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| Bill Mulcahy |
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The graphic (website) version of this newsletter can be accessed at:
http://pages.prodigy.net/rockaway/newsletter251.htm
Quote of the Week: "We're getting that noise already, imagine what will
happen when they get the new runway finished." resident complaining about
planned new Atlanta's Hartsfield airport runway
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Aviation Conspiracy Newsletter
#251.........................................December 21 , 2003 Past
newsletters can be accessed at:
http://pages.prodigy.net/rockaway/ACNewsmenu.htm Bill Mulcahy
rockaway@prodigy.net
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Aviation Centennial Gets Stuck In Mud!!!
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As Bill Sees It: (Editorial): Aviation Centennial Anniversary Flops: It
seems like mother nature, like it often does with the Aviation Cabal's
flight schedules, just didn't want to cooperate with the planned reenactment
of the Wright Brothers first flight. It never got off the ground and landed
in the mud. President Moronic Polluter was there but left before the flight.
No doubt his handlers sensed the impending mud dive and didn't want him to
be associated with it. One TV reporter commented that the Wright Brothers
"probably would be surprised that nobody had any plans to build another
supersonic plane" after the Concorde's demise. What nonsense!!! I'd bet the
Wrights, who lived in a quiet, small town, would have been the first to
express shock that their invention was turned into giant, roaring jets that
fly 24 hours-a-day over residential communities, creating stress and
disturbing millions of people's sleep and health!!!
A Half Billion Fine For Boeing Criminality? Not Likely! There was a news
story that Boeing could be fined a half billion dollars because of the theft
of documents from rival Lockheed Martin in 1998. I just can't imagine this
company, which has the Bush Administration twisting the arms of almost every
foreign company to force them to buy Boeing planes instead of Airbus, will
get fined by their political enablers. More likely they'll make a
under-the-table deal. They probably already have! If they do get a fine, no
doubt it will be small and they'll make the taxpayers pay for it like they
did for some of the airlines liability for in 911.
Florida Community Does Airport Noise Analysis Without Using FAA "Noise
Model"! Another story this week told about how a Florida community (and
airport) had hired a "airport consultant" company to do a noise analysis. It
was interesting to see that the company, MEA Group, included "all noise" in
their monitoring and used actual noise monitors. I wondered whether the St.
Lucie Village will compare the MEA study with FAA Part 150 study that does
not allow actual monitoring of noise. The FAA demands that any "noise maps"
of an airport that they accept must exclude all actual noise monitoring and
calculation!!! Acceptable FAA noise maps only use FAA "estimated" figures
for individual plane models, made when they certified the plane which are
then fed into a computer. Airports and communities MUST use the FAA computer
noise "model," or no federal dollars. The FAA noise model, of course, has
little relation to reality. It would be interesting to see a comparison of a
noise map of actual noise, that people experience near an airport, and a
phony FAA Part 150 noise map.
A Fine For Boeing's Criminality? Boeing could be forced to pay damages of
more than $500 million as a result of its employees' theft of documents from
rival Lockheed Martin during a bid battle for a US military missiles
contract. The scandal, which occurred in 1998, came to light earlier this
year and led to Boeing's being stripped of the contract and issuing a public
apology. It pre-dated the latest Boeing scandal, over the hiring of former
US Department of Defense official Darleen Druyun, which led earlier this
month to the resignations of chief executive Phil Condit and chief financial
officer Mike Sears.
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/story.jsp?story=475023
Aviation Centennial Flops In Mud!!! KILL DEVIL HILLS, North Carolina
(Reuters) - Modern-day aviators have failed to duplicate the pioneering
flight of the Wright brothers a century ago as a replica of their primitive
1903 flying machine flopped into the mud. On a rain-soaked field in Kill
Devil Hills, North Carolina, where the bicycle mechanics from Ohio achieved
the age-old dream on December 17, 1903, an exact copy of the wood-and-cloth
Wright Flyer trundled down a wooden rail but failed to generate the speed
and lift it needed to fly in an unreliable breeze. On another attempt hours
later, the engine was cranked but the wind died and the aircraft did not try
a takeoff.
