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March 23, 2021

Sportys Home Airport Concerned About NEARBY Housing Development

The Proposal Could Place Homes Near The Base To Final Leg Of The Airport Traffic Pattern

The Clermont County Airport business community, including Sporty's Academy, Eastern Cincinnati Aviation, AirMod, Select Aircraft Service and the Tri-State Warbird Museum, are dealing with a recently approved zoning change (by the Batavia Township Trustees) for a 73 acre parcel in VERY close proximity to Clermont County Airport. The zoning change, from light industrial to planned development "PD," paves the way for a potential 185 unit planned community with homes located as close as 1,000' from the runway surface. You can all imagine what will happen from there... people will move near an airport and then inexplicably start complaining about all those air

Lawrenceville, Georgia Tour Interrupted, Other Schedules May Be Impacted

Beware of our fine feathered friends... or they may mess up your bomber! At approximately 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 20, EAA's B-17G, Aluminum Overcast, suffered some minor damage to a wing from an apparent bird strike during a landing approach to Gwinnett County Airport/Briscoe Field near Lawrenceville, Georgia, during the B-17 tour stop. The damage was discovered after the B-17 flight experience had landed, and the apparent bird strike did not cause any disturbance or complications during the flight.