Interview of ThroughTheFence.org's Brent Blue with Paul Plack of AeroNews Network - February 3, 2010

Brent Blue of Through the Fence.Org discusses the TTF issue

Part 1 of the Interview with ANN

Part 2 of the Interview with ANN

New FAA Policy Adversely Affects All Airports - TTF.ORG Press Release - December 18, 2009

The Federal Aviation Administration new Airport Compliance Manual adversely affects every federally funded airport by its new mandate telling local airports how to deal with their neighbors.  The new policy forbids local airport authorities from entering into new “through-the-fence” agreements with surround land owners and requires non renewal of current ones at the end of their contract term.  The rule, which replaces “discourage” with “prohibit”, affects thousands of businesses, pilots, aircraft hangars, and hangar homes connected by gated taxiways to airport property.

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Airpark's proximity to airport irks FAA - Statesman Journal  - December 17, 2009

Safety concerns could lead to a loss of grant money for facility in Independence

By Justin Much 

INDEPENDENCE — For more than 30 years, the airpark here has been adjacent to the Independence State Airport, thriving without so much as a peep of a problem. Now a problem is on the radar, and it has less to do with the airport or airpark than it does with the Federal Aviation Administration.  Recent FAA documents have made it clear that the agency is opposed to airparks with "through-the-fence" access at publicly funded airports.

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EAA Radio Report: Some Residential Airport Access Banned - November 20, 2009