Posts Tagged ‘through the fence’
Interim "Through-the-Fence" Policy Adopted
Federally funded airports that now allow “through-the-fence” access for owners of hangar homes on adjacent private property may continue to do so, the FAA said in an interim policypublished on Friday.
Read MoreBrent Blue tackles the FAA’s stance on TTF
“Brent Blue is my hero.” So says Hal Shevers, GA icon, founder of Sporty’s Pilot Shop, and developer of Sandy’s Farm, a new airpark at the Clermont County/Sporty’s Airport (I69) in Cincinnati, Ohio. He’s talking about Dr. Brent Blue, founder of ThroughTheFence.org and the man many credit with getting the FAA’s residential through the fence…
Read MoreWhy you should care about TTF
Public comments are interesting…or can be. Following are but three comments made at the Sept. 22 hearing of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on an FAA proposal to prohibit any new residential through the fence (TTF) agreements at publicly-funded airports that are part of the National System of Airports and therefore eligible for Airport Improvement Program grants, also known as NPIAS airports.
Read MoreBill in Congress to Correct the FAA's Through the Fence Order
Bill introduced to correct FAA’s TTF policy
The “Community Airport Access and Protection Act of 2010” was introduced March 11 to Congress by the Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and Leonard Boswell (D-Iowa) to correct the FAA’s recent policy to prohibit “through the fence” access at any airport receiving Airport Improvement Grant funds. Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.) has introduced a similar bill on the Senate side.
Read MoreCALPILOTS Response to FAA Order 5190.6B (FAA-2009-0924)
To read the California Pilots Association’s response to the FAA’s proposed Order 519006B (Airports Manual) click Read More.
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