FOSMO http://friendsofsantamonicaairport.org Friends of Santa Monica Airport Tue, 01 Jan 2013 07:43:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Around the World Flight http://friendsofsantamonicaairport.org/2011/09/around-the-world-flight/ http://friendsofsantamonicaairport.org/2011/09/around-the-world-flight/#comments Sun, 11 Sep 2011 06:05:10 +0000 simonhunter http://friendsofsantamonicaairport.org/?p=512

Wei Chen, a private pilot is flying his single engine Daher-Socata TBM 700 around the world. Starting from his home in Memphis, TN he will be making history with his flight by obtaining clearance through Chinese airspace. China had previously not allowed General Aviation aircraft to fly freely with in the country. This event marks an opening for General Aviation to grow further throughout the world. Today China only has about 300 airports in the entire country.

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Well, we had everything lined up for a great day on Saturday, and it was looking to be a fantastic celebration of all things aviation, right here in Santa Monica at our favorite airport.

The popularity of the event far exceeded our expectations and so we have decided to postpone the event to give us a chance to better prepare for its huge popularity. We want to show the community Santa Monica Airport, the right way. If you would like to be notified of future events, please sign up to our email newsletter.

Sorry for any inconvenience or disappointment this may cause.

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David Hadley: Green lawsuit threatens to ground private planes

By David Hadley Beach Cities Republican Club
Posted: 09/01/2011 08:15:24 PM PDT
Updated: 09/01/2011 08:21:36 PM PDT

Let’s say you are Kamala Harris, California’s attorney general. Your challenge is to preserve your strong environmentalist credentials without getting blamed for grounding the California private plane industry. It’s going to be tougher than it sounds.

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