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In 1966, the U.S. Air Force identified a need for an aeromedical transport aircraft and ordered C-9A Nightingale aircraft the following year. Deliveries began in 1968. [5] The U.S. Air Force received 21 C-9A aircraft from 1968 to 1969. [6] The C-9As were used for medical evacuation, passenger transportation, and special missions from 1968 to 2005.
In the year ending September 30, 2016, the airport had 164,588 aircraft operations, average 451 per day: 99% general aviation and <1% air taxi. 590 aircraft were then based at the airport: 424 percent single-engine, 86 percent multi-engine, 64 percent jet, and 16 helicopter. [1] FBOs: Encore Jet Center [7] Threshold Aviation Group [8] Airport ...
Before coming to work at Cal Fire, first as a contract worker and later full-time, he flew as a certified flight instructor, a military contract pilot, a news helicopter pilot and more.
The Petaluma Pilot Training Center is a pilot training facility located at Petaluma Municipal Airport (O69). It provides instruction to those without a pilot license, and aircraft rental to those who are certified. It offers instruction to obtain a private pilot certificate, as well as an instrument rating and additional endorsements.
A California Air National Guard C-130 Hercules was seen responding to wildfires in California in footage posted on August 22. Cockpit footage showed an aircraft flying low over the fires and ...
Kirby said during a news conference that authorities haven’t been able to corroborate “any of the reported visual sightings” — despite using “very sophisticated electronic detection ...
With this repainting, the aircraft had the tail code "7L," which was the 1960s-era tail code for Marine Corps Air Reserve and Naval Air Reserve aircraft at nearby Naval Air Station Los Alamitos, California. In 2015, the aircraft was refurbished and painted in grey and white to depict a late 1950s-era Skyknight of VMFT(N)-20 with tail code "BP."
The Sky Knight Helicopter Program is an airborne law enforcement program in Lakewood, California which began service in 1966. The unit operates using non-sworn pilots, employed by the city of Lakewood, partnered with a sworn deputy sheriff from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Lakewood station using two Robinson R44 helicopters based at Long Beach Airport, and flies about 1,040 ...