Local pilots highlight ‘congestion issue’

Proposed changes involving the radio frequency pilots flying to and from the Mountain Home Municipal Airport led to a discussion before the city council during a scheduled meeting Oct. 28.

Photo by Brian S. Orban

Plans to make changes involving the radio frequency private pilots use when flying their aircraft to and from the Mountain Home Municipal Airport led to a nearly two-hour discussion before the city council during a public meeting Oct. 28.

The meeting began as local pilot Ted Thompson addressed concerns regarding what he referred to as “frequency congestion” at the airfield on Airbase Road.

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