On Aug 4, 4:10*pm, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:
I toured the new tower in early June when it was in the latter stages of
construction. *No elevator at that time. *The plan then was to use both
towers. *I attended AirVenture on Tuesday, it didn't look like there was any
activity in the old tower cab. *The techs I spoke with in June said the
various communications and data lines to the new tower were temporary
extensions from the lod tower, and new permanent lines would be installed
after the convention. *So I'd say the old tower was being used for
something. *Equipment in it would have to be kept operating, and there's
always the possibility that some of those temporary connections might fail.

Obviously things could fail... And the old tower is a likely good
backup location. But of course a tour could have been conducted by an
EAA volunteer, and in the event of a problem its simply a "sorry we're
having communication issues, tour canceled..."

My guess was that the FAA nixed it as nobody at the FAA would want the
liability in the small chance something went wrong. It didn't hurt
the FAA any to keep it their own private fiefdom. Other than the
educational/public relations they could have garnered. Oh well.

I would say, "maybe next year" but it sounds like it will be torn down
by next year. Shame.

Brian
N9093K