Santa Clara County has adopted G100UL fuel, the first jurisdiction in the US to do so, despite concerns about its lack of ASTM approval and potential compatibility issues with other unleaded fuels like Swift 100R. The decision to adopt G100UL, driven by political pressure and a desire to reduce lead…
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Ding Dong, The Witch is Dead
Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez was selected to go destroy general aviation in New Mexico be the new county manager for New Mexico’s largest county, Bernalillo County. Good luck, Bernalillo County. No taksies-backsies.
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Lead Lies
CalPilots, in conjunction with CAAPSO (thank you Doug Rice and Stephen McHenry), has finally received air quality data from Bay Area Air Quality Management District. BAAQMD is a public agency entrusted with regulating stationary sources of air pollution in the nine counties that surround San Francisco Bay. It took a…
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Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors is Obstructive
Why does the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors (Susan Ellenberg, Otto Lee, Sylvia Arenas, Joe Simitian and the infamous Cindy Chavez) refuse to acknowledge the County Airport Commission and any of their Letters of Transmittal? Taking an anti General Aviation stance works very well in terms of pandering for…