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Committee backs exploring year-round float-plane model at Chicory Ridge Park; rules and storage to be developed
Summary
The committee supported exploring a year-round allowance for radio-control float planes at Chicory Ridge Park, directing staff to work with the flying club on draft rules, permits and insurance requirements; the club offered to fund a small retrieval craft and container storage.
The Village of Roscoe Committee of the Whole discussed a request from a radio-control float-plane flying club to designate Chicory Ridge Park’s pond as a year-round flying field for permitted electric float planes and recommended pursuing the idea further.
Staff said the pond and immediate airspace have been used for occasional fly-ins for several years and that an FAA-designated flying area already covers the water for model aircraft operations. The proposed program would mirror the county model for flying fields: pilots would obtain a village permit, show proof…
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