RE: Low flights (7)I sent a reply to Red Eagle too-just saying that not all people are out
there raising hell. Many people are really good about flying around the
towers and it is very much appreciated and noted that they are trying.
Others it seems just can't bother to do the right thing and go where
they want how they want and without concern about those trying to live
here. The copter looked red to me, but I saw it flying away from
me-could have been another color but looked red to me-had a v-type tail
I think, and was not big like the Alert craft. At any rate I never ever
begrudge those people flying over, they are only getting there as fast
as they can. I can tell Alert coming a mile away, and this was a
smaller craft than theirs. Don't mean to get crabby about it, but all
it takes is one or 2 to wreck it for everybody. All we ask is a little
common courtesy-I never asked them to quit flying. Thanks Much! Tom
Read
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From: fleistiko@kalispell.com
To: trnyr@hotmail.com
CC: jhowington@kalispell.com; Jim@redeagleaviation.com
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:00:55 -0800
Subject: RE: Low flights
Tom:
I am sorry to hear that the low flying aircraft have disturbed your
Sunday afternoon again. I will try to chase down the culprits if I can.
I will start with forwarding this message to Red Eagle Aviation because
there are only two red helicopters that come near the Kalispell City
Airport. One is the ALERT helicopter and the other one belongs to Red
Eagle Aviation. If the ALERT helicopter is coming in from the south
going to the hospital it comes right next to the City Airport.
Airplanes should be climbing out and up as they leave the airport and
should not be a problem. If I remember correctly you live north of the
KGEZ towers and we try to get our aircraft to go south of the towers as
they climb out to avoid your place. I will see what I can come up with.
Thanks for your information.
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: Sunday, February 21, 2010 5:12 PM
To: Fred Leistiko
Subject: Low flights
Again we are getting more and more lower flying aircraft over our home.
As I have repeatedly said, we must be on a due east course from the
airport as they are flying the same direction each time-that is the ones
who aren't flying landings. I have begun to believe with all the
airport hubbub that this is deliberate. The last one so far today was a
helicopter at app. 4:50 PM who couldn't have been a hundred feet over my
house. It appeared to be red, but all I could see was the rear portion
as it headed to the airport. I stayed away from all those protest
meetings and have tried to be fair, but these so-called "fly-boys" are a
bunch of selfish self centered so and so's anymore as far as I'm
concerned. 5:08 PM, there went another plane. I guess any nice Sunday
I can kiss off to allow these guys their little hobby. Is this what we
get from the "city fathers'" decision to keep that place going? I say
thanks for nothing. Tom Read
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