A snazzy small

sports car may be the ticket for paying off most of a $7,477 tab the Great

Georgia Airshow owes the Peachtree City Airport Authority.

Hank Aaron

BMW wants to park one of its exclusive Mini Cooper cars inside the terminal

building at Falcon Field in return for $1,000 a month. At its Wednesday

night meeting, the authority authorized Jerry Cobb an authority member

and chairman of this year's air show to work out an agreement with the

dealership.

"They'll

pay us $1,000 a month to let people sit there and look at it," Cobb

said.

The funds from

the car showcase payments would go directly to the airport authority,

which has agreed to use the funds to "forgive" $6,000 of the

remaining $7,477 of the air show's bill.

The car only

takes up 90 sq. ft. of space, and it will fit through the terminal's main

entrance with no problem, Cobb explained.

The agreement

with the dealership could be terminated at any time if necessary, Cobb

added.

Although Cobb

took part in the discussion about the issue, he abstained from the vote,

which passed 3-0.

Air show officials

have already paid the authority $7,208 for the fuel used during the show,

which the authority sold at a discount.

In other business,

the authority approved renewing an agreement to maintain the airport's

navigational equipment with MilerTronics, which currently performs the

same service. The price of the year-long agreement has increased by three

percent, but Airport Manager Jim Savage said he is very pleased with the

company's service.

Also, MilerTronics

had been charging the authority the same price of $750 a month since 1999,

Savage said. The new contract calls for a price of $773 a month.

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