In spite of the smoke & mirrors PR blitz by the Noonans (accompanied by thinly veiled threats concerning funding) wiser heads have prevailed.
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Originally Posted by TheNoonans
...every pilot, skydiving professional and FAA rep that has experience in both industries that has conducted any informal or formal analysis on LCI has come back and said every time, that there does not exist any unique hazard, airport size issue, or traffic frequency issue, that would preclude skydiving at Laconia Municipal Airport.
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From the Jan 29
Laconia Citizen:
"Tracey McInnis of the FAA's Burlington, Mass. office wrote that her agency had determined that "
this proposed landing area would adversely affect the safe and efficient use of the navigable airspace by aircraft and the safety of persons and property on the ground.
"FAA must protect for the potential corruption of the glideslope, the Runway Safety Areas (RSA), as well as preclude the possibility of debris being inadvertently dropped on the operating surfaces. The potential for these occurrences are the basis for the objection to the parachute landing areas."
In summary, McInnis wrote, "to have a designated landing area located within an area where aircraft are taxiing, running up and departing/arriving increases the exposure to risk. Given the information provided thus far, it would appear that the proposed skydiving operations would, at best, be a difficult fit into the operations at the Laconia Airport."
"Pedestrian traffic on active taxiways and runways has (also) been considered to be a safety risk."
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Originally Posted by TheNoonans
When we walked in the terminal door August 2008, we had already "point/counter pointed" every possible scenario that could arise and had a solution.
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The solution is simple. Land off airport, and be welcomed.