[CPEO-IRF] Former Tipton Army Airfield (MD)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Tipton Airport wants corporate jets
Board meets with state, U.S. aviation officials


Baltimore Sun (MD)
July 8, 2007

Tipton Airport officials are wooing business executives with a proposal 
to allow corporate jets to take off and land at the former military 
airfield just south of Fort Meade.

Board members overseeing the Anne Arundel County-owned airport have held 
informal meetings with state and federal aviation officials this year, 
and conceptual drawings to expand the 3,000-foot runway to accommodate 
jets were received favorably, said Eric Flamino, chairman of the Tipton 
Airport Authority.

While the project is years off, airport officials are seeking to 
capitalize on the boom at Fort Meade, which will add tens of thousands 
of jobs over the next seven years, as well as Central Maryland's 
commercial growth, particularly in the high-tech sector.

...

For the entire artiole, see
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-ar.tipton08jul08,0,7691106.story?coll=bal-local-arundel

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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