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=424483§ion=news
More Night Flights For O'Hare Airport? O'Hare Airport saw a record number of
delays last month and led the nation in late flights -- something it was
known for before the 2001 terrorist attacks and that helped fuel the push
for more runways. Of the 78,000-plus departures and arrivals at O'Hare in
November, nearly one in seven, or slightly less than 12,000, were delayed,
according to the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, which says it
got the preliminary numbers from the Federal Aviation Administration. That's
more than the summers preceding the 9/11 attacks when O'Hare gridlock caused
problems around the nation, said Ray Gibbons, president of the controllers
union at the Elgin facility that handles flights across the Chicago region.
He blames the recent addition of flights by United and American airlines --
and their practice of cramming operations into a small time frame instead of
spreading them out. Editor's Note: "Spreading them out" means only one
thing...more sleep-disturbing night flights for communities near O'Hare!!!
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-delay20.html More Concorde-Like
Planes In The Works? While residents of Rockaway Beach in New York City toas
ted (pictured at left) the end of the Concorde flights the Aviation Cabal
has plans to launch planes that they say will go "five times" the speed of
sound. In yet another collaboration of the "military industrial complex,"
Boeing and NASA and others are building a new plane, called the X43C. It is
slated for flight testing in 2007. While I am a fan of the space program, I
think we should keep our eyes on these developments to make sure we don't
get another Concorde-like plane blasting our ears.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3231354.stm
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Anti-Noise Group Protests New Airport "Advisory"
Committee: The head of a vocal anti noise organization said Monday that
Minneapolis should consider withdrawing from a new airport-noise advisory
committee to protest what he called inadequate provision for public comment.
Jim Spensley, president of the South Metro Airport Action Council, has
objected for months to procedures that limit direct public testimony before
the Noise Oversight Committee of the Metropolitan Airports Commission. The
procedures were adopted to help keep meetings shorter, said Chad Leqve, who
oversees noise issues for the commission.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4269954.html
Airbus Passes Boeing In Air Wars: Boeing is about to produce its first new
commercial aircraft in more than 10 years after the company's board approved
plans for the introduction of the 7E7 next year. The manufacturer hopes the
mid-sized aircraft might help it regain ground from its European rival,
Airbus. Two earlier projects for new Boeing models - including the Sonic
Cruiser, which would have flown close to the speed of sound - had stalled.
Airbus will deliver more jets than Boeing for the first time this year.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2001814650_boeing14.html
Boeing Working Closely With Chinese Communists: The Boeing Company today
announced that it is joining forces with Civil Aviation Administration of
China (CAAC) and Chinese airlines in the sponsorship of more than 200 CAAC
and airline personnel in pursuit of Masters of Business Administration (MBA)
degrees. Editor's Note: Who was it that said a capitalist would sell you a
rope to hang himself. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031219/sff030_1.html
Florida, ST. Lucie County, Doing Non-FAA Noise Study -- St. Lucie Village
resident Patricia Welner was heartbroken recently when two of her family's
oldest dishes rattled off a shelf and shattered as a DC-6 airplane flew over
her home."It causes physical pain as well," she said of the noise.
"Physically, it hurts." People who live near the St. Lucie County
International Airport shouldn't have to sacrifice their lifestyles for the
sake of aviation, she argued Thursday during a meeting of a county group
examining airport noise. Between Oct. 17 and Oct. 31, The MEA Group Inc.
took readings from 10 locations within a two-mile radius of the airport,
setting the stage for a larger analysis that could lead to noise
restrictions. According to a daily average calculation that gives more
weight to nighttime noise, the loudest readings were taken on Anchor Way in
St. Lucie Village. The site is about a mile from the airport and was
monitored for 50 hours. The Federal Aviation Administration doesn't require
the noise measurements for the Part 150 Study, but the County Commission
recommended getting exact measurements from the community. Editor's Note: Of
course the FAA doesn't require noise monitor measurements for a Part 150
noise study. They have their own phony noise figures that planes are
"supposed" to make that they demand (by law) airports use in making their
phony noise maps.
