By Max Trescott:
Here’s an article I just posted on my www.maxtrescott.com blog.
Please email it to all CFIs and consider emailing it to all members.
Thank you
Max Trescott
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Please forward this email to other California pilots. We need the help of all California pilots TODAY in generating letters, faxes and emails regarding new regulations that will levy large [...]

Another photo is in from Steve Bell, formerly a CFI at West Bay Aviation at SQL. It shows Roger Hines, Ken Kidd, Bob Lane (owner of West Bay Aviation), and Wally Mathews.

Steve is interested in renewing old acquaintances. You can contact him at s8b at earthlink.net.
If you have other classic photos of San [...]

The following photo is captioned “Early 1947; San Carlos Airport; F8 Fairchild Aerial Camera 1-400 Sec.; Focal Length 15 in.; from 1000′.” This photo shows the San Carlos Airport in its previous location nearby the present Best Buy on Industrial Rd.

The following photos (originally posted in June 2008) are courtesy of Steve Bell, a [...]

The following image from the San Francisco Sectional Aeronautical Chart from sometime in the 1950’s shows the locations of the San Carlos, San Mateo, Belmont, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Moffett, Hayward Army, Oakland, Alameda, Half Moon Bay, and San Francisco airports.

The following image shows the airport near the previous site of the Bay Meadows racetrack. [...]

Santa Rosa, Calif. – Sonoma County pilot Malvika Matharoo in partnership with The Valley of the Moon Teen Center Girls’ Circle and North Coast Air, Inc. launched, “Take to the Sky,” a program designed to encourage young women to pursue their dreams, in November 2009. The program offered the winner of an essay contest [...]

The Airports Manager and tower manager inform us that the FAA is currently not authorizing the RNAV (GPS) approach to RWY 30 at the San Carlos Airport. An internal FAA review of the Terminal Instrument Procedures (TERPs) for the approach apparently determined that the missed approach deviated from their standard criteria.
Tower and [...]

Greetings Everybody
Wow, can you believe it? The SIXTH annual Watsonvlle ‘Day in the Sky’ is fast approaching Saturday April 17, 2010. Shared Adventures and EAA Chapter 119 team up and take over the Watsonville Municipal Airport at 9am, bring in 50+ volunteer pilots of small aircraft, and take up to 500 young people [...]

by Ken Steiner

Editor’s Note: Ken Steiner is the Claims Manager and Asst. Vice-President for the San Francisco office of the United States Aircraft Insurance Group (USAIG), one of the world’s largest aviation insurance companies. He has been with USAIG for over 29 years investigating [...]

San Carlos Airport Air Traffic Manager Orlando Felix left on November 18th to take an air traffic control position in Dubai, UAE. Orlando will be working for subsidiary of Serco Inc., the same firm that provides contract air traffic control services at SQL. Orlando said that he was looking forward to the experience [...]

Some well known aviation humor…
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The following are accounts of exchanges between airline pilots and control
towers from around the world.
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While taxiing the crew of a US Air flight departing for Ft. Lauderdale made
a wrong turn and came nose to nose with a United 727. The irate female
ground controller lashed out at the US Air crew, screaming:
“US [...]

This editorial appeared in the Tampa Tribune (c) on Nov. 5, 2009.
The expense of flying a private airplane gives most people the impression that small airports have become exclusive clubs for the wealthy, whose political influence allows them to pass on the cost to taxpayers who don’t benefit.
That impression is inaccurate for many reasons. [...]

Appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle (c). Edward Guthmann, Special to The Chronicle, Monday Nov. 9, 2009

Amelia Earhart flew solo across the Atlantic in 1932. During World War II, more than 1,000 women pilots joined the Women Airforce Service Pilots. And yet, women pilots are still distinctly in the minority.
According to FAA statistics [...]

A great time was had by all who attended this year’s barbecue at the Hiller on Sunday Oct. 18, 2009. Over 100 meals were served. The food was fantastic and included NY strip steak, salmon, chicken, shrimp, baked beans, potato and green salads, cold drinks and dessert.
If you couldn’t make it this time, plan on [...]

Read how PilotsNPaws volunteer pilot Kevin R. Ayres, a truck driver from Columbus, Ohio saved the lives of five dogs in this story from the Buffalo News (click here). SCApA salutes Mr. Ayres and his contribution of time, effort and personal resources that will provide joy to several families and new lives for animals [...]

The following FAA Safety Seminar is of interest to pilots at SQL
“Noise abatement procedures with a focus on SQL”
Topic: In todays noise sensitive climate it is extremely important for all aviators to know and understand noise abatement procedures.
On Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Location:
West Valley Flying Club
795 Skyway Dr
Suite B
San Carlos, CA 94070
Description:
Gone are [...]