The Rosamond Skypark   is a privately-owned and operated residential skypark located in Southern California's Antelope Valley (AKA "Aerospace Valley"). Our FAA designator is L00 (Lima-Zero-Zero) and our airport is open for public use. This website is operated by the Rosamond Skypark Association as a service to our owner/members.  We also provide many items of interest to pilots and the general public.

NEXT BOARD MEETING:  Wednesday December 9^th, 6:00 PM, in the "CAP Hut" at the FBO.  As always, members are encouraged to attend.

DIRECTORS INSTITUTE NEW SCHEDULE OF FINES:  At Special Meetings of the Board held August 26th and October 5, a modified schedule of fines for violations of the CC&Rs has been approved, replacing the old (never-used) schedule.  Fines will be assessed by the Association if a CC&R violation progresses to formal action, with a fine of $25/week for the first eight weeks, rising to $50/week at the 8 week point and continuing until the infraction is corrected. The full text is viewable in the Members area, CLICK HERE.

Standards of Appearance for Properties Adopted:  Related to the above item are the security and appearance standards adopted by the Board and mailed to all owners in November of 2008 and again in November 2009.  Owners are strongly encouraged to review these standards and evaluate their current level of compliance.  Have you failed to landscape areas of your lot that are not screened from external view?  Are you keeping junked or inoperative vehicles, or machinery, materials, miscellaneous junk, etc, in areas of your lot that are visible from outside your property?  CLICK HERE  to view those standards.

Deadline for Plastic Card License Approaches:  If you are still flying with an old paper pilot's license, don't forget that you MUST convert to the new plastic card style by March 31 of 2010.  You will not be 'legal' with the paper license after that date.  Hint:  If you still have your SSAN on your license, you can obtain a plastic one with a 'random' certificate number at no charge, which gets you the plastic card without paying the normal $2 fee (yeah, big deal, but hey...)

Skypark Residential Lots For Sale     CLICK HERE for more details.  Several available now!

Skypark Commercial Lot For Sale     CLICK HERE for more details.  Available now!

More Aviation stuff moving to the Internet

FAA MedXPress - Fill out your medical app on-line: Medical applications can be filled out on-line rather than at your AME's office.  Go to https://medxpress.faa.gov

File Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) Reports On-Line:   Just browse to http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/, click on "Electronic Report Submission" and follow the instructions.

CALLBACK No Longer Mailed:   The publication will now be available only "on line" (click the logo at top to see the latest issue).  You can be notified by e-mail whenever a new issue is available, CLICK HERE to sign up.  This is a publication every pilot should read; and it's entertaining as well as educational! 

FAA Flight Standards On Line:  "The Bible" for FAA inspectors is on-line and available to the public, go to to http://fsims.faa.gov/   Lots of information for pilots/operators of aircraft.  Example: For ramp check standards an inspector will use, navigate to Areas of Interest>Surveillance>Air Operators 91>Conduct a Part 91 Ramp Inspection

East Germany redux .,.. eAPIS:   Effective May 18th, it became mandatory to provide for each flight departing (as well as arriving) "our" country via our private aircraft the full names, SSANs, passport numbers, addresses, etc, of yourself and all passengers. If they approve, you will receive "security clearance" for takeoff from Homeland Security.  This is entirely separate from the previously required Customs notifications & FAA flight plan, and can ONLY be done electronically via computer, see https://eapis.cbp.dhs.gov .  This operation is not user friendly, so be prepared to spend considerable time during the initial setup process.  Hint: When doing the initial setup you can store all your personal data as "pilot" and  include your significant other or regular flight partners as "crew". The system will store this data, saving time during subsequent manifest submissions.      MORE RANTING on the subject:  browse to SECURITY

Skypark in the News:  Our Scrapbook page contains a collection of articles on the Skypark & its residents that have appeared, mostly in LA & AV newspapers.   The newest:  Starr Ginn, NASA engineer & Annex resident is featured in the AV Press, and yet another soaring award announced for Jim Payne.

AIRPORT SAFETY: Communicate!    In some ways, safe operations from uncontrolled fields like ours are more demanding than operations at a busy tower airport.  These incidents reported in  NASA's "Callback" publication make for a great read.  CLICK HERE to view the issue (if you don't already read Callback, you should sign up for email notification!).  Webmaster's suggestion: A major component in every one of these tales is a "failure to communicate" by radio.  ALWAYS take three or four seconds during taxi or at run-up to momentarily disable the squelch on your radio & make sure you hear something!  Its a good habit to do the same thing when you switch radios during flight, too.  You will be surprised at how many times you will discover volume down or a switch mis-positioned, even when it is an aircraft only you fly.

MISCELLANY CORNER  - Humor, possibly interesting pix, stuff that doesn't fit elsewhere has been swept into our miscellany corner for de-cluttering and safekeeping.  SAMPLE:  About the Origin of those romantic shooting stars

Other Stuff:

AFSS Briefing Tips:   With the consolidation of flight service stations comes a major change in how you get a "local" specialist on the phone.  Dialing the familiar "800-WX-BRIEF" (800-992-7433) is still the first step, but to insure you are routed to the proper specialist for your area you will need to enter the proper state code.  AOPA has a downloadable QUICK REFERENCE CARD that lists the proper state codes plus some Tips & Techniques that might speed the process.

AUTO GAS & OLD WIVES:  A while back a conversation came up about the use of auto gas in aircraft, which prompted the creation of this posting.  If you are interested in the subject, CLICK HERE to view the page.

Peek Into History:  A gentleman named Paul Freeman has developed a site devoted to obscure and vanished airstrips, including a number of strips in our immediate area.  Particularly check out his pages on the Palmdale-Rosamond area and around Mojave.  I am sure he would welcome additional info,  pictures or map data on these or other "old time" strips....certainly we have plenty!

Rosamond Skypark Contact Info:

FBO  Ops (Fuel, tiedowns, etc) Contact:  661-256-4500  

Airport Ops: Rosamond Skypark Association

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Website last modified: 11/21/2009