One has to realize this airport, while it back in 1960, 70 and so forth, was all by

itself out in the field somewhere.

Over time as the community grew, houses were built around the airport, obviously well

knowing that here's an, and my house is now

close to an airport. But that's besides the point. The community, I would say, grew, and there are now

a million people in this area, and obviously there's pressure for affordable housing, parks, you name it.

Hello, and thank you for joining us for episode 93 of the Aviation News Talk podcast,

where we bring you general aviation news and safety tips that pilots and student pilots

like you can use someday. And you just heard Walt Geiger, and after the news I'll be sitting down with Walt to talk about the threatened closure of San Jose's Reed Hillview Airport and what pilots can be doing to help preserve their own airport.

Plus, this week in the news, the U.S. government is partially shut down, and we'll talk about how the shutdown is affecting aviation. Rolls-Royce is attempting a speed record with an electric airplane, and a former pilot

may be getting up to two years in prison for flying without a valid certificate.

Welcome to Aviation News Talk, where we talk about general aviation. I'm Max Crescott,

I'm your host. I'm here to educate and inform you and have some fun along the way. If you're new to the show, I'm the 2008 national flight instructor of the year,

and these days I specialize in Cirrus, like the SR 20, 22, and SF 50 vision jet. So if you're

starting to think that someday you might want to buy one of these or you'd like training in one,

please contact me today for free consultation and possibly

a free demo flight if you're thinking about a new aircraft. Last week in episode 92, we talked

with Scott Denssted about his new book, Pilot Weather, from Solo to the Airlines. So if he missed

that episode, you may want to check it out. All this and more, and the news starts now.

From the Washington Post.com, Natka, the Air Traffic

Controllers Union, says that cracks are starting to show as 3,000 support workers have been

furloughed, nearly 10,500 air traffic controllers continue to work without pay due to the government's

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