Quote of the Week: "The Port Authority's decision to acquire Stewart Airport is a welcome one, because it offers the possibility for some long-term traffic relief at Teterboro" New Jersey Congresssman Steve Rothman welcoming New York getting the expansion New Jersey didn't want

Aviation Conspiracy Newsletter #428.........................................................................May 13,  2007 Past newsletters can be accessed at: http://pages.prodigy.net/rockaway/ACNewsmenu.htm  The PASSUR airport flight tracking system at many major U.S. airports  http://www.passur.com/sites.htm (you must have Java installed to view it). If you want to get the newsletter sent to you every week, sign up to AviationWatch. Bill Mulcahy rockaway@prodigy.net

N.J. Congressman Welcomes New York's Reliever Airport

As Bill Sees It: (Editorial): New York's Stewart Airport: New Jersey's Trash Is New York's Treasure!!! Stories this week talked about how New Jersey's Teterboro Airport escaped from being selected by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to be the major "reliever" airport for the N.Y. City metropolitan area. This honor went to Stewart Airport located near the heavily minority city of Newburgh, New York, thanks to the efforts of Congressmen Hinchey and Hall. That couldn't make New Jersey congressman Steve Rothman happier. Rothman's district includes Teterboro Airport which was originally slated to become the dumping ground for the Port Authority's increasing air traffic, especially nighttime air cargo traffic. Phony New York "Environmentalist" Congressmen Show Real Side!!! While Rep. Rothman's district escaped more planes, two New York congressmen are happy that the Port Authority is going to dump their air cargo hub on their constituents!!! Stewart Airport is in newly elected Congressman John Hall's district but most of the heavy impacts will hit the town of Newburgh, in Rep. Hinchey's district. Both these phonies regularly have newspaper stories about them supporting various environmental issues. Most recently Hinchey was lauded for supporting limiting snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park because of the increased noise. Rep.Hall recently had a story  in the news about his support for wind power as alternative energy sources for Hudson Valley residents. That's the way these democRATS con the public. They get a friendly press to portray them as environmentalists to get gullible people to vote for them thinking they are concerned about their health and quality of life. They then go ahead and push for the worst environmental impact ever to hit the region...a heavily night-operating operating air cargo hub. Hall and Hinchey have ignored pleas to have public hearings so the public can find out what the Port Authority has planned for Stewart Airport. Possibly they have already made their deals with the Port Authority for big jobs for their friends, supporters and relatives. U.S. Airport Curfews And The Mysterious FAA Ombudsman!!! After I was told by someone from the Port Authority of NY/NJ that "no U.S. airports have a nighttime curfew" As I knew that this was not true, I decided to find out the real facts for myself. So I checked to see if President Moronic Polluter got rid of the FAA's ombudsman. I went to the FAA web site and typed in "Ombudsman." Of course the first hit was a site which directed me to the National Institute of Health. Finally looking down the list I found a site for the FAA Ombudsman, but of course it only had an address and no phone number. I called the FAA Public Affairs Office (1-202-267-3883) and they told me they didn't talk to the public and only talked to the media!!! I suggested that they change their name to one that doesn't mislead the public. After  being bounced around to various FAA offices I finally got the FAA Ombudsman's name (Lynne Pickard) and phone number (1-202-267-3577). I didn't get to talk to Lynne though; maybe she was busy helping the many other FAA victims. Incredibly, the person I did talk to told me that "the FAA doesn't regulate the airports" and they didn't have a list of airports with curfews so they couldn't help me. I told her I knew if an airport wanted to have a night curfew they had to file a Part 161 study and get a approval for the curfew. She then reversed herself and agreed with me that the FAA does regulate airports, especially curfews!!! She suggested I check out a Boeing Corp. site which I already new about. The Boeing site seemed more geared to pilots and the little information on curfews was very hard to find. All of this once again proves that the FAA works only for the airline industry and does everything in their power to avoid contact with their victims, the public. We taxpayers pay the FAA BILLONS of dollars (see chart upper right) every year and they can't even give us a list of U.S. airports with curfews from them!!! I think such a list exists and they are hiding it because they don't want communities to know  that other communities DO have curfews on their airports.     I will continue to demand the corrupt, aviation industry-controlled FAA for information on curfews. EPA Issues 2007 Draft On The Environment: I was sent an email by AviationWatch's Jack Saporito which had the web site address of the EPA's recent "2007 Draft on the Environment." Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see one word about "aviation" or even "noise." It's as if they think that if they ignore it maybe it will go away. As the U.S. Aviation Cabal (the airlines, the FAA and their politician toadies) is expanding airports right and left, there is little chance of that. I did a search on the EPA site for the terms "noise" and "aviation" and of course nothing appeared. It seems these terms have been taboo ever since the aviation industry-owned politicians got the EPA to "defund" the EPA Office of Noise Abatement and Control (ONAC) in 1981 effectively stopping ALL federal noise research and enforcement. 

