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Spring 2011 Newsletter Spring 2011 Newsletter STEAD RELIEVER TERMINAL AND EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER PROJECT Submitted by Dean Schultz Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority After investing over $40 million in airfield improvements over a 10-year period, the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority is planning a significant investment directly into the Reno-Stead Airport landside facilities. A 2007 survey with Stead Users and Tenants identified the lack of public terminal facilities as a primary deficiency at the airport. The airport offices are currently housed in a 1940s era building which does not meet current building system and structure standards and code. A secondhand 1,700 square-foot modular building constructed in 1999 serves as both the pilot lounge and the visitor facilities. Neither building is large enough for their current use, and they can’t be easily expanded, improved or merged. The Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority commissioned a feasibility study in 2009 which validated the need for additional landside amenities and facilities, identified a building program based on stakeholder input, and recommended a preferred site and building layout. As part of the 2009 feasibility study, presentations were given at advisory board meetings and for the Stead Airport Users’ Association, and input was sought directly from major airport tenants. H+K Architects, a local architectural firm was awarded a contract by the Airport Board at their March 10th meeting to initiate design services for this new facility. Funding for the design and construction of the new facilities will come entirely from Airport Authority revenues and thus will not alter any existing rates and charges. (continued on page 3) 1 Programs, Programs, Programs Surveillance and Reconnaissance Business Unit of the Sierra Nevada Corporation. On the evening of April 13th, the University of Nevada and the Reno Air SNC is a billion dollar a year business with Racing Foundation will present their third extensive resources located in Nevada, Pathways to Aviation Speaker Program at Colorado and elsewhere. General Gilbert UNR's Joe Crowley Student Union. was the former Commandant of the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs. For more details, see the enclosed flyer. The Pathways to Aviation Program began three years ago as a program connecting students with aeronautics and aviation. The Reno Air Racing Foundation, EAA and others co-sponsor the Young Eagle Flights at Stead, where over 250 young students have been introduced to the thrill The featured speaker this year will be of flight by a free (and short) flight around Brigadier General Taco Gilbert III (Retired) Stead. This year's event will be June 25th, who now serves as Vice President for in conjunction with a planned General Business Development for Intelligence, Aviation Day at Stead. * * * STEAD AIRPORT USERS’ ASSOCIATION MISSION STATEMENT To represent the interests of all Tenants on the Reno-Stead Airport including Aircraft Owners, Fixed Base Operators, Aircraft Repair Facilities, United States Government Agencies and all parties of interest; To ensure that all Tenants have the opportunity to speak with a united voice to the Reno Tahoe Airport Authority (owner of the airfield facility), the Federal Aviation Administration and the Local Governments relative to safe and affordable flying in Northern Nevada; To enrich and promote the reputation of General Aviation within our community; and To promote a “Good Neighbor” policy with the Nevada National Guard, support facility improvements that enhance the Tenant experience and encourage affordable services, fuel prices and hangar rentals from all service providers operating at the Reno Stead Facility. 2 Stead Reliever Terminal And Emergency new terminal facility will provide the Operations Center Project following benefits and improvements: A focal point for the Airport located (continued from page 1) in close proximity to the ATCT, an Now that H+K Architects has been existing visible way-finding awarded a contract, next steps would landmark include preliminary design which will Direct airside access from the begin with extensive stakeholder outreach, facility as well as creation of a including the Stead Airport Users significant landside presence Association, to right-size the proposed Provide airport staff, users, and facility to meet the needs of Stead Airport tenants with a fully code compliant staff, tenants, and users. building Expanded square footage for Depending on stakeholder input and user Airport Authority administrative demand, this new facility could also functions include the following functions: Expanded square footage for pilot Reno police substation and visitor services Centralized location for emergency Increased food and restaurant operations service facilities for airport users Second story view of the airfield Improved customer experience for Snack/Food concession