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Old 02-01-2004 | 04:04 PM
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Default RE: Pilot Boxes

From all the fields I have visited, only one is set up to ensure this level of safety and that is the Ocala field in Belleville, FL. The starting station is just behind two of the flight boxes but the paved area to the runway is wide enough that their should not be a problem. I have seen people being told to not start their engines at the tables and to use the taxiway in the manner is should be used.

THe only other field that comes close it the field that is behind the INdiana Boys school in Plainfield, IN. This field has a pit area that is paved and the taxi lanes are wide and give plenty of clearance to the pilots at the stations. Each station has a built in restraining device and each pilot is encouraged to use it.