RE: cropduster (12)Thanks for your efforts! I watched that guy fly just to the north of me
and he was far lower than most aircraft flying out. He went right over
my house quite early and just as low. Made fewer flights than last year
so far. The folks flying around the towers have by and large been doing
a good job-very little to gripe about! I live at 29 Lower Valley Rd.,
or about a block and a half from the 93/Willow Glen jct., and must be
exactly due east of where planes lift off, as when they avoid the
towers, they fly right over my house, headed that way. Thanks Again!
________________________________
From: fleistiko@kalispell.com
To: trnyr@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: cropduster
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:19:26 -0600
Tom:
I have not seen the cropduster yet. I will try to catch him this week
when he lands to refuel. If I remember correctly, you live in the lower
valley area, right? I will try to get him to fly the pattern other
aircraft do when he takes off to the south.
Fred A. Leistiko
Airport Manager
City of Kalispell
P.O. Box 1997
Kalispell, MT 59903
406-250-3065
From: tom read [mailto:trnyr@hotmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 8:07 AM
To: fleistiko@kalispell.com
Subject: RE: cropduster
Mr. Leistiko, the very same plane has returned, and is doing what it did
last year, flying low over and over again beginning at an early hour. I
complained to the FAA last year, who claimed they would have a word with
the company, which if they did, was not heeded. They should not be
granted permission to use the airport if they can't operate in a safe
and decent manner. Tom Read
> From: fleistiko@kalispell.com
> To: trnyr@hotmail.com
> Subject: RE: cropduster
> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:18:20 -0600
>
> Tom:
>
> If and when he comes back next year and you see him flying, call me
and I
> will get his number for you to call the FAA. He does have to come back
to
> the airport to refuel. That's the law of flight, take-off is optional,
but
> landing is mandatory.
>
> Fred A. Leistiko
> Airport Manager
> City of Kalispell
> P.O. Box 1997
> Kalispell, MT 59903
> 406-250-3065
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tom read [mailto:trnyr@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 2:02 PM
> To: Fred Leistiko
> Subject: RE: cropduster
>
>
> This guy wasn't even flying 500 feet over the homes here-as he did
last year
> too. When it shakes your house and you can smell insecticide there is
a
> definite height problem. The FAA told me that they have no
jurisdiction for
> the city airport and that any complaints have to be filed with you.
> Otherwise if this guy or any other is doing something careless I am to
get a
> tail number and turn it in to them for possible action. Very hard to
get a
> tail number when all you see is the bottom of his plane at 100 miles
per
> hour. I drove over to the airport to try to get one and could not get
close
> enough. They obviously feel safe in doing this every year. Thanks
> ----------------------------------------
>> From: fleistiko@kalispell.com
>> To: trnyr@hotmail.com
>> Subject: RE: cropduster
>> Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:57:44 -0600
>>
>> Tom:
>>
>> The crop duster, Campbell Aviation from Dutton, Montana is here every
year
>> under contract with Cenex to do aerial spraying. He pays a commercial
fee
>> to use the public airport the same as everyone else. I have control
of
> him
>> on the airport, but once he leaves the runway he is under FAA rules.
I
> have
>> discussed our noise abatement procedures with him every year he
arrives.
> He
>> is not allowed to fly over a populated area below 1,000 feet, except
for
>> take-off and landing. The State Aviation Department has an aerial
>> applicators association that you might contact and complain to. The
FAA
> may
>> be able to warn him, if you have proof of his low flying to present
to
> them.
>> I don't chase aircraft after they leave the airport.
>> Campbell Aviation has left for the season, but will return next year
for a
> 2
>> or 3 week period.
>>
>> Fred A. Leistiko
>> Airport Manager
>> City of Kalispell
>> P.O. Box 1997
>> Kalispell, MT 59903
>> 406-250-3065
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tom read [mailto:trnyr@hotmail.com]
>> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 9:52 AM
>> To: airport@kalispell.com
>> Subject: cropduster
>>
>>
>> Dear Sir, the activities of the cropduster who headquarters at the
south
> end
>> of the airport need to be reviewed. Last year and now this year he
starts
>> out at the crack of dawn and flies about half as high as anyone else
> coming
>> out of the city airport. He goes right over our and other
neighborhoods
>> with that full load of bug killer. If we have a window open it has a
> strong
>> chemical odor, and he is very loud. There seems to be little if any
>> consideration for those of us who have to hear him and smell him-and
he
>> knows as well as anyone he does not have to fly this way. He could
easily
>> go around the towers as so many others have started to do, or at the
very
>> least fly twice as high as he is. If that thing ditched over these
houses
>> it would be a tragedy as well as a disaster for those of us living
> here-and
>> it is avoidable. I hesitate to get the guy's number and turn him in
to
> the
>> FAA, but I will if need be. Please make some changes concerning his
>> activities. Saturday 9:51AM Thanks, Tom Read
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