Distance to Airport

In article , Aaron Coolidge
wrote:

I'm about 1 minute from the Marlborough, MA airport, but my plane's not
based there. I'm based at 1b9, about a 35 minute drive from home.
My partner has about a 65 minute drive. We've considered moving, but I
dread hanscom/massport. We'll likely consider moving again, because of
the new "Stalag 1B9" that's happened lately.

I don't know what they did at 1B9, but you probably still won't like
KBED with its airport badge program (with background checks).
It's $75 for the first badge, and they *think* it'll be $35 to
renew every two years. The good news is that we can finally drive
to our airplanes again. The bad news is that Massport is still
crying budget crisis even after almost doubling the hangar rents.

--
Bob Noel

Bob Noel wrote:

: I don't know what they did at 1B9, but you probably still won't like
: KBED with its airport badge program (with background checks).
: It's $75 for the first badge, and they *think* it'll be $35 to
: renew every two years. The good news is that we can finally drive
: to our airplanes again. The bad news is that Massport is still
: crying budget crisis even after almost doubling the hangar rents.

Hi Bob, we've got the badges also. Allegedly $50 for the first, then $25/year
after that. We got a fancy new motorized gate that's already broken (don'tcha
love the lowest bidders?), and guess where the funds come from to fix it:
badge renewals! This compares unfavorably with Plymouth, Taunton, Marshfield,
etc. I don't even think Fitchburg has a fence, and we've got a 10-footer
with rolls of razor wire and motorized surveilance cameras. Looks like
Bridgewater State Prison now.
Now we've gotten a long letter about our "responsibilities" as tennants,
we're supposed to read, agree to, and sign. My lawyer says it's junk.
This is a classic case of the airport commission trying to get rid of
the airport by making it so hard to use that people go elsewhere.
Management is marching in lock-step with the commission. Our fuel is now
more expensive than at Nantuckett or the Vineyard ($2.78).

Sadly, I think the hangar waiting list is about to go down by one. One of
my friends wrecked his plane in a landing accident last week, and he's
probably going to hang it up after 40+ years.

Regards,
--
Aaron Coolidge (N9376J)

18 SM by car, takes me 24 minutes.


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