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|    that whole interstate highway as aircraf    |
|    18 Nov 13 19:22:16    |
      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        ======       http://www.tollroadsnews.com/node/6831       _____________________________________________________       Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key        dannyb@panix.com       [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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