LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A fight is brewing over whether parachuting is allowed at the Lawrence Municipal Airport.
Businessman William McCauley has filed a complaint with the Federal Aviation Administration over the city of Lawrence’s efforts to limit his proposed parachuting business.
The city argues that allowing a parachuting business at the small airport would be a safety problem. It says aircraft would have to be notified not to use the airport when the parachutists were jumping. Because the airport does not have a traffic control tower, that communication would be difficult.
But McCauley says FAA regulations give him the right to use the airport because his business is a legitimate aviation activity.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the FAA is reviewing the complaint.
