Guido's @ the Hangar at L00!
Eighteen mighty DAFer’s flew to L00 Rosamond, for a noon time lunch March 13, 2021 at the new (relatively speaking!) Guido’s @ The Hangar for a great lunch. We had 10 airplanes of fearless flyers who arrived through the expected typical desert winds and cheap air (ie turbulence). I think we were all so happy to escape LA and meet up after many long months! The winds proved mighty but many of us arrived alive and enjoyed our renewed gatherings!
Blue Sky Outing - KTOA Edition
Our first Blue Skies Outing to Santa Ynez was cancelled Saturday morning due to to marginal weather. A few decided to fly about nearer to home. Some DAFers came up with an alternative. They drove their cars to the TOA ramp and, at a substantial social distance, enjoyed their self-cater picnic lunches separately. But all enjoyed watching the aeronautical traffic come and go on a beautiful Spring day at TOA.
Special Announcement: Oceano fly-in cancelled
The February 17th 2024 fly-in to Oceano has been cancelled by the organizer due to uncertianties about the suitability of the weather for this trip.Any Del Amo Flyers interersted in making a local fly-in are invided to meet Saturday at the Torrance airport General Aviation Center, at 10:00 am, where a new trip will be organized that suits the conditions at that time. See you there!
LAX to arrive into the 21st Century!
Our February 19 dinner meeting presentation was an excellent education on the upgrades being done at LAX in their effort to make LAX traffic jams become a thing of the past! Our presenter, Stephanie Sampson, Director of Communications for the $5.5B LAX Landside Access Modernization Program (LAMP) filled us in on all the plans to make our LAX experience easier and stress free when we need to fly the jumbos rather than our own planes!The LAMP project includes a new 4,300 stall parking structure....an 18,000 stall (ConRAC) Consolidated Rental Car Facility (bad news for the 405!), a 2.25 mile Automated People Mover (APM), an Airport Metro Connector Station (AMC) which will connect to the Metro Green Lineand the Metro Crenshaw/LAX line plus many roadway improvements. All these additions mean a better LAX experience for the many who fly into LAX and for those of us who originate our travel adventures at LAX.
Another project mentioned but not part of the $5.5B LAMP project is the new LAX Midfield Concourse Terminal located west of the Tom Bradley International Terminal. This project will add between 12 and 15 international gate spaces, accessible only via underground tunnels. This new terminal space will open in late 2020.
There will be constant updates on the projects at LAX so for more info please visit www.FlyLAX.com/connectingLAX. A big thank you to Stephanie Sampson for her thorough update on the upgrades we can expect at LAX in the near future!
We also had a special presentation at our February 19 meeting from Nate Morresey of the FAA. Jim Piper received the prestigious Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award, which recognizes pilots who have demonstrated professionalism, skill and aviation expertise by maintaining safe operations for 50 or more years.