area visitors Restaurant lease space A security presence if police Retail / Office lease space substation built FBO lease area A centralized location for response, Exhibit or museum area rescue and recovery capabilities in Community rooms emergency situations Community meeting spaces It is the Airport Authority’s goal that the SAUA ANNUAL MEETING April 12, 2011, 6:00-8:00 p.m. RTS Pilot’s Lounge Presentation by Marily Mora, RTAA Election of Directors General Discussion Door Prizes and Raffle Much, much more! 3 NEWS FROM MINDEN AIRPORT Gliders bring glory to Carson Valley It is their airport that gets another plug for the beautiful winds that make the Carson OPINION/OUR TAKE Valley such a special place to fly. Kurt Hildebrand, Editor Douglas County Record-Courier March 2, 2011 So when the wind is blowing out of the west, and the lenticular clouds form, offer It didn't take long for Gordon Boettger and a happy thought for our fliers soaring high Hugh Bennett to break their own national above. record, topping their 744-mile two-seater national soaring record on Thursday with a 982-mile flight. County OKs airport privatization by Kurt Hildebrand If you ask Boettger what his secret is, he’ll Douglas County Record-Courier say it’s all the people who support his January 5, 2011 flights, from air traffic controllers who [email protected] watch over the tiny craft, meteorologist Doug Armstrong and his comrades at the County commissioners approved a two- National Weather Service, the folks at Soar year contract with an independent NV who tow the glider into the air and a company to manage the Minden-Tahoe host of others who make these flights Airport. possible. ABS Aviation Management and airport But on the other hand, it’s Boettger, 42, manager Bobbi Thompson received and 78-year-old Bennett who are sitting in glowing reviews from four residents a cramped cockpit for ten hours at a time. associated with the airport on Monday. The two men are great fliers, though Bennett credits Boettger’s long experience Assistant County Manager Steve with the Siena Wave for their success so Mokrohisky said the county hired ABS far. when manager Keith Kallman left in spring. We’re happy to honor all those involved in these records breaking flights. Privatizing the airport will result in a savings of $50,000 a year over what the That’s because the true beneficiaries of county is paying its employees. these flights are the people of Douglas County. Mokrohisky said the county went through the process to hire a new airport manager, It is their airport that takes center stage but throughout the process people kept when folks like Boettger and Bennett make their historic runs. (continued on page 5) 4 County Oks airport privatization seven to eight months is more than we’ve seen done in six years,” he said. (continued from page 4) Mokrohisky told commissioners that two asking what the county had to do to keep airport employees retired and another Thompson. took a job with another airport. Flying Start Aero owner John Brown said ABS will have to keep 5.5 employees on the new management and approval of the staff, including the manager, an operations airport ordinance has him very optimistic specialist, an accountant, two full-time about the airport. maintenance personnel and one half-time maintenance personnel. “What they’ve achieved over the last * * * Space legend Burt Rutan to retire An aerospace maverick who designed the historic globe-circling Voyager aircraft and the first private manned rocket to reach space will retire next year. Burt Rutan, 67, announced his plans Wednesday on the website of Scaled Composites, which he founded in 1982. His pending departure was not a complete surprise. In 2008, he ceded day-to-day responsibilities following open-heart surgery. Rutan gained worldwide fame in 2004 when his SpaceShipOne prototype won the $10 million Ansari X Prize by becoming the first privately financed manned craft to reach space. ABOUT THE VOYAGER . previous record set by a United States Air Force crew piloting a Boeing B-52 that flew Article from Wikipedia 12,532 miles (20,168 km) in 1962. The Rutan Model 76 Voyager was the first Design and development - The aircraft aircraft to fly around the world without was first imagined by Jeana Yeager, Dick stopping or refueling. It was piloted by and his brother Burt Rutan as they were at Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager. The flight lunch in 1981. The initial idea was first took off from Edwards Air Force Base's sketched out on the back of a napkin. 15,000 foot (4,600 m) runway in the Mojave Voyager was built in Mojave, California, Desert on December 14, 1986, and ended over a period of 5 years. The Voyager was successfully 9 days, 3 minutes and 44 built mainly by a group of volunteers seconds later, on December 23. The aircraft working under both the Rutan Aircraft flew westerly 26,366 statute miles Factory and an organization set up under (42,432 km; the FAI accredited distance is the name Voyager Aircraft.
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