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AVflash Volume 11, Number 16b -- April 21, 2005

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ARIZONA AIRPORTS LOSE A ROUND
A bill that would have allowed airports on state land in Arizona
to get leases of 20 years instead of the current 10 failed last
week in the state legislature. The bill's sponsors blamed pressure
from Luke Air Force Base, which is close to Pleasant Valley
Airport near Phoenix. The Air Force has said that there is enough
air traffic already, and it doesn't want the airport to grow.
Meanwhile, the airport's current lease will expire in two years,
and the airport operator says he needs longer time frames to build
his business, justify investments and qualify for federal funding.
Local officials have said they will probably renew the lease for
another 10 years, but by then they will probably be ready to carve
up the surrounding pasturelands for residential development -- and
the airport itself is likely to go next.
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#189623


What ever happened to the Chicken Strip in Death Valley?
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