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Date: Wed, 15 Jun 94 20:36:05 EDT
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<<<<<Subj:  Ultralights at GA Airports            94-06-15 20:13:43 EDT
From:  Chuck BFI
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Access to GA Airports and Pilot Responsibility

Yesterday I met with the Airport Authority for a local airport to try to get
permission for ultralight training from the field.  They were not well
informed about ultralights and expressed alot of concern about liability.  I
emphasized that we would provide responsible training and define traffic
patterns in cooperation with them to minimize the GA and ultralight traffic
interactions.  I answered most of their questions (but they will check with
their own legal staff).  They posed the question "Someone, who is a
non-pilot, buys an ultralight , comes out to the airport, sets it up and
flies off.  Have they violated any laws?"  The answer is clearly no.  This
creates a serious credibility problem for the claim that we will fly
responsibly.  

My openion is that if we, the ultralight community, don't do something about
this, eventually the FFA will.  Their solution will probabily be much more
onerous than ours would.

Do you think it is reasonable to require some demonstration of competence and
responsibility from ultralight pilots flying from airports with GA traffic?
 What should this demonstration be?  How could this be enforced when someone
says "Get lost!  I'm a citizen and have a right to be here"?  Comments?>>>>