Our "beloved" county commission set a flock of folks over to poke around in the hangars at our airport to determine whether or not there were "deficiencies" that required attention. They found lights that didn't work, the pigeon problem and some things that were specifically pointed at us:

1. More than one aircraft in a hangar.
2. Unregistered Aircraft.
3. Wooden Boxes stored that should be in a warehouse (blade boxes).
4. Trailers that should be stored in a storage lot.

I had to go down to the county offices and have a bit of a discussion. Fortunately, I was able to explain what PART 103 meant and that if we couldn't put more than one aircraft per hangar, we'd just leave instead of asking for a 3rd hangar, something we plan to do later in the year (Note: Our airport is at about 25% occupancy with respect to hangars).

I further explained that "those wooden boxes" had extra rotors in them (well, some of them do), and they are as much a part of the aircraft as tarps or remove-before-flight plugs are for fixed-wing aircraft. The trailers are both for safety, in case we have a malfunction on the runway. I said that I was sure they'd prefer we get the runway cleared and back in operation as quickly as possible instead of having to run to a storage yard to get a trailer to haul a machine back to the hangar.

The end result was an understanding. It helps, I am sure, that we are responsible for the lion's share of the registered aircraft they list as based at that airport. They use the list of based, registered aircraft to get Federal funding.

And yes, I am just venting...partly because it felt like a great waste of my time...and partly because I didn't get to go to the Carolina Wind-a-Ding as I had planned.

(Fuck em!)

Did I detect animosity there ?????