by George Patterson Nov 10, 2005 at 12:38 AM


Dudley Henriques wrote:

The funny thing is that I've always wondered how Golf Courses have
escaped
the developers ax that has been used on the small airports.

It's pretty simple. Most golf courses aren't flat. Most airports are.
Most
golf
courses don't **** off neighbors a mile away; people just can't hit a
golf
ball
through a window at that distance. The noise at most airports is a
problem, and
people who own land under the extended runway have a number of reasons to
want
the airport closed.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your
neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

One not even be on the "extended runway" to have a significant, and
expanding noise problem. You just need to be within 10 miles of a busy GA
airport that doesn't give a whit about enforcing its voluntary noise
abatement procedures. Or, you could live 20 miles away and be unfortunate
enough to have the area 1000ft above your home declared a training area for
acrobatic pilots.

The FAA does not care. Their priorities are to get the grants out.