For everyone who received a coupon at the Annual Membership Meeting on April 1st, 2009, Airship Ventures has graciously extended the deadline for expiration of the discount (usual price for two people of $495 reduced to $375) to June 15th.

Hi Everybody
I hate to bug, but we’re in a little trouble.
Our big “Day in the Sky” Watsonville California is Saturday April 18, 2009. That’s the big special event in which we take about 500 kids with disabilities flying for EAA Young Eagle’s flights over the gorgeous Central California coastline. We’re in our 5th […]

Hi everyone,
On Saturday, JUNE 27th, 2009, EAA Chapter 62 is scheduled to fly Young Eagles at Moffett Field. We have been in contact with the folks at NASA since November of 2008 setting this event up. Russ Todd, our new Young Eagle Coordinator, is setting everything up with NASA. He […]

Volunteers are Needed for Dream Machine April 26, 2009
all day from 7am until 5-7pm
$ collectors, plane directors and assistants, Day before Sat 25th- field set up/ Pilots Assoc. tri -tip dinner at Andreni Sat. pm= $30. 5:30pm cocktails,6:30pm dinner, gone by 9pm (cause of early call next day).
Contact: Nancy Auld 650 712 […]

If you are on one of the airport hangar waiting lists, we encourage you to monitor your position on the list in order to be ready to provide the required documentation and accept an available hangar at the time one is offered. There has been considerable recent movement on the lists as applicants have been […]

Several Port-a-Port hangars have become available at the Half Moon Bay Airport. Individuals in the process of constructing or restoring an aircraft may want to consider a Port-a-Port hangar, as these hangars are exempt from the normal airworthy aircraft requirements that apply to the standard and executive hangars at Half Moon Bay and San Carlos […]

Someone once said, “If you don’t think too good, then don’t think too much.” I can recall a few aircraft accidents that really didn’t take much thinking on anyone’s part to investigate. Sure, as an aircraft accident investigator there are certain rules about maintaining one’s objectivity, gathering factual information, and never jumping to a […]

Hi.
I own the crosswind simulator currently housed in a warehouse near San Carlos airport. It’s an amazingly powerful flight training tool, although the design is very simple. I’ve run crosswind landing training for a variety of SCApA members, other SF Bay area pilots, and even people who fly-in from other parts of the […]

In one of the most threatening moves in recent years, a housing project was recently proposed that would have put approximately 400 residents under the helicopter pattern at San Carlos Airport. Located at 767 Industrial Drive, these people would have been living with some of the best noise an aviator could imagine — planes […]

SCApA congratulates Sal on flying an airplane by himself for the first time! Watch an incredibly well produced video of his solo trip in a Diamond Aviation Cessna here:

You may have seen the Zeppelin flying nearby San Carlos Airport and wondered what the view looks like from an aircraft that cruises at 1200′ AGL with a window open. Recently, a SCApA member flew as a passenger on this marvelous aircraft and passed along some photos for your enjoyment. We understand the […]

SCApA is pleased to provide the following web links to the AWOS at SQL and the ASOS at HAF, for your convenience:
awos.sancarlospilots.org
sqlawos.sancarlospilots.org
hafasos.sancarlospilots.org

Mavericks Surf Ventures will be conducting its annual surf contest off Pillar Point approximately one mile southwest of the Half Moon Bay Airport sometime between Dec. 1, 2008 and April 15, 2009. As the contest is dependent on surf conditions, the specific date of the contest is not known until several days before it […]

SCApA welcomes Orlando Felix to his new position as Air Traffic Manager at San Carlos Airport. Orlando has over 16 years experience as an air traffic controller including 11 years in the Air Force and 4 years at SQL. SCApA looks forward to working with Orlando in his new capacity.

When parking your vehicle on your designated tiedown or T-shade
space, please do so as shown below. Hangar tenants are
encouraged to park their vehicles inside their hangars while flying.