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02-07-2012, 04:35 PM
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Good news for Airparks.
Copy/paste from an Email I just received.
For Immediate Release February 7, 2012
Residential Through The Fence Protection in FAA Reauthorization Bill
After three and a half years of hard work by many Residential Through The Fence (rTTF) advocates, H.R. 658, the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act containing rTTF preserving language, has passed the House and Senate and sent to President Obama for his expected signature.
Residential Through The Fence (rTTF) access is defined as homes with attached or adjacent aircraft hangars with taxiway access to the airport taxiways and runways. Hangar home owners with rTTF access pay similar use fees as on airport users and support the airport economy with fuel and service purchases.
Sam Graves (R-MO) led the charge for Residential Through The Fence access in the FAA funding bill. Major support from the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and Oregon's State and Federal legislative representatives was instrumental in having rTTF language in the long overdue FAA reauthorization bill.
"We thank Congressman Graves and many others in the General Aviation Caucus who have supported this legislation which will help the future economic viability of many small airports" stated Brent Blue, organizer of ThroughTheFence.org, a site that advocates rTTF access. "Congressman Graves, who not only was able to force a Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on the topic, championed the inclusion into the legislation as well as several other general aviation issues which will help the future of small aircraft in the United States." Blue continued "Also, the support of the EAA has been unwavering and instrumental in our success. We are greatly indebted to them."
Residential Through The Fence access became an issue about five years ago when two FAA staffers in the Washington DC FAA Airports office, Acting Associate Administrator for Airports Katherine Lang and Director of Compliance Randall Fiertz, decided that hangar homes were an incompatible use of adjacent airport property. Lang and Fiertz cited reasons for their campaign as incongruous as "hangar home owners complain about airport noise" to "hangar homes are harder to condemn" than cemeteries for future airport expansion. Lang also stated, in written hearing testimony, that "hangar home owners had undue influence on airport boards because they testified at public meetings."
The rTTF language protects airports from losing airport improvement grant monies from the FAA due to past, current, or future Residential Through The Fence agreements.
For Further Information: Brent Blue
brentblue@throughthefence.org
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02-07-2012, 05:00 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Meridian ID, Aspen CO, Okemos MI
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That is great news
Mike,
Just the gates at both ends of the airpark are probably a big enough pain for you guys living there. This is good news giving the protection you need to make sure the feds don't try to close your access off. I would like to develop an airpark community out here and maybe this will help me make that happen.
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02-07-2012, 05:18 PM
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If you do, let me know.
I would like to offer some insight on the unique issues involved.
And, you are right about the gates-----I am the one maintaing them.
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02-07-2012, 06:57 PM
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GREAT news.
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02-07-2012, 07:05 PM
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Location: Gold Hill, NC25
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This seems to me more of good news for airports that have rTTF as opposed to airparks, which are mostly privately owned and not subject to grants. Am I missing something?
I suppose if you identify airparks, as being inclusive of rTTF airports, then I guess I see your point. But there are so very few of those.
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02-07-2012, 11:11 PM
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Quite a few airports in Oregon & Washington were effected.
We are greatful for the protection. 
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02-07-2012, 11:27 PM
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Senior Curmudgeon
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kahuna
I suppose if you identify airparks, as being inclusive of rTTF airports, then I guess I see your point.
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Yep, that is how I was seeing it.
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Mike Starkey
VAF 909
Rv-10, N210LM.
Flying as of 12/4/2010
Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011
Sold after 240+ wonderful hours of flight.
"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
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02-08-2012, 03:01 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: McMinnville, Oregon: HOME of the SPRUCE GOOSE
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This is great news.
I know Oregon has several state airports with adjacent pilots/homeowners appreciating the protection. They have been sweating their property value diving and loosing access to the airport.
This is great news. Sure took a long time.
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02-08-2012, 07:32 AM
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And... hopefully those two "wonderful" folks at the FAA have a new job...
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02-08-2012, 08:00 AM
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Sam Graves is a good dude, probably the biggest friend of GA in congress.
I've met him at OSH as we have a mutual friend who he calls on frequently to get advice on FAA "issues".
One of the few politicians who I actively support with donations. In fact I quit AOPA and send that $40 to Sam.
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