On Dec 15, 8:00*pm, lanebush wrote:
On Dec 15, 8:47*pm, ray conlon wrote:









On Dec 15, 7:44*pm, Tim Hanke wrote:

Saratoga County Officials trying to push 100 glider pilots and two
soaring clubs out of the airport by using object free zones as
excuse.

Anyone run into this? Any ideas here on how to stop them from
finalizing rules?

http://www.saratogian.com/articles/2...ee6b3d6cd5e060....

Thanks,

Tim Hanke
Adirondack Soaring

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Make contact with your local FAA engineering office and find out who
the airport uses for an engineering firm, and attend all airport board/
commission meetings, check with the SSA and AOPA for input.

There is an advisory circular that allows gliders to be towed to and
from the active runway for launch and recovery. *It sounds like the
county is allowing that activity. *I guess the assembly, disassembly
and parking of trailers is the issue. *The butterfly further
complicates a tough situation. *I hope it works out OK.

Lane
XF

The gliders could use the grass, but I'm told the airport only mows it
a couple times annually due to the butterfly habitat. The tall grass
provides additional cover for wild turkeys. The population of blue
butterflies has been dropping. There is speculation that the
increased number of turkeys are eating the blue butterflies. The
original mowing of the airfield grass areas is probably what improved
the survival of the blue butterflies in the first place.

As for wild turkeys, they numbered 30,000 in 1900 due to over
hunting. Today there are 7,000,000.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...d-turkey_N.htm

Frank Whiteley