http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/trib_local_news/article/0,1651,TCP_1107_2496844,00.html
Angry Passengers Slam 'Stupid' Pilot and 'Pathetic' (Virgin Atlantic)
Airline: Passengers lashed out at a "stupid" Virgin Atlantic pilot charged
with trying to fly a plane under the influence of alcohol as they returned
to Britain today. The 383 passengers were stranded in Washington DC after
Captain Richard Harwell was arrested on Friday shortly before he was due to
fly thousands of miles across the Atlantic. They also branded the airline
"devastatingly pathetic" after their replacement flight this morning arrived
at Heathrow three hours late - bringing the total delay to 26 hours. Captain
Harwell, who is American but lives with his family in the UK, will be
formally accused at a bail hearing tomorrow and faces a sentence of five
years in jail if convicted.
http://www.news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2324058
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Important Aviation News Stories This Week
(Florida) Group studies airport noise level
http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/trib_local_news/article/0,1651,TCP_1107_2496844,00.html
By Eve Modzelewski staff writer
December 12, 2003
ST. LUCIE COUNTY -- St. Lucie Village resident Patricia Welner was
heartbroken recently when two of her family's oldest dishes rattled off a
shelf and shattered as a DC-6 airplane flew over her home.
"It causes physical pain as well," she said of the noise. "Physically, it
hurts."
People who live near the St. Lucie County International Airport shouldn't
have to sacrifice their lifestyles for the sake of aviation, she argued
Thursday during a meeting of a county group examining airport noise.
The Part 150 Study Group -- comprised of residents, airport officials and
representatives from local flight schools -- convened to hear the results of
a recent effort to document noise levels in their own back yards.
Between Oct. 17 and Oct. 31, The MEA Group Inc. took readings from 10
locations within a two-mile radius of the airport, setting the stage for a
larger analysis that could lead to noise restrictions.
According to a daily average calculation that gives more weight to nighttime
noise, the loudest readings were taken on Anchor Way in St. Lucie Village.
The site is about a mile from the airport and was monitored for 50 hours.
The readings included all noise, not just aircraft.
During nine of those hours, the consultants tracked the source of the noise
and reported that seven corporate jets, 28 twin-engine propeller planes, 105
single-engine propeller planes and six trains created noise in that period.
The MEA Group will use results from all the sites to project future aircraft
noise levels in the community. That data could be used to change noise
restrictions at the airport.
As the airport and the community grow, the group hopes to prevent noise
problems from escalating in residential areas. The group will start looking
for solutions in February, and the study is targeted for completion in
October 2004.
The Federal Aviation Administration doesn't require the noise measurements
for the Part 150 Study, but the County Commission recommended getting exact
measurements from the community.
Most residents' noise complaints have centered on activity from the PanAm
International Flight Academy's training operations. But more recent
complaints have centered on the DC-6, which flies in and out of the airport
about two times a week, Airport Director Paul Phillips said.
- eve.modzelewski@scripps.com |
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| Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2003 11:49 pm |
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"Tom Mosher" <tmosher@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:s0kFb.195$0n7.182854785@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com...
Quote: What? No doom-and-gloom comment from Birdstrike Bill concerning the
signing of the FAA Reauthorization Act? It was signed on the 15th.
Thanks Tom, I'll put in next week's newsletter. I doubt if President Moronic
Polluter even read the statement which bears his name.
As far as the MIT landing method, I'm all for more quiet procedures. It can
only be used for landings and the takeoffs are the real ear blasters.No
doubt the FAA or the pilots union will say its unsafe.
Sound proofing homes only reduces aircraft noise inside homes, it doesn't
reduce
airport noise in backyards and schoolyards. Any noise reducing method is
always quickly negated by the ever-increasing numbers of plane operations at
an
airport, especially the night traffic.
It is the increasing number of plane operations that is the real problem.
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