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Old November 8th 07, 12:33 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Minden Airport Access

When I was on the Airport Advisory Committee at Napa, CA, it was proposed to
require proof of insurance for all cars coming onto the airport, even guests
etc.

The idea had come downstream from the county attorney's office and insurance
consultant. We were able to quickly kill it at the AAC / airport management
level, as at Napa, the AAC is effective and properly used as a resource by
management.

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On Nov 6, 11:22 pm, "P. Corbett " wrote:
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On Nov 6, 1:10 pm, "P. Corbett " wrote:
Bumper
I am sorry to learn of this driving test there. They did that at Jean,
NV and it adversely affected soaring. My wife and I are considering a
move to Minden and this is going to dampen my enthusiasm for the
airport
and the area in general. Have they presented a good reason for doing
this? Is it possibly to discourage soaring from that airport? I am
curious how this might affect the sale of the soaring operation.


Good luck with the fight and thanks for keeping us informed.


Paul Corbett
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??? Did what at Jean? I fly from Jean almost exclusively, and I've
never heard of anything like this.


James

I may have been misinformed.

I had heard that the authorities at Jean imposed driving, auto insurance
and other restrictions on pilots using the airport and that this had an
impact on flying there. If this is untrue, my apologies.

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They DO require additional liability insurance to drive anywhere
except the access road and the parking lot. However, there is no test
to take, no card to carry, and as far as I can tell, it is completely
un-inforced, and un-inforceable. There are no gates between the
parking area and the ramp, no entry control points, and no airfield
employees checking. Also as far as I know, there has been no impact
on flying here.