New Jersey Congressman "Relieved" New Jersey Didn't Get NY/NJ Port Authority Reliever Airport!!! The bill that Gov. Codey recently signed allowed the Port Authority to expand its bi-state empire to the north by allowing the agency to purchase the $78.5 million, 93-year lease of Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, N.Y., some 55 miles north of New York City. The law also allows the Port Authority to operate outside of its traditional jurisdiction area, which is designated to be a 25-mile radius from the Statue of Liberty. Congressman Rothman discussed what the designation of Stewart as the airport to be used to relieve regional air traffic - and not Teterboro - means to his district, which includes Secaucus, Jersey City Heights, and parts of North Bergen. "Teterboro has always been designated as a 'reliever' airport in contrast to the major airport status of Newark, LaGuardia and JFK," he said. "I'm pleased that the Port Authority has lived up to its promises to me and many others that Teterboro will never become a major airport." Rothman looked to the potential upgrade of Stewart with pleasure, but also caution. Rothman went into further detail about the effect that noise disturbances created by the operations at Teterboro have on the surrounding communities. "Given the stresses of life in 21st century America, people here in northern New Jersey have enough to cope with already," he said. "The roar of planes flying in and out of Teterboro simply add a significant and unwelcome measure of stress to an already over-stressed quality of life. The smaller aircraft that fly into Teterboro are permitted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly lower as opposed to those that fly into the larger airports. This is an unnecessary contributor to the aircraft noise factor in the area that lies within a five to 15 mile radius from Teterboro Airport."

SHARONVILLE, Ohio: Helicopter/Plane Collision Debris Falls In Residential Area!!! -- Two small aircraft collided Friday over suburban Cincinnati, raining debris onto roads and backyards and killing two people on board, authorities said. The accident evidently involved two planes, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a recorded message. The agency initially said one of the aircraft might have been a helicopter. Witnesses gave conflicting accounts of the types of aircraft involved. The FAA had no information about the aircrafts' flight plans or why they were so close together. Blue Ash Airport, a runway used by small planes, is several miles away. No injuries were reported on the ground. Several roads were closed because of the debris. The planes' pilots were not required to file flight plans and apparently were not in contact with air traffic controllers, the FAA said. Resident Joe Muenks said wreckage from one of the planes fell in a yard about three blocks from his house. Editor's Note: I'm just surprised there aren't more collisions with large passenger planes as the FAA has allowed our skies to become so overcrowded with amateur pilots. http://www.columbusdispatch.com/dispatch/content/local_news/stories/2007/05/12/z-apoh_aircraftcrash4_0512.ART_ART_05-12-07_B5_766MTP7.html 

England: Concern Building Over Increased Heathrow Airport Night Flights: Fresh concern has been voiced over the increased aircraft noise over the borough which could mean permanent misery for residents. Short term changes to night flight patterns at Heathrow could give residents a flavour of the shape of things to come, according to Richmond's MP Susan Kramer. BAA is allowing additional landings during the peak early morning and evening periods while new air traffic control building operations bed down at Terminal 5. Ms Kramer thinks that increased noise between 5am and 6am and after 11.30pm at night will mean more lost sleep for residents even though, at this stage, it is a temporary measure. She said: "This shows us what it could be like in the future if our communities don't take a stand on this whole issue of patterns of flights and Heathrow expansion." Currently, National Air Traffic Services (Nats) are drawing up plans for new flight paths to allow for extra arrivals and departures at the airport. Nats claim that they have a legal obligation to provide enough capacity to meet airlines' expansion plans, and that growth is needed because more and more people want to fly. The leader of Richmond upon Thames Council, Coun Serge Lourie, speaking on behalf of the 2M Group of local authorities fighting airport expansion, has also warned of the trouble ahead. "With this relentless growth, more and more residents will be affected by noise misery and their quality of life further eroded. "Our view is that expansion has already gone too far and that enough is enough.

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