LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Actor Harrison Ford, who is continuing to recover from injuries he suffered when his World War II-era single-engine plane lost power and crashed on a Venice golf course, is being lauded for skillfully landing the aircraft and minimizing damage to the surrounding community. “He did an excellent job,” veteran flight instructor […]
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Hospitalized Harrison Ford is “battered but OK” after plane crash
March 6, 2015
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - “Battered, but OK,” actor Harrison Ford was hospitalized today with injuries he suffered when the World War II-era single-engine plane he was piloting lost power and crashed on a Venice golf course shortly after takeoff from Santa Monica Airport. The single-engine plane, identified by the National Transportation Safety Board as a […]
Actor Harrison Ford crashes plane near Santa Monica Airport
March 5, 2015
VENICE (CNS) - Actor Harrison Ford crashed a World War II-era single-engine plane today on a Venice golf course just west of Santa Monica Airport and was taken to a hospital in fair to moderate condition. The single-engine plane, identified by the National Transportation Safety Board as a Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR, went down about 2:25 […]
Santa Monica Airport Measure LC passes, D fails
November 5, 2014
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - In a step that could move Santa Monica Airport closer to closure, voters agreed to allow the City Council to make decisions regarding the fate of the airfield and rejected an effort by aviation groups to require a public vote on any effort to shutter the facility or restrict aviation activity. […]
Harrison Ford, Santa Monica airport supporters file suit
July 3, 2014
SANTA MONICA (CNS) - Actor Harrison Ford, other Santa Monica Airport tenants and national aviation groups have filed a federal complaint challenging Santa Monica’s long-held position that it can shut down the airport in July 2015. Santa Monica leaders have insisted that the terms of federal airportimprovement grants the city has received over the years […]
