Tom ReadI am one of the more non-vocal critics of the City Airport. It has been
a few years now since I met at my home with the FAA rep. from Helena and
the former FAA safety officer from the airport to complain about low
flying planes and the noise. I have since contacted the FAA, the
airport manager, and all of the owners in succession of Red Eagle
Aviation. It all boils down to extremely poor manners on the part of a
FEW pilots. There actually has been improvement, but you forget that
when the shingles go flying off your roof, or you can't carry on a
conversation for all of the noise over and over again. Many pilots
respect the request to fly around the radio towers when they do practice
landings, and it is appreciated. Some don't, and some refuse to, while
others, the minute they leave the ground, head straight east over my
home and neighborhood at any altitude they feel like contrary to Mr.
Leistiko's claim of 1000 feet minimum over homes. Helicopters seem to
enjoy special rights, as they do whatever they please-yet not all of
them.
FAA told us to get a tail number, and our reply was, "at 160 mph,
looking straight up, how do we do that?" My wife told the last pair of
FAA guys she would get a paint ball gun and then ID them. This created
big eyeballs on their part, but no solution.
If they acted responsibly I have no complaints, but if they continue to
abuse my rights in order to practice their little hobby, I say shut the
place down. There is no reason that all operations there can't be done
as well at the county airport. Nearly every city in this state operates
this way, what makes Kalispell so special? I have lived in my home for
about 16 years and the noise has only gotten horrible in the last
few-thus it was NOT noisy when I moved in-the old excuse, "so why did he
move in there?"-doesn't wash.
Thanks, Tom Read 29 Lower Valley RD., Kalispell
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