The International Cessna^® 170 Association

Wanted:
An aircraft dataplate. Any aircraft.
Here’s why:
I tie my Cessna down at the local airport while I am on the waiting list for a hangar. It may be another year or more.
In the meantime, I rent the endspace of a row of T hangars for my “STUFF.” I recently moved from a house with a workshop to a condo, but most of my stuff is aircraft related.
We had a hangar fire at the airport recently, and the fire chief is coming down on the airport manager. The chief says that the hangars were built to a standard that allows “aircraft storage only.” He doesn’t even want tools and other support equipment in the hangar with the airplane.
I have an end unit, half a T hangar. There is no way to get an airplane in there unless the wings fold back. The fire chief wants to evict me and leave the end unit empty, because the the building standard says "aircraft storage only."
Since the FAA recognizes the dataplate as "the aircraft," if I had a dataplate, I would register it with the FAA, and I would have an “aircraft” in the end unit. Perhaps then I would be allowed to keep some of my “support” equipment in there with me.
Sell me a dataplate for a couple of dollars and let me keep it in my end unit. We can even have an agreement to repurchase when I get a hangar.
Help me beat the system.
Dave
N1337D@aol.com

Get one from Aircraft Spruce and Specialty, EXP is an aircraft too.

Dave,

If the fire marshal is not allowing even tools and such in the hangers with complete airplanes, what make you think he would let your things remain in the hanger with a "data plate airplane"?

Harold
N92CP

Dave,

If the fire marshal is not allowing even tools and such in the hangers with complete airplanes, what make you think he would let your things remain in the hanger with a "data plate airplane"?

Harold
N92CP

The Airport manager thinks he might relent a little for the actual hangars, but he is having a difficult time making a case for my end unit. With a data plate airplane in there, my case is just a bit stronger.
Dave

Is there a covenant in your lease that specifies only aircraft in the hangar? If not, how long have you had the lease without complaint before they brought it up? If it's such a hazard, why haven't they brought it up previously? If the fire marshall's responsibility is to prevent hazards, then why has he been so deficient in his performance for so long?
If there's no covenant agreement, Have your attorney call the fire marshall and require him to demonstrate how tools contribute to a fire hazard, ...Just exactly, how is a tool more dangerous than an aircraft with 42 gallons of high-octane aviation gasoline which is vented to atmosphere? Otherwise if he doesn't cease and desist, you will seek avenues of relief (in court) for denying you the pleasure of use of your property (the hangar lease.)