MAAC responded to his comments in a letter to his to his office: Lautenberg apparently reasonedthat if he couldn’t use Bader, nobody else should either. Lautenberg suddenlyveered off on a diatribe about how Bader was “unsafe” and should be closed.He went on to describe an arrival he had suffered through and extrapolatedhis experience in a cabin class twin to those of us who fly small aircraftthat are appropriate to Bader’s short runways. We were tipped off when the senior Senatorfrom New Jersey attended a June press conference at Bader. Frank Lautenberg has weighed inon the “shut it down” side of the debate over Bader Airport, joining forceswith Atlantic City Mayor James Whelan, the local politico who lives 200 feetfrom the Bader property line.

Subsequent events surrounding Bader Airport areshaking our faith in democracy.Īs you may have heard, Sen.

How badcould a stadium be if the night lighting is controlled? Don’t Celebrate Yet! Old Bridgeis co-located with Englishtown drag strip. If nothing else, the large,round shape of the stadium would clearly indicate Bader’s location. In balance it all seemed like a pretty good deal. An FBO would be permitted to operate the airport and terms ofany FBO lease would not be so horrible that they would go broke in the firstmonth. The City had agreed to maintain the airport and its approaches, return thefire station to airport use and replace ripped up ramp and tie down areas.Further provisions of the agreement would provide funding for airport operationsand maintenance from fair market ground rent for the property underlyingthe stadium. In return for being allowed to proceed with constructing a baseballstadium on part of the airport property, the City had agreed to provisionswhich would benefit Bader and its long suffering users.

The airport would survive for anotherdecade. Division of Aeronautics,and the City of Atlantic City on a “memorandum of understanding” about BaderAirport. 'Oh happy, happy, joy, joy!” we thought to ourselves as wesaw signatures of famous people in the FAA, N.J.

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