Chris,
I hope you did not take my comment as a criticism, because that was not my intention.
Our airport just went through a traumatic and completely unnecessary involvement
of the town board, ATC controllers at KBUF, and five FAA employees from
the FSDO.... all because some irate homeowner who bought his home near our
airport last fall and started complaining about low flying aircraft.
The airport management scheduled a meeting at the airport with dozens of residents
coming to meet to discuss their complaints. The local US congressional rep.
sent his aid; the town board sent the head guy; the KBUF ATC folks brought Google
Earth overheads with the radar tracks showing all the flight activity at
our airport for the day and time of the alleged "flight between our houses";
and the FAA sent the closest FSDO manager (60 miles away) AND the REGIONAL FSDO
manager as well as the guys in charge of maintenance and airport operations
oversight our FSDO region. The officials held presentations for the residents
to help them to understand how GA operates. The ATC presentation that showed that
the claim made by the new residents was completely bogus and a lie. Most of
the residents were satisfied but this particular new resident, whose purpose
was to get a 50+ year old airport that contributes a LOT as a reliever airport
to KBUF and the town tax base, closed after he moved into the area, would not
be satisfied. Fortunately, the town board and the FAA essentially told him he
was effectively pissing up a rope and had no grounds for further action.
So, I was just wondering if your neighbors were understanding folks or like this
one guy who is retired with nothing else to do, making his end-of-life goal
to eliminate the airport that he moved close to.
KBQR
Buffalo-Lancaster Airport
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Thom Riddle
Buffalo, NY
Kolb Slingshot SS-021
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