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Local backcountry groups ask Daggett County to sign lease, FAA application to reopen Taylor Flat airstrip
Summary
Representatives of the Recreational Aviation Foundation and the Utah Backcountry Pilots Association told the Daggett County Commission the BLM approved reopening Taylor Flat and asked the county to sign a BLM lease and an FAA identifier application so volunteers can begin work as early as May.
Representatives of the Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) and the Utah Backcountry Pilots Association told the Daggett County Commission on Sept. 30 that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has approved their application to reopen the Taylor Flat backcountry airstrip and asked the county to sign two documents so work can proceed.
“Those two things that need to be signed would be the lease agreement with the BLM and also the application for the FAA identifier,” said Wendy, a RAF representative. She told commissioners she had a paper FAA application and could upload it once the county signed the copy. She said the FAA typically takes “4 months or 6 months” to…
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