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
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
Aviation
Centennial Gets Stuck In Mud!!!
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. Why has no
"environmental" group ever sued the government over the way airport
noise impacts are distorted by the FAA?
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 toasted (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 levelhttp://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.