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| Q.
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What is
"two-lock" and what does
it mean to me? |
| A. |
General aviation aircraft parked
or stored for more than a 24-hour
period at a New Jersey licensed airport
or heliport should use a combination
of two locking devices to secure or
disable the aircraft to reduce its
chances of being tampered with or
misused. |
| Q.
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What is the purpose
of the two-lock system? |
| A. |
The purpose of the two-lock system
is to widely deploy in real time an
easy, quick and low cost way to improve
general aviation aircraft security
by the least intrusive and least disruptive
means possible. Widespread use of
a combination of two locking devices
to secure or disable parked general
aviation aircraft will reduce the
chances of such aircraft being tampered
with or misused. |
| Q.
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How will compliance
with the two-lock order be implemented? |
| A. |
Aeronautical
facility managers will reach out
to their tenants and customers to
advise them of the two-lock order
(pdf 158 kb). Aeronautical facility
managements should then certify
in writing to the Director of the
Division of Aeronautics, by midnight,
Friday, March
28, 2003, that their facility
has complied with the two-lock order.
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| Q.
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Who ordered the implementation
of the two-lock system? |
| A. |
This was ordered by the
Acting Attorney General of the State
of New Jersey through the New Jersey
Domestic Security Preparedness Task
Force. The New Jersey Department of
Transportation's Division of Aeronautics
was directed as part of the order
to oversee its implementation. |
| Q.
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When should a
two-lock system of securing an aircraft
be used? |
A. |
When 24 or more hours has passed since
the last use of the aircraft. |
| Q.
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My airplane has
a door lock and a key operated magneto
switch. Am I in compliance? |
A. |
Yes.
This is a satisfactory two-lock system. |
| Q.
|
My airplane has
a door lock and uses a key to engage
the engine starter. Am I in compliance? |
| A. |
Yes.
This is a satisfactory two-lock
system.
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| Q.
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The key to my
door lock is the same as the key to
the magneto. Is this OK? |
| A. |
Yes.
Even though the key is the same,
it is a satisfactory two-lock system.
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| Q.
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Would a locked
hangar door be considered part of
a two-lock system? |
| A. |
Yes.
A locked hangar door would count
as one lock in a two-lock system.
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| Q.
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Would a fenced
and/or gated in tie-down area be considered
part of a two-lock system? |
| A. |
No. At
many facilities fenced and/or gated
areas are not sufficiently secure. |
| Q.
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Would an unairworthy
aircraft or an aircraft undergoing
maintenance require double locking? |
| A. |
Unairworthy and/or aircraft made
temporarily unairworthy during maintenance
operations would not need to be
double locked.
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| Q.
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Would a glider
need to be double locked? What about
hot air balloons? |
| A. |
A conventional towed glider would
not need to be double locked, but
self launching motor-gliders should
be double locked. Hot air balloons
do not need to be double locked
because they are typically disassembled
and bagged when not being used for
flight purposes.
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| Q.
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Should helicopters
be double locked too? |
| A. |
Yes.
Airworthy helicopters should use
a two-lock system. Most helicopters
are hangared so it is good to remember
that a locked hangar door counts
as one lock in a two-lock system.
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| Q.
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Should fabric
covered aircraft be double locked? |
| A. |
Yes. |
| Q.
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Where should a two-lock
system be used? |
| A. |
At all aeronautical airports and
heliports, both public and private
use, licensed by the State of New
Jersey.
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| Q.
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What is the immediate
responsibility of airport management
in implementing two-lock? |
| A. |
It is asked that airport managements
make an immediate conscientious effort
to reach out to their tenants and
customers to advise them about two-lock.
It is understood that many customers
may not be easily reachable; the goal
is to get the broadest possible compliance
in the least amount of time. |
| Q.
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When is the initial
implementation deadline? |
| A. |
At the end of the day, Friday,
March 28,
2003, 11:59 pm
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| Q.
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As an Fixed Base Operator
(FBO) or airport manager, should I
take it upon myself to put a second
lock on an aircraft which might not
appear to be in compliance? |
| A. |
No. We
do not encourage an FBO or airport
manager to put a lock on an aircraft
without the knowledge and consent
of the aircraft operator or owner.
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| Q.
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As an FBO or airport
manager, what about transient customer
compliance? |
| A. |
First, remember that most light
aircraft already comply because
most light aircraft already have
both door locks and keyed magneto/starter
switches. Second, two-lock only
comes in effect 24-hours after the
last use. Locking wheel chocks or
locked tie-down cables are options
for FBO's to consider for some transient
customers.
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| Q.
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Are combination
type locks and key type locks both
acceptable? |
| A. |
Yes. |
| Q.
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Could you list
some of the satisfactory locking devices
and locking methods that could be
part of a two-lock system? |
| A. |
Yes. Satisfactory
locking devices and strategies can
include any combination of two of
the following:
- Locking aircraft entry door
- Locking cockpit door
- Locking hangar door
- Keyed magneto switch
- Keyed starter switch
- Keyed master power switch
- Throttle lock
- Mixture lock
- Locking fuel cut-off
- Locking control surface "gust-lock"
- Propeller lock
- Propeller chain
- Propeller cable
- Locking wheel lock or chock
- Locking tie-down cable
- Lock-in-place pitot tube cover
- "Club" type devices
for the control yoke
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