From: dannyb@panix.com   
      
   [Tollroadnews.com]   
      
   Pilot unhappy with Penn Pike's landing charges   
      
   The Pennsylvania Turnpike has sent vintage plane flyer Brian Nicholson bills   
   totaling nearly $4,000 for landing on the Mon-Fayette Expressway south of   
   Pittsburgh August 5.  Nicholson landed the 1946 Stinson airplane on the   
   tollroad after a chunk of its wooden propeller flew off and the plane was   
   losing forward power.   
      ....   
   The plane was landed safely and no one was hurt.   
      ....   
   Nicholson says the tow was quite unnecessary because he had a mechanic come   
   with a spare prop and could have flown off the highway. He claims he had an FAA   
   and local police OK to take off.   
      
   The Turnpike says it would have been even more expensive for them to go with a   
   takeoff because of the need to further close the highway. And they doubt it   
   would be safe.   
      
   Clearly they need stretches of the pike marked for landing, FAA certifications,   
   variable message signs for road traffic, and a more attractive landing toll   
   rate.  They should pitch it to the Feds as Alternative Financing. They might   
   get a federal grant for, yes, a Pilot Program. P Sam   
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   http://www.tollroadsnews.com/node/6831   
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