Hemet Airport: FAA Ruling Supports Soaring Right of Airport Access

This is monumental.

The FAA ruling regarding the County of Riverside's banning of gliders
from the HMT has been released and completely supports soarings
continued use of HMT in So California.

We did this for ourselves, and we did this for everybody in soaring.

And we won!

We all now have a legal foundation in case law that supports soarings
right to fly at public use airports. Unless the public authority has
an "FAA Safety Study", they can not ban sailplane operations.

Sometimes the biggest news in soaring is not the new blinking gizmo on
your panel. ;-)

Thanks to many with special thanks to our attorney, Ron Cozad. The
County has 30 days....

We kicked their butts!

Larry Tuohino
Chris Mannion
Mary Rust
Orange County Soaring Association
HEMET, Ca

On Feb 15, 3:15*pm, HoUdino wrote:
This is monumental.

The FAA ruling regarding the County of Riverside's banning of gliders
from the HMT has been released and completely supports soarings
continued use of HMT in So California.

We did this for ourselves, and we did this for everybody in soaring.

And we won!

We all now have a legal foundation in case law that supports soarings
right to fly at public use airports. Unless the public authority has
an "FAA Safety Study", they can not ban sailplane operations.

Sometimes the biggest news in soaring is not the new blinking gizmo on
your panel. *;-)

Thanks to many with special thanks to our attorney, Ron Cozad. *The
County has 30 days....

We kicked their butts!

Larry Tuohino
Chris Mannion
Mary Rust
Orange County Soaring Association
HEMET, Ca

It is indeed. Good Job!

Congratulations on fighting the good fight and winning! Here's hoping
the County decides to fold, and not torture you further.

-john


On Feb 15, 5:15 pm, HoUdino wrote:
This is monumental.

The FAA ruling regarding the County of Riverside's banning of gliders
from the HMT has been released and completely supports soarings
continued use of HMT in So California.

We did this for ourselves, and we did this for everybody in soaring.

And we won!

We all now have a legal foundation in case law that supports soarings
right to fly at public use airports. Unless the public authority has
an "FAA Safety Study", they can not ban sailplane operations.

Sometimes the biggest news in soaring is not the new blinking gizmo on
your panel. ;-)

Thanks to many with special thanks to our attorney, Ron Cozad. The
County has 30 days....

We kicked their butts!

Larry Tuohino
Chris Mannion
Mary Rust
Orange County Soaring Association
HEMET, Ca

On Feb 15, 4:15*pm, HoUdino wrote:
This is monumental.

The FAA ruling regarding the County of Riverside's banning of gliders
from the HMT has been released and completely supports soarings
continued use of HMT in So California.

We did this for ourselves, and we did this for everybody in soaring.

And we won!

We all now have a legal foundation in case law that supports soarings
right to fly at public use airports. Unless the public authority has
an "FAA Safety Study", they can not ban sailplane operations.

Sometimes the biggest news in soaring is not the new blinking gizmo on
your panel. *;-)

Thanks to many with special thanks to our attorney, Ron Cozad. *The
County has 30 days....

We kicked their butts!

Larry Tuohino
Chris Mannion
Mary Rust
Orange County Soaring Association
HEMET, Ca

Congratulations!
It is truly astonishing that FAA ruled in favor of soaring operation.

On 2/15/2011 2:39 PM, GK wrote:
On Feb 15, 4:15 pm, wrote:

We kicked their butts!

Larry Tuohino
Chris Mannion
Mary Rust
Orange County Soaring Association
HEMET, Ca

Congratulations!
It is truly astonishing that FAA ruled in favor of soaring operation.

It's not amazing to me - I think they are pretty touchy about other
people deciding who can and who can't use an airport that FAA funds went
to. In our area, they were a major factor (years ago) in keeping the
airspace open over the Hanford project area (640 square miles!), while
DOE wanted to restrict it surface to 10,000'. The FAA can be quite
helpful in preventing airport and airspace grabs by "other people", in
my experience.

So, please, no reflexive disparaging of the FAA. Hemet is not an
isolated incident.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)

"HoUdino" wrote in message
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We all now have a legal foundation in case law that supports soarings
right to fly at public use airports. Unless the public authority has
an "FAA Safety Study", they can not ban sailplane operations.


Congratulations and thank you!

Can you supply any links to documents?


Vaughn

The SSA has a link on its main page up at top of right hand column.
The decision is very detailed with many issues addressed.

http://www.ssa.org/files/member/OC%2...%202.11.11.pdf

The local newspapers should open up a barrage on the County by this
weekend...it ain't over until they cry "uncle". We have momentum.

LT



Can you supply any links to documents?

Vaughn

Congrats to you all....Now what are you going to do? Who's going to be
the first to buy a tow plane and start an operation at HMT? I never
did doubt for a minute that my glider with that N number on the tail
didn't have the right to land or take off from HMT or any other
airport of the like. Thanks for your persistence!

As petitioners, OCSA has the ball. The worst thing would be for some
cowboy to wonder in and "assert their right". We are still in a
minefield, they are hunkered down in their foxhole looking for an
opening. We have plenty of ammo. DO NOT STUPIDLY WALK INTO NO MANS
LAND

We have a battleplan, but obviously it is best kept underwraps.

If we need help, you know I am not shy to ask.

LT



On Feb 15, 8:46*pm, glidergeek wrote:
Congrats to you all....Now what are you going to do? Who's going to be
the first to buy a tow plane and start an operation at HMT? *I never
did doubt for a minute that my glider with that N number on the tail
didn't have the right to land or take off from HMT or any other
airport of the like. Thanks for your persistence!

Great news - I've followed this story with interest.