Special Airport Qualifications Can Minimize Accident Exposure

KSMO airport

Santa Monica Airport (KSMO) is surrounded by an urban area.

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Same story, different day. That could be the tag line for the next deadly general aviation (GA) or business aircraft crash at any one of a dozen U.S. airports with long-term histories of fatal accidents or serious incidents. But a review of National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) accident...
Fred George

Fred formerly was senior editor and chief pilot with Business & Commercial Aviation and Aviation Week's chief aircraft evaluation pilot. He has flown left seat in virtually every turbine-powered business jet produced in the past three decades.

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