Airport Newsletter June 2017

City of Riverside, California sent this bulletin at 06/09/2017 10:55 AM PDT

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25th Anniversary

of the Riverside Airshow

Thank you to all our tenants and partnering agencies for ensuring the 25th Annual Riverside Airshow was a success. The event included noteworthy exhibits and performances including aerobatic performers, the jet truck, car show, vendors, static displays, a kiddie fun zone and special appearance by the Marine Corps V-22 Osprey and the U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster.

Mark your calendars the 2018 Riverside Airshow will take to the skies Saturday March 24th!

Update

Runway/ Ramp Rehab 2017

KRAL has completed the bidding phase of a 600,000 sq. ft. apron rehabilitation project. Construction is anticipated to start in Fall 2017. The project will consist of rehabilitating the ramp surface in front of the terminal building, the helipad area and the area south of the Brown hangars. To ensure minimal disruption, Airport Operations will provide all tenants with a construction schedule.

Wings of Freedom Tour May 2017

The Collings Foundation- Wings of Freedom Tour landed at KRAL in early May to showcase vintage aircraft. The non-profit organization is a traveling museum that tours the country providing educational tours and flights in WWII aircraft.

The 2017 Wings of Freedom Tour included a B-17, B-24, B-25 and a TF-51D (P-51 Mustang).

Riverside Municipal Airport Career Day 2017

On Saturday May 20th, the Riverside Municipal Airport held its annual career day. The event showcased over 15 educational facilities, training schools, higher education institutions and emergency response representatives from the Inland Empire. Over 200 participants enjoyed lectures from guest speakers, information booths and educational hand outs.

The Airport Administration team is excited to announce the arrival of Administrative Analyst Megan Stoye. Megan has worked for the City of Riverside for the past 8 years and brings a diverse skill set to the airport team including over 19 years of governmental relations experience.
As an analyst, Megan will oversee the operations budget, contracts and agreements, special projects, marketing and community outreach.

Can you identify this aircraft?

The Lockheed SVX “Salmon” was designed as a plane that could take off and land vertically.

The Navy couldn’t afford to put large expensive air craft carriers in every fleet, so a plane with vertical take off capabilities would help increase the Navy’s air support.

There was just a slight problem… the Salmon were terrifying to land.

Test flights were successful in getting the aircraft to launch and hover vertically over the landing site, but few pilots were willing to try this out in the first place and even fewer were willing to try it again.

Lockheed drew up plans to redevelop the “Salmon” to not be so terrifying, but those plans were eventually scrapped when everyone realized that the aircraft would be too slow to fare well in combat.

Airport Hangar Compliance

The Riverside Municipal Airport Administration and the City of Riverside take pride in keeping the airport up to federal and state safety and use standards. As a result, the airport is eligible to receive both federal and state grants that allow the city to make much needed improvements to airport property. To ensure Riverside Municipal Airport maintains grant eligibility status, the airport must adhere to FAA policies, including the Non-Aeronautical Use of Airport Hangers policy that becomes effective July 1, 2017. The Airport Administration will work with airport tenants to ensure hangers are in compliance to the FAA hanger policy and lease agreement terms.

Airport lease agreements identify proper hanger usage as, “only for storage of the aircraft, personal property, equipment and supplies for a minimum owner maintenance of the Aircraft, except that parking of motor vehicles is permitted in accordance with Riverside Municipal Code and/or such time as the Hanger is not occupied by the Aircraft”. The FAA Hanger Policy is more specific and may be accessed at: https://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-06-15/pdf/2016-14133.pdf.

Effective July 1, 2017 the airport will implement a Hanger Inspection Program to assist tenants in meeting FAA Hanger regulations. Tenants will be notified no later than three (3) business days before a scheduled inspection. Inspections will include, but are not limited to key areas such as:

Confirm the Hanger is not being used as a residence
Ensure Hangers are not used for non-aeronautical business (i.e. limo service, motorcycle storage, inventory warehouse, non-aeronautical business office, etc)\
Ensure movement of the aircraft in and out of the Hanger is not impacted
Ensure Hanger is not being used to store household items
Confirm Hanger is not being used as a long-term storage site for derelict aircraft or parts
Ensure stored items and activities comply with local, state and federal laws
Confirm fuel and other dangerous materials are stored properly

Thank you in advance for assisting the Riverside Municipal Airport in complying with FAA standards. If you have any questions please feel free to call the airport administrative team at (951) 351-6113.

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