| True, but you may have signed away that right on your
hangar/tiedown
| agreement with the airport operator.
Such a clause is invalid if the airport has taken federal
money... any person has the right to repair or fuel their
own airplane.



"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
...
| On 14 Jul 2006 21:59:48 -0700, "Doug"

| wrote in
. com::
|
| The right to fuel your own airplane with fuel you brought
in from
| elsewhere may also be covered by "common law". After all,
it is your
| property and your airplane.
|
| True, but you may have signed away that right on your
hangar/tiedown
| agreement with the airport operator.
|
| So long as you are not unsafe, it is your right.
|
| Hence the airports licensing requirement, probably
mandated by the
| airports indemnification policy.
|
| Such a law would be akin to a company requiring you to
fuel up
| your car at the company pumps or you couldn't live in the
company
| housing or work at the company. Or being required to buy
a Chevy if you
| worked at Cheverolet. Such laws are not legal.
|
| The FAA regulation cited by Macklin seem to cover that
potential
| issue.
|
| My 2¢