Ground Breaking Ceremony

From AOPA's ePilot Newsletter dated 5/29/2009

~~~ AOPA Close to Home ~~~
TEXAS AIRPORT GETS TWO ITEMS ON ‘WISH LIST’
The Liberty Municipal Airport in Liberty, Texas, held a ceremonial ground-breaking May 20 for two grant-funded projects that will begin to take the airport on the path to revival. AOPA Airport Support Network ( http://www.aopa.org/asn?WT.mc_id=090529epilot&WT.mc_sect=ast ) volunteer Linda Street-Ely and her pilot husband Mike attended the ground-breaking to celebrate the start of runway light installation and drainage projects, two desperately needed items on a long wish list. "It’s exciting to see the public interest that has been generated in seeing this asset go to work for the good of South Liberty County," Street-Ely said. “The Liberty Airport is an important part of the national airspace program and vital to our state’s economy and our national defense,” she said, “and this kind of progress is encouraging, and we look forward to great things to come at the Liberty Airport.”


Members of the City of Liberty City Council along with representatives from the Liberty-Dayton Chamber of Commerce, the City of Ames, The County of Liberty and many of the memberso f the City of Liberty Airport Advisory Committee were present at the ground breaking ceremony. The airport is being closed daily Monday - Thursday while construction is accomplished. The NOTAM filed with Flight Service is as follows:

                NOTAMS (from DUAT on 5/14/09)
                CXO 05/080 T78 OBST TOWER 2041 (1991 AGL) 9.03 E LGTS OTS (ASR
                                               1045595) TIL 0905201759
                CXO 05/099 T78 AD CLSD MON-THUR 1200-2359

Experimental Aircraft Association's Newest Chapter in Liberty

The local EAA Chapter, #1473, meets on the last Saturday of the month at Henry Mast's hangar on a grass airstrip west of Dayton (Jet Ag on your Houston sectional chart). All are welcome. The ground directions are Highway 90 to the second railroad crossing west of Huntsman. The gatherings (meetings)  begins at 9 AM.


Liberty Airport Advisory Committee

The Liberty Airport Advisory Committee was reactivated by the City of Liberty City Council. New members were selected and the committee has had one or two organizational meetings. The Committee Members include City Councilman Mike McCarty, Charles Grabein, Chet Timms, Dale Clawson, Tracy Williams, Linda Dubois and Cheryl Mayo. Avon Moore, the City Parks and Vehicle Maintenance Director was recently named Airport Director by the City Manager, Ron Wood and is acting as a liason between the Advisory Board and the City.


Hurricane Ike Damage Clean-Up

While cleanup has been slow, it is progressing. The debris from the destroyed hangars has been mostly removed. Several of the destroyed airplanes have also been removed. The doors on the main, big red hangar have been rehung and the doors on the smaller red hangar have been reskinned and rehung.

The Self-Serve Fuel System is operational. Call ahead for fuel availability and plan a reserve to get to another nearby airport as we were recently informed by one individual who called ahead and were told the fuel was available and when they got their the tank was dry. It has probably been replenished by the writing.