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On Saturday May 8th as I approached the aerodrome workshop gate I saw my brother Bill carrying his tool box from his car towards the closed gate. there was a rather heavyset fellow standing by the gate conversing with him. Tha heavyset person was Jim Kick, one of the fourboard members of ORA Museum. He told Bill that the gate was locked and that if he wanted to get to his a/c in the far side of the field he would have to walk. I chatted with my 75 year old brother for a moment and he then proceeded to walk over to his Tiger Moth.
Moments later, Dan Taylor arrived, rolled down his window and I asked him if he had a key. Since he is on the list of the select few allowed on the field, it seems he does have a key. However, he told me that the gate was unlocked and we could proceed on in. He opened the gate and drove in and I followed in my car.
I went over to see if I could help my brother Bill with anything that he was working on, when Jim Kick appeared. He told me I was trespassing. I wasn't quite sure why I would be considered trespassing, while my brother was not. Mr. Kick then informed me that I am not allowed to drive my car on the field. (I have never been on an airfield that did not allow pilots to drive to their hangar or tied down airplane, especially when working on them, tools, etc.) I told Mr. Kick that if I am trespassing then he should have me arrested because it would make for a great newspaper story and give the aerodrome some more of their usual publicity. He walked away.
Incidentally, across the yard is GDM's Howard DGA with hundreds of cans of liquid that are stacked in that hangar, that have the label "Highly Flamable" on the outside of each can. Mr. Daly was quoted in the "Atlantic Flyer" as having sent GDM an eviction notice for his a/c and the contents of the hangar, to be removed in ten days (that was 2 months ago) and it is still untouched in its (aerodrome property) hangar.
Is there a double standard?
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