FW: Kalispell City Airport.
Theresa White
City Clerk
201 First Avenue East
P.O. Box 1997
Kalispell, MT 59901
phone: (406) 758-7756
fax: (406) 758-7754
www.kalispell.com
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From: Miller email account [mailto:j2miller@pacbell.net]
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 5:35 PM
To: Theresa White
Subject: Kalispell City Airport.
March 5, 2010
Dear Council members,
It has been brought to my attention that there is a group called 'Quiet
Skies' who are actively pursuing the close of the Kalispell City Airport
(S27). I hope the time to comment on this action has not passed. As a
sometime user of this facility I am 100% opposed to this action. Being
within easy walking distance of several businesses makes this an ideal
stop whether we are camping in the backcountry and come out to resupply
or just as an enroute stop as we cross the country. This is one of the
most convenient facilities of its kind anywhere around. My wife and I
are both pilots and as such we have often used the airport when in the
area in our Cessna 185, each time spending money in restaurants and
markets and we have spent the night in your motels on more than one
occasion as well. For years it has been our policy to reward towns and
businesses that support general aviation with our support in the form of
spending our money with them. When that support goes away we usually do
too. I know the loss of a few hundred dollars four or five times a year
probably won't drive anybody out of business. As a past President of
the International 180/185 Club my general aviation contacts number into
the hundreds. Most are people who are of a like mind to me when it
comes to supporting those who support us. General aviation is always
under attack usually by people who hate airplane noise, yet will run
their ski boat sans mufflers, or their motorcycles, or their off road
trucks all day long with no thought as to what others may think of them.
Yes, we know our plane is noisy and we try very hard , within the limits
of safety, to minimize the effect it has on the surrounding environment.
Please consider these thoughts as I can't in good conscience support
your town if it doesn't support the general aviation community.
Respectfully,
Johnny Miller
McCall, ID
Placerville, CA