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Flabob Airport, the Glossary

Flabob Airport is a small public-use airport located in Jurupa Valley, California, United States, in Riverside County, seven nautical miles (11 km) northwest of the central business district of Jurupa Valley, California.^[1]

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Airports established in 1925

Aircraft engine

An aircraft engine, often referred to as an aero engine, is the power component of an aircraft propulsion system.

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Airport

An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport.

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Asphalt concrete

Asphalt concrete (commonly called asphalt, blacktop, or pavement in North America, and tarmac or bitumen macadam in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland) is a composite material commonly used to surface roads, parking lots, airports, and the core of embankment dams.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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Central business district

A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business center of a city.

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Elevation

The elevation of a geographic ''location'' is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface (see Geodetic datum § Vertical datum).

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Experimental Aircraft Association

The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is an international organization of aviation enthusiasts based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Since its inception, it has grown internationally with over 300,000 members and nearly 1,000 chapters worldwide. It hosts the largest aviation gathering of its kind in the world, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

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Federal Aviation Administration

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a U.S. federal government agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation which regulates civil aviation in the United States and surrounding international waters.

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Flying (magazine)

Flying, sometimes styled FLYING, is an aviation magazine published since 1927 and called ''Popular Aviation'' prior to 1942, as well as Aeronautics for a brief period.

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General aviation

General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations except for commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services for other purposes.

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Homebuilt aircraft

Homebuilt aircraft, also known as amateur-built aircraft or kit planes, are constructed by persons for whom this is not a professional activity.

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Inland Empire

The Inland Empire (commonly abbreviated as the IE) is a metropolitan area and region inland of and adjacent to coastal Southern California, centering around the cities of San Bernardino and Riverside, and bordering Los Angeles County to the west and San Diego County to the south.

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Jurupa Valley, California

Jurupa Valley (Serrano: Hurumpa) is a city in the northwest corner of Riverside County, California, United States.

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Marquart MA-5 Charger

The Marquart MA-5 Charger is a homebuilt two place biplane.

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Non-towered airport

In aviation, a non-towered airport is an airport without a control tower, or air traffic control (ATC) unit.

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Ray Stits

Raymond M. Stits (20 June 1921 - 8 June 2015) was an American inventor, homebuilt aircraft designer, aircraft mechanic and pilot.

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Riverside County, California

Riverside County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California.

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Runway

According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft".

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Santa Ana River

The Santa Ana River is the largest river entirely within Southern California in the United States.

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Sea level

Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured.

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Stits Playboy

The Stits SA-3A Playboy (also called the Stitts SA-3A Playboy) is a single seat, strut-braced low-wing monoplane that was designed by Ray Stits for amateur construction.

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The National Map

The National Map is a collaborative effort of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and other federal, state, and local agencies to improve and deliver topographic information for the United States.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flabob_Airport

Also known as El Centro Field.