The title says it all!! We’re looking forward to another great BBQ designed and executed by our very own Curt Nehring. Plan on attending, having a fantastic meal, and swapping aviation stories with your friends in the San Carlos Airport Association. The BBQ is a free benefit for paid-up members of SCAPA. The fee for [...]

Courtesy of the folks at Jeppesen, here’s a plate for Capt. Sullenberger’s landing on the Hudson. Note: mentioned on Fly With Blake

Hat tip to Ted for posting this joke on the Plastic Pilot blog last year: A USAF C-5 Galaxy is being escorted across the Atlantic by an F-16. The F-16 pilot is feeling rather proud of himself and executes a roll just off the wingtip of the much larger C-5. The conversation that followed is [...]

Origins of the 100LL replacement crisis According to AOPA Online click here, Congress enacted the Clean Air Act of 1970 and shortly after created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In 1978 the EPA established a National Ambient Air Quality Standard for lead. …In the 1970s, EPA set national regulations to gradually reduce the lead content [...]

Here’s another photo from Steve Bell (thanks Steve) showing the new terminal at San Carlos Airport as it looked in 1968. Steve is now living in Florida and would like to hear from old friends in the SQL community. He can be reached at s8b at earthlink dot net.

Carol Ford, President of the San Carlos Airport Association and Vice President of the California Pilots Association has been a leader in the fight against the placement of power plants near airports. It has been shown that these facilities generate hot air plumes that are dangerous to aircraft maneuvering close to the ground. Recently the [...]

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 [...]

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 an [...]

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 all manner of aviation accidents involving aircraft from Piper Cubs [...]

Some well known aviation humor… ========================================= The following are accounts of exchanges between airline pilots and control towers from around the world. ——————————————————————- 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]