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:
- Tenants, Aviation Groups File To Halt Closure Of KSMO
- Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, P-8A Poseidon Make First Airshow Appearances
- SecAF Has Common Reaction To Ride With Thunderbirds
- IMC Club Partners with EAA
- NTSB Special Investigation Finds Parasailing Largely Unregulated
- AVW: Sopwith Triplane Incident -- 29th June 2014
- OIG Report Says FAA Behind Schedule On UAV Integration
- We're Accepting Resumes -- AND Hiring! ANN Puts Out 'Help Wanted' Sign
Get Comprehensive, Real-Time, 24/7 coverage of the latest aviation and aerospace stories anytime, at aero-news.net. And be sure to join us again next week for the next edition of "Airborne" here on Aero-TV. Thanks for watching. See you, again, in just a few days!
© 2014, Aero-News Network, Inc., ALL Rights Reserved.



More News
“While legendary World War II aircraft such as the Corsair and P-51 Mustang still were widely flown at the start of the Korean War in 1950, a new age of jets rapidly came to >[...]
Decision Altitude (DA) A specified altitude (mean sea level (MSL)) on an instrument approach procedure (ILS, GLS, vertically guided RNAV) at which the pilot must decide whether to >[...]
Aero Linx: National Aviation Safety Foundation (NASF) The National Aviation Safety Foundation is a support group whose objective is to enhance aviation safety through educational p>[...]
Also: Cal Poly Aviation Club, $$un Country, Arkansas Aviation Academy, Teamsters Local 2118 In response to two recent general aviation accidents that made national headlines, more >[...]
“The FAA is tasked with ensuring our skies are safe, and they do a great job at it, but there is something about the system that is holding up the medical process. Obviously,>[...]