X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:49:16 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [64.12.143.101] (HELO imo-m13.mail.aol.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.1) with ESMTP id 2813949 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:15:07 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.143.101; envelope-from=Sky2high@aol.com Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-m13.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.3.) id q.bdb.288c2c60 (39330) for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:14:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:14:25 EDT Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Sun-N-Fun X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1206249265" X-Mailer: Unknown sub 34 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1206249265 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit If you received Aero-news, your would have read an article about the tax. Here is another: _http://www.aero-news.net/news/genav.cfm?ContentBlockID=2bb4e65e-61c3-47fc-a85 1-f9a2718215f3&Dynamic=1_ (http://www.aero-news.net/news/genav.cfm?ContentBlockID=2bb4e65e-61c3-47fc-a851-f9a2718215f3&Dynamic=1) Here is a note I wrote to Aero-News: Jim, 1. I won't fly to FL as a form of protest. My airplane, a Lancair 320 built in Illinois, was first flown in 1996. If the FDOR rule was in effect then, I would have been exposed to the obscene tax because I couldn't prove I had paid sales taxes on the components used in its construction over the 7 years it took to build it. Even new amateur built aircraft are at risk - especially at an event like SnF. 2. You failed to mention how easy it is for a clever FDOR snoop to locate alien craft. If one has filed an IFR flight plan with any touchdown in FL, "FlightAware" becomes the inadvertent and unwarranted flight-tapping tool of the state's agent. Using FlightAware, the tax-starved bureau can study the airport history of filed flights that have landed there. See _http://flightaware.com/live/airport/KARR/history/buy_ (http://flightaware.com/live/airport/KARR/history/buy) (Yes, I fly out of KARR) to see how one can buy just such history. A mere $300 yields 6 months of data, including aircraft owner information, all in a format usable by EXCEL. A little more programming and voila! - An automated tax collector. Arrrrggghh............. Come on Jim, write an article (or delegate same) about these threats to Florida bound GA flights. Scott Krueger Oak Brook, IL N92EX In a message dated 3/22/2008 8:42:01 P.M. Central Daylight Time, tom.gourley@verizon.net writes: Not to put a damper on Sun-N-Fun, but if you're flying in and your plane hasn't been registered for at least 6 months beware of the Florida Use Tax situation. **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001) -------------------------------1206249265 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

If you received Aero-news, your would have read an article about the=20 tax. Here is another:

http://www.aero-news.net/news/gen= av.cfm?ContentBlockID=3D2bb4e65e-61c3-47fc-a851-f9a2718215f3&Dynamic=3D1=

Here is a note I wrote to Aero-News:

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Jim,

1. I won't fly to FL as a form of protest. My airplane= , a=20 Lancair 320 built in Illinois, was first flown in 1996. If the=20 FDOR rule was in effect then, I would have been exposed to th= e=20 obscene tax because I couldn't prove I had paid sales taxes on the=20 components used in its construction over the 7 years it took to build it.&nb= sp;=20 Even new amateur built aircraft are at risk - especially at an event like=20 SnF.

2. You failed to mention how easy it is for a clever FDOR snoop to= =20 locate alien craft. If one has filed an IFR flight plan with any=20 touchdown in FL, "FlightAware" becomes the inadvertent and unwarra= nted=20 flight-tapping tool of the state's agent. Using FlightAware, = ;the=20 tax-starved bureau can study the airport history of filed fli= ghts=20 that have landed there. See http://flighta= ware.com/live/airport/KARR/history/buy (Yes,=20 I fly out of KARR) to see how one can buy just such history. = ;A=20 mere $300 yields 6 months of data, including aircraft owner information, all= in=20 a format usable by EXCEL. A little more programming and voila! - An=20 automated tax collector.

Arrrrggghh.............

Come on Jim, write an article (or delegate same) about=20 these threats to Florida bound GA flights.

Scott Krueger

Oak Brook, IL

N92EX

In a message dated 3/22/2008 8:42:01 P.M. Central Daylight Time,=20 tom.gourley@verizon.net writes:

<= FONT=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size= =3D2>Not to=20 put a damper on Sun-N-Fun, but if you're flying in and your plane
hasn= 't=20 been registered for at least 6 months beware of the Florida Use Tax=20
situation.

Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL=20= Home.

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