[TowerTalk] FAA & Towers, continued

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Wait till they get caught with "non" certified lighting and no monitoring.
IT cost us 6 digits in fines some years back.






On 12/31/11 11:38 AM, "Mickey Baker" <fishflorida at gmail.com> wrote:

>Required lights must meet FAA specs. Non-required lights don't.
>
>There is an airport in rural NC that, legally, isn't lit, but have PCL
>that turns on an array of high intensity bulbs inside fruit jars...
>Effective, but not certified for night use.
>
>A couple of lights and a control aren't that expensive with respect to
>the entire project.
>
>Mickey 
>
>On Dec 30, 2011, at 8:22 PM, Robert Morris <robrk at nidhog.net> wrote:
>
>> Be careful putting just any light on it. If you do it, you may have to
>>use "official" lights, as in expensive,  alarms, and register with the
>>FAA.
>> Of the few I took care of, the alarm would go off at 3am, there was an
>>FAA 800 number to call and give the FAA registration number.
>> Half the time the guy would ask "where's that, it's not on record"....
>>Been there for twenty years and it's your number ??
>> 
>> 
>> On Dec 30, 2011, at 8:06 PM, Jon Pearl - W4ABC wrote:
>> 
>> I don't think anyone has mentioned it yet, Bill but I think due to the
>> barren landscape surrounding the strip, pilots are using your house to
>> help line up for final.  It's a great navaid for them but may be
>> problematic for both of you when the tower goes up.  When it's all said
>> and done, you'll no-doubt get your tower up with the FAA's blessing but
>> you may light it for some piece of mind.
>> 
>> Keep us updated.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> 
>> Jon Pearl - W4ABC
>> www.w4abc.com
>> 
>> 
>> On 12/30/2011 9:51 AM, William Hein wrote:
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