All to often the airport community and the community surrounding the airport are at odds.  Our Annual Santa Fly-In bridges that gap in the best way possible.  2009 will mark the 34th year for this event.  And it has grown and become very successful, large, efficient and enjoyed by all.

 

On December 24th at 11:00 a.m. Santa will fly into the airport with gifts for area children.  Usually Santa, a.k.a. Airport Manager Ken Nierenberg, flies in in anything from a Decathlon to a Pilatus, and in inclement weather he's arrived in a Robinson and a Twin Star.  Every year it gets better and better.

 

The new Hudson River flight rules have been issued.  From now on, the area is called the New York Class B Airspace Hudson River and East River Exclusion Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA).  Look at the back of the current New York T.A.C. for a description of the procedures.
 
The best way to learn how to navigate this area is by going to www.FAASafety.gov.  Sign in to take the online course for the New York Hudson River exclusion.  If you are not yet signed up for the "Wings" program at www.FAASafety.gov now is a good time to do so and take this course.  At the end of the course there is a test, and passing it will earn you a certificate and a wallet card which will be required for operating in the New York SFRA.
 

     The war across the seas came close to us when two Marine helicopters from Johnstown, PA stopped to refuel at Princeton.