Topband: Airports

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There has been a private grass strip at the farm that stretches about 250 
acres from directly behind me to almost 3/4 miles down the road.

When I first put up the 160' tower which is about 450' from the property 
line they raised the roof to the town, CAA, FAA, FCC and anyone else that 
would listen. All came to look and listen and hear both sides and walked 
away never to return.
When they told the FAA that they did their turn right over where my house 
and tower is the inspector just looked and said "make the turn further out". 
When they said that all their friends were used to that turn he said "write 
them a letter". Privately I told them if they were that low over my house 
they best be able to dodge lead. They were coming over at about 100'.

They were also incensed that I didnt get a building permit or ask for their 
permision, neither of which was required. When I had storm damage to the top 
section and went to 180' they didnt say a word.

Thats long past and we are all friendly these days.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom W8JI" <w8ji at w8ji.com>
To: "TopBand List" <topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 1:07 PM
Subject: Topband: Airports


>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Bill Cromwell <wrcromwell at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Lucky me there is no "HOA" where I live. Mention HOA and everybody says
>>> "huh? No way". I am about 4000 feet from the nearest runway but that is
>>> for small aircraft and the 4000 feet is from my home to the *side* of
>>> runway. The tallest tree on my place is about 40 feet high and I don't
>>> want to go very much past that due to that runway AND to just keep a low
>>> profile.
>
>
> Keep in mind there is no distance restriction for private fields. Item 1 
> is particularly important. There are several small fields around me, none 
> of which have FAA registration as a public field.
>
> Only the following are restricted:
>
> (1) A public use airport listed in the Airport/Facility Directory, Alaska 
> Supplement, or Pacific Chart Supplement of the U.S. Government Flight 
> Information Publications;
>
> (2) A military airport under construction, or an airport under 
> construction that will be available for public use;
>
> (3) An airport operated by a Federal agency or the DOD.
>
> (4) An airport or heliport with at least one FAA-approved instrument 
> approach procedure.
>
>
>
> 73 Tom
>
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