EAA to use local airport for practice
Aerobatic pilots that will be a part of of EAA AirVenture 2012 will practice at Waupaca Municipal Airport-Brunner Field.
When the Common Council met on May 15, it approved establishing a Temporary Air Box at Waupaca's airport from July 10 through Aug. 10.
The request came from EAA.
EAA AirVenture will be held in Oshkosh July 23 to 29.
The dates for the Temporary Air Box include days after EAA AirVenture, because pilots will also be practicing for an event being held after EAA's event.
Pete Andersen, the fixed base operator at the local airport, said he has been told the pilots will be here for two to three hours at a time when they practice.
They will first walk out their plans before taking to the air to practice them, he said.
"It will be the best of the best of the world," Andersen said. "It will be quite an opportunity that you don't get normally."
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13 Comments for "EAA to use local airport for practice "
lastpercentiIe May 24, 2012 9:09 AM
I don't attend air shows. People sometimes die cruel deaths, if and when the planes crash.
I also noticed that the ThyssenKrupp "representative" on the Airport Board is continuing to represent a corporation, in violation of the committee charter and the city ethics code. The city council is supposed to appoint [i]individuals[/i], not corporations, to city committees.
What's amazing is that this activity took place on the record - immediately after everyone in the room "certified" that they had reviewed the City Ethics Code. Of course, they aren't required to certify that they understand it, or that they are aware of the consequences for violating the code.
lastpercentile May 24, 2012 9:07 PM
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pprgrl May 24, 2012 9:17 PM
Jeff Lange
Sportsman Air, LLC
Schmleff May 25, 2012 8:42 AM
chesteroowi May 27, 2012 6:43 AM
Then you have no idea how to rate an airport.
[quote]Granted the main reason this is so is because of the foundry but it benefits everyone[/quote]
99% of the city will never reap any benefits from the airport - zero. It should be a private operation, so the businesses operating from it pay their fair share.
Mostly it benefits the foundry. They get services subsidized by every taxpayer in the city, and they have no responsibilities. When they want something changed (or not changed), they just tell their own "corporate representative" how to vote on the city board.
The foundry should buy the airport or the city should clean up its airport board.
lastpercentile May 27, 2012 5:45 PM
And yes, people do die in aircraft. They also die in automobiles, boats, and house fires. We can not insulate ourselves 100% from risk. What we can do is mitigate risk to the fullest extent possible, as those of us that are immersed in aviation do each time we take to the air. Come out to the airport the week before AirVenture begins and see how enjoyable General Aviation really is!
Terry Hocking
Cherokees to Oshkosh
Cherokees to Oshkosh May 27, 2012 8:25 PM
The automobiles, boats, and houses aren't doing aerobatics - thousands of feet in the air. If they were, somebody would put a stop to it.
[quote] We have promoted the Airport thru online message boards, and I know for a fact pilots have visited Waupaca as a result.[/quote]
I went looking for some of these posts; here's the first one I found, on the Pilots of America board talking about Cherokees 2 Oshkosh:
[i] "Sadly it looks like the lead in this is [b]Terry Hocking who is part of the band of idiots involved in the Cherokee Pilots Assoc[/b]"[/i]
Not my words.
lastpercentile May 27, 2012 9:02 PM
I look forward to meeting you in July!
Terry Hocking
Cherokees to Oshkosh May 28, 2012 7:19 AM
So, working for FAA inspecting airports, rating and classifying airports does not qualify unless you are a licensed pilot? You're an idiot.
chesteroowi May 28, 2012 10:48 AM
If you're saying that's your job - and you aren't a pilot - something's very strange. That's like a highway engineer who has never driven a car, or an architect who won't take an elevator.
In fact, FAA safety inspectors (operations) are required to be "airmen".
You work for the FAA, and have never been to EAA?
[quote]I think we could change your mind and enlighten you with the fact General Aviation...[/quote]
You lost me at "general aviation" - when I hear that, I think along the lines of "recreational vehicle" or "Corvette Club".
lastpercentile May 28, 2012 11:30 AM
That's an assumption as nothing in my post indicates that I have any affiliation with FAA.
chesteroowi May 29, 2012 6:35 AM
Yeah, no indication at all.
Now I get it, you didn't know that FAA inspectors had to be pilots, did you?
lastpercentile May 29, 2012 6:44 AM