The graphic (website) version of this newsletter can be accessed at:
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Quote of the Week: "But it goes where you want it to go, as opposed to
where
the airlines want to go." Mini jet manufacturer, Eclipse Aviation CEO
Vern
Raburn who had their Eclipse 500 certified this week by the FAA
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Aviation Conspiracy Newsletter
#387..................................................................................July
30, 2006 Past newsletters can be accessed at:
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The PASSUR air****t
flight
tracking system at many major U.S. air****ts
http://www.passur.com/sites.htm
(you must have Java installed to view it) Bill Mulcahy
rockaway@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Spotlights Aviation's Effect On Global Warming!!!
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As Bill Sees It: (Editorial) CBS Evening News Does Story On Contrails And
Global Warming!!! I saw a CBS story yesterday on how airliner jet
contrails
are helping to increase global warming by their spewing carbon dioxide in
the upper atmosphere. Scientists say that while other forms of
trans****tation contribute to global warming only aviation is on the
increase. The news story came after another story on the record heat wave
on the West Coast.
The Mini Jets Are Coming Over (And Sometimes In) Your Home Soon!!! News
stories this week told about the FAA has "conditionally" (whatever that
means) certified the use of the Eclipse 500 mini jet. This opens up a new
"air taxi" industry that will operate between air****ts. Eclipse Aviation
which manufactures the 500 jet says they have 2,000 on order. I believe
these planes will not only increase the noise and air pollution impacts
of
aviation but will increase the dangers of mid-air collisions with larger
planes. I'm sure the mini-jet pilots won't have the same level of training
that airline pilots have.
Delaware Editorial: Put the brakes on FAA plan for air****t: Look -- up in
the air! It's not a bird; it's not ever Superman. If you live in Tini***,
you know what it is. It's a plane. Lots of them. Guess what? If the
Federal
Aviation Administration gets its way, a lot more Delaware County residents
will be dealing with planes and the fallout from having them over their
neighborhoods. The FAA proposes ****fting flight paths at the air****t, a
move
that would send hundreds of flights over the heart of the county. Don't
think this is a big issue? Talk to the good folks in Tini***, who for
years
have tried to raise their voices over the din of a seemingly constant
stream
of planes arriving and departing from the air****t. The FAA's plan would
have
a big effect on towns like Ridley Park, Ridley Town****p, Prospect Park,
Swarthmore and Nether Providence.
This has not gone unnoticed, especially by county officials, who have
decided to make a little noise of their own. County Council boss Andy
Reilly
was joined by officials from several towns recently to point out just how
much noise we're talking about. Decibel levels in some areas would see
huge
jumps, anywhere from 27 to 150 percent. Right now, the bulk of flights
follow the Delaware River, which does a lot to alleviate the noise. The
FAA's
plan would be a marked change, sending flights over densely populated
parts
of the county.
FAA Approves "Mini-Jets!!!" As the Eclipse 500 starts rolling off its
Albuquerque assembly line, the FAA says mini-jets like the 500s will take
to
the skies in big numbers. And that has some worried about congestion.
"What
you have in this airplane is an aircraft with airline speed, comfort and
safety," Eclipse Aviation CEO Vern Raburn told NBC News. "But it goes
where
you want it to go, as opposed to where the airlines want to go." The
Eclipse
500 this week became the first very light jet to earn conditional FAA
certification. That unlocks the door for companies like DayJet to launch
air
taxi services. "Time savings is what it's all about," said Ed Lacobucci,
CEO
of DayJet. "We can get between these cities in as little as an hour." The
FAA predicts that 100 mini-jets should take to the skies by the end of the
year, and 5,000 in the next ten years.
http://www.flttechonline.com/Current/FAA%20Certifies%20Eclipse%20500%20for%20Provisional%20Use.htm
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Aviation News Stories This Week
Editorial: Put the brakes on FAA plan for air****t
Delco Times-7/28/06
Internet Link:
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16978493&BRD=1675&PAG=461&dept_id=18168&rfi=6
Look -- up in the air! It's not a bird; it's not ever Superman. If you
live
in Tini***, you know what it is. It's a plane. Lots of them. Guess what?
If
the Federal Aviation Administration gets its way, a lot more Delaware
County
residents will be dealing with planes and the fallout from having them
over
their neighborhoods.
You see, the FAA has a problem. It is trying to fix something that has
been
broken for a long time. That would be Philadelphia International Air****t.
Don't let the "Philadelphia" in that moniker fool you. While the terminal
is
in the city, much of the facility and its runways actually lies in
Delaware
County. It could be about to become a much more meddlesome neighbor.
One of the persistent issues facing the air****t is its struggles to keep
airplanes - and their precious cargo - on time. The FAA believes it has a
remedy. It is mulling a redesign of airspace at the facility. The end
result
is one that has raised eyebrows - and voices - here in Delco.
The FAA proposes ****fting flight paths at the air****t, a move that would
send hundreds of flights over the heart of the county. Don't think this is
a
big issue? Talk to the good folks in Tini***, who for years have tried to
raise their voices over the din of a seemingly constant stream of planes
arriving and departing from the air****t.
The FAA's plan would have a big effect on towns like Ridley Park, Ridley
Town****p, Prospect Park, Swarthmore and Nether Providence.
This has not gone unnoticed, especially by county officials, who have
decided to make a little noise of their own.
County Council boss Andy Reilly was joined by officials from several towns
recently to point out just how much noise we're talking about.
Decibel levels in some areas would see huge jumps, anywhere from 27 to 150
percent. Right now, the bulk of flights follow the Delaware River, which
does a lot to alleviate the noise. The FAA's plan would be a marked
change,
sending flights over densely populated parts of the county.
County council is vowing to go to war with the FAA to ground the plan.
There is merit in the argument. Look, there is a legitimate need to
improve
the on-time ability of the air****t. It is one of the vital economic cogs
in
the region.
But those efforts should not come at the expense of the residents of
Delaware County. Especially since they get little or no say in this
process.
Even more puzzling is the belief that the airspace redesign would actually
do very little to improve on-time performance at the air****t.
This week county council fired another shot across the bow of the FAA. It
hired Williams Aviation Consultants Inc. of Queen Creek, Ariz., to go over
the FAA's redesign plan with a fine comb.
Council is shelling out $50,000 for the study, and expects to hear more
from
the firm in a few weeks.
It will be money well spent if the firm does what it says it will do:
Determine if indeed the redesign plan will have a beneficial effect on
flight delays, and determine whether the FAA's Environmental Impact Study
makes adequate mention of the adverse effects of the plan.
Clearly, county council believes the FAA plan crashes and burns on both
counts. Reilly has made it clear he has no intention of letting the FAA
plan
"take off" without first offering some turbulence of his own.
It will be interesting to hear what conclusion the Williams firm reaches.
If
in fact it concludes the FAA's plan won't fix what it's supposed to, it
may
be the best $50,000 the county has spent in awhile.
Make no mistake. The situation at the air****t is not going to go away
anytime soon. Like it or not, it is our next-door neighbor.
The folks in Tini*** can offer a brutal glimpse of what life is like with
an
air****t next door. That's not really something we want to subject
thousands
more county residents to. The air****t needs to be fixed. The question now
seems to be, is this the best way to do it?
Like Reilly, we have our doubts. And we are going to make sure the FAA
knows
about them.
©DelcoTimes 2006
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