 Valley
of Speed Updates
Editor's Note:
We will be attempting to go
parcel-by-parcel to identify lands where Air Race fans
are welcome, and lands where the owner has declared his
parcel "Private Property ~ No Trespassing."
This is just the beginning of such a list ~ we are just
underway with the compilation of this information for our
readers.
DO NOT
assume that because a parcel is not marked "Private
Property" on our maps or lists, that it's
permissable to be on that land. You must have written
permission from the owner. The owner must vouch for your
presence there. If a complaint is called in, you are
subject to citation, fines and even jail time.
The BLM requires compliance
with its rules on Public Lands as well.
One
patch of BLM Public Land is open during Race week and is
located on the West side at Lemon Valley Drive. Please
note the Private Property restrictions on the two parcels
within. The parcel on the right belongs to WT Sherman and
the two parcels immediately below his are reportedly
Private Property as well. No one is allowed on those
three parcels. Permission must be asked and granted by
Lifestyle Homes for people to be on their parcel in the
center of the BLM Public Land. That parcel is currently
not posted but Private Property none the less.
WT
Sherman's parcel has been posted but vandals keep
striking down the signs or ignoring them. The Reno Air
Racing Association will be guarding Sherman's property
this year and the Washoe County Sheriff will crack down
on trespassers if called. They will be called in
Sherman's case to protect his Civil and Property Rights,
which have been abused by Trespassers for years.
The
Reno Stead Airport Sub-station is a reference to Phase I
of the BLM Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and the
planned location of a Power Sub-station that will accept
the 120 kV Tracy to Silver Lake Power Line. That
Sub-station was later given a second designated area that
it might be placed in, which was just inside the gate.
The FAA has threatened to cancel the Air Races waiver if
any construction occurs at this location or on the race
course.
Reports
are now coming in of a third possible location, which may
place both the Power Sub-station and the Powerline
adjacent to Red Rock Road at Lemon Drive. That would give
enough clearance for the Air Races to continue, until the
AAWC proceed with their Industrial Manufacturing and
Warehousing Center known as the Reno-Stead Airport
Business Center, the plan seen further down this page.
The
moment the construction begins on the Airport, the Air
Races are a dead event.
The
Reno-Stead Airport Business Center will cover 4,500 acres
of currently open land, producing concrete industrial
buildings, hotels and a limited number of hangars for VIP
and Executive Jet aircraft, along with roads over the
entire 4,500 acres of open area surrounding the runways
at Stead. Noise pollution from trucks and other vehicles,
along with industrial residue from whatever product is
produced at the new complex, will fill the air.
Competitive
aircraft participating in Air Racing events are outlawed
from overflight of buildings and structures by State and
Federal Law.
The
AAWC, RARA and AAFO.Com denied the plan existed after our
Discovery of the documents in Public Record, which were
presented to us by the AAWC and BLM. The plan is as much
as thirty years old and was published quietly on the
internet by the AAWC in 2003, and was once again
Discovered in its new form earlier this year.
Graphic:
BLM
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