[TowerTalk] Tower VS aeroplane suit dropped....

[wcmoore at verizon.net]

Given that the tower is likely to be next or pretty
darn close to the house I suspect the more immediate
concern is will the house be damaged. In that case
you ping the Homeowners policy. Your insurance company
then provides real meaning to the expression "Reach 
out and touch someone!" as they will try to recover
their loss from the owner of the aircraft of pilot.
I think they call it subrogation and insurance companies
make IRS look like a bunch of pikers when it comes to
getting money out of people.

Chuck


> 
> From: "AA6DX" <aa6dx at pacbell.net>
> Date: 2004/04/29 Thu PM 03:20:40 CDT
> To: "K4SB" <k4sb at bellsouth.net>, 
> 	"Tower Talk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower VS aeroplane suit dropped....
> 
> Well, I was actually meaning ... who would pay for the damage to your tower
> system .. not the aeroplane!  I would assume, for this discussion, the ham
> was in the right.  Was thinking of a plane ... with problems .. dead stick,
> or pilot drunk, or error, or mechanical failure.   As an interesting aside
> ... my home in North Pole, AK ... actually a "burb" of Fairbanks ... was on
> a airstrip!  The front door of the house faced the airport, and
> kitty-wumpus, about 100 yards away or so, was a float pond ... where the
> planes with pontoons did their thing during the warmer months ... wheels
> were used on the airstrip, but from Nov thru May, it was skis ... or, maybe,
> tundra tires.     Anyway, the hangar slash hangout for the folks using the
> airstrip was just across the way from me.   I went over, introduced myself,
> and pointed out where I wanted to erect my 7Ø' plus tower with a Mosely 5 el
> mono 2ØM beam on it .. closer to the runway than the 6Ø' w/6 el 1ØM Wilson
> mono on it .. and... one and all... they said  GREAT!   It was a touchdown
> point, and it rose above the seasonal ubiquitous (at times) severe ground
> fog, and I never got a complaint, just kudos, for the 1 1/2 yrs. I was there
> after it was up.   Now, as to what the FAA would have said, who knows?
> There were probably on and off about fifty users of the strip.  More in the
> summer....
> Just an aside.... cheers, Mark     AA6DX   Hammin' for 4Ø years ...
> Eureka, Far Northern California  (Behind the Redwood Curtain)
> 
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "K4SB" <k4sb at bellsouth.net>
> To: "Tower Talk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 12:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower VS aeroplane suit dropped....
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > Blake Bowers wrote:
> > >
> > > Unless, of course you are near an airport, or glideslope.
> >
> > k4sb wrote:
> > > > I seriously doubt any liability would exist for your "100 foot Rohn".
> > > > And if higher, but still below the level of the surrounding trees (
> > > > you guys on the wrong coast have some BIG trees ) you don't even need
> > > > FAA approval.
> >
> > Nope, strange as it may be, you may erect any tower to any height
> > directly below the glide slope as long as the surrounding trees are
> > taller.
> >
> > Which makes some sense....If you are about to hit the trees ( say a CA
> > Redwood ), I would think the last problem on your mind would be
> > hitting a tower.
> 
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