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Old 21st Jul 2003, 02:59
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Tokoloshe
 
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Sad truth is that there are some good people there who were forced to move across from the FANS. The real nobscone in charge of the whole place is an arrogant american who thinks he really does own the place. On my very first trip there on day two of the airports existence I received huge verbal abuse from this character: I was walking across the apron to the control tower without a safety vest????
He was oblivious to the fact that we had brought the ATC's across from the old airport to see if the control tower was ready.
We were the only two aircraft (Piper Cruisers) on the whole airport.
Next time you buy a ticket to there, check the taxes; seems like they have their own special tax, something to do with uplifting the local community. The only uplifting going on is parts of the airport fence when the sun goes down.......
The upside is that the old airport is still going and the people there are as friendly as before
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