AOPA Pilot Magazine - February 2015 - 96
SURVEY
65%
of AOPA
members
believe the
closure of airports and
access restrictions are of
high importance.
News & Notes
MEMBERSHIP
ACTION IN THE STATES
|
State by state
ALABAMA: Mobile's Alabama Aviation
Center hosted its first-ever job fair to
bring together aviation employers with
pilots, mechanics, metal workers,
design engineers, avionics technicians,
and more. The successful event was
coordinated by the Southwest
Alabama Workforce Development
Council and the center, a division of
Enterprise State Community College.
ALASKA: AOPA is asking pilots who
use the Lake Hood Seaplane Base in
Anchorage to participate in a survey
Saving airports
Reporting on some AOPA victories
that will help guide plans for the next
20 years. The survey is on AOPA
Online's Alaska advocacy page.
ARIZONA: AOPA Regional Manager
John Pfeifer and key leaders at the
Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport discussed future development plans.
IF YOUR AIRPORT RECEIVES federal funds,
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ARKANSAS: Members of the Arkansas
GA Caucus will tour the Little Rock Air
Traffic Control Tower and Tracon as
part of AOPA's ongoing efforts to
increase awareness and understanding
of GA. CALIFORNIA: Members of EAA
Chapter 157 in Redding received an
update on AOPA activity from
Regional Manager John Pfeifer.
COLORADO: AOPA helped honor aerobatic pilot Sean D. Tucker, who
received the Wings Over the Rockies
Museum's "Spreading Wings Award."
CONNECTICUT: Sikorsky Memorial
Airport has begun a $43 million runway safety area project after nearly
two decades of advocacy, including
work by AOPA ASN volunteer David
Faile. In part, the project will remove a
fence at the end of Runway 6 that contributed to accidents at the field.
DELAWARE: Emergency medical
response in Delaware has been elevated with the addition of two
twin-engine Bell 429 medevac helicopters. The helicopters are faster than
JOHN SAUER
federal law requires the airport must be
used for aviation purposes. The FAA has
clarified its rules on how this affects fuel
taxes, making clear that local taxes on aviation fuels imposed after December 30, 1987,
are subject to this requirement-and that
revenue from state taxes on aviation fuel
must be used for a state aviation program,
or for airport-related purposes. Airport
sponsors and states now have three years
to review their aviation fuel taxes and begin
applying them correctly.
* When Colorado Springs, Colorado,
imposed a 2.5-percent sales tax on the
value of aircraft based at the airport, the
exodus began. The airport lost 20 percent
of its based aircraft and a lot of business.
City leaders and airport advocates began
working together to make the airport's
tax climate more GA-friendly. Airport
Support Network volunteer Steve Ducoff
worked with AOPA to win passage of a
city sales tax exemption that would create
a commercial zone in and around the airport. The state passed AOPA-supported
legislation providing aviation manufacturers an income tax credit of $1,200 per new
employee hired.
* Plans to build a hotel near Maryland's
College Park Airport could create a potential
hazard that could lead to aircraft collisions or restrictions on the airport. AOPA
is urging local authorities to insist that the
structure be capped at 198 feet above mean
sea level-not 233 feet msl as now planned-
and that the developer obtain a "no hazard/
no obstacle" determination from the FAA.
* Two GA airports located two miles apart
in northeast Oregon are coming alive,
thanks to pilots and area residents who have
taken on a variety of projects to enhance
the airports' value to their Wallowa County
communities. Enterprise Municipal Airport
and Joseph State Airport are relatively close
together, but each plays an important role.
seeking ways to enhance their airports.
Working together, they are renovating facilities, holding open houses, raising funds,
adding Wi-Fi, hosting a ground school and
pinch-hitter session, and purchasing a flight
simulator.
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