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We are having trouble at our airport. Our airport, here in Oregon,
USA, is owned by The Port of Hood River, and is federally funded. It’s a small, uncontrolled airport and on a busy day, probably has about a dozen non glider flights. We generally fly our gliders on the windy days, and have the airport all to ourselves. The Port thinks it's against FARs and/or unsafe to use cars to move the gliders up and down the taxiways and off of the runway. They want us to use the tow plane to move the gliders around the airport, and they also are telling us that no persons are allowed past the hold lines, wing runners included! These procedures were written by a person at the Port that isn't even a pilot! We have had no problems with any of the other planes or pilots, but the Port is trying to make it impossible for us to operate by coming up with a bunch of ridicules rules. They keep talking about an FAA Obstruction Free Zone that is 400ft from the centerline of the runway, where no gliders can be, which disallows us from staging and parking the gliders next to the take off ends of the runway. What I am looking for is a list of public airports where gliders and power traffic coexist, and descriptions of how the gliders are staged and moved around. I also think it’s time to get the AOPA involved. All help is greatly appreciated. Gary Boggs www.nwskysports.com |
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