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Norwood Airport Helicopter Parking, Update 

From :Russ Maguire, A.A.E. ,ACE 

<rmaguire@norwoodma.gov> 

Subject : Norwood Airport Helicopter Parking, Update 

To: barry <barry.hammer@faa.gov> 

Hi Barry , 

Wed, Mar 02, 2011 03:24PM 

As noted in our phone conversation earlier today, following the 

January 6th helicopter procedures meeting with some of our 

users, we asked our engineer, DuBois & King , to amend our 

engineering bid documents/plan for this summer ' s AIP project , 

which will address the re - construction of our north/south taxilane . Several weeks ago, along these lines, we also approached 

the Norwood Conservation Commission during our notice- of-intent 

filing , to brief the board on our intent to construct--finances 

notwithstanding--some helicopter parking pads adjacent to the 

north/south taxi- lane, as part of the project . The local ConCom 

has in turn supported this amendment. So we're definitely 

pursuing this tack; and, at this construction season ' s end , we 

hope to have helicopter parking/operating pads on the north 

quadrant of the airport, in addition to those already in service 

on the south quadrant. 

Please advise if you need any additional information . Cell 

phone : 781-603-5373. 

Russ 

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From : " Russ Maguire , A. A.E. , ACE" <rmaguire@norwoodma . gov> 

To : " donna " <donna.witte@faa . gov> 

Cc : "barry" <barry.hammer@faa.gov> , "Christopher Willenborg " 

<Christopher . Willenborg@state . ma . us> 

Sent : Friday, January 7 , 2011 2 : 44:48 PM GMT - 05:00 US/Canada 

Eastern 

Subject : Norwood Airport Helicopter Procedures Committee Meeting 

Good afternoon , Donna --

As promised , this e - mail serves to update the FAA and 

Massachusetts Department of Transportation (Aeronautics Div . ) on 

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the helicopter procedures meeting that took place yesterday 

afternoon at Norwood Airport . Along with this e-mail , I ' ll fax 

to your office a copy of the sign-in sheet showing that 

meeting ' s attendance , which included two Norwood Airport 

Commissioners (Tom Wynne , Vice Chair ; and Les LeBlanc) , the 

Norwood Air Traffic Control Tower Manager , Al Burri ; the 

FlightLevel FBO (Peter Eichleay and Robert Powers) , my 

assistant , Mark Raymond and myself--five helicopter pilots 

representing five OWD- based helo businesses (Chris Donovan from 

Boston Executive Helicopters; Al Morrison from the New England 

Helicopter Academy ; Steve Boatwright from Blue Hill Helicopters; 

Tom O' Connell from Seaport Aviation; and Michael Young from 

Heli- Inc . ) , plus helicopter pilot , William Haney , representing 

himself . Generally speaking , I felt that the meeting was a very 

productive exchange of ideas, concerns, intentions, etc . On 

behalf of the Norwood Airport Commission , I reiterated the one 

and only intent of our proposed procedures, which is to 

incorporate into our regulations a helicopter operating area 

that--as of right now--is only provisionally ok ' d for helo 

operations . 

I believe that one of the benefits of this meeting was to expose 

the underlying , high anxiety that at least some of the operators 

have , which is a concern that the draft procedures--while 

written with the best of intentions--might perhaps be misused by 

future airport administrations here , or, by an FBO other than 

FlightLevel , should FlightLevel be bought out. Boston Executive 

Helicopters ' President , Chris Donovan, presented some proposed 

edits to our draft , which we ' ve promised that we ' d give serious 

consideration to . 

Otherwise , again , it was a lively, candid, and at times , blunt 

discussion . With the meeting ' s feedback , the Commi ssion will 

look to "wordsmith ", if needed , an improved draft , which , with 

the blessings of all , can then be sent to Town Counsel and 

MassDOT for final consideration . 

Russ 

Russ Maguire , A. A. E., ACE 

Manager , Norwood Memorial Airport 

Business phone (781) 255-5616 

Russ Maguire , A. A. E. , ACE 

Manager , Norwood Memorial Airport 

Business phone (781) 255-5616 

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