Aviation Conspiracy: CBS Spotlights Aviation's Effect On Global Warming!!!

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http://pages.prodigy.net/rockaway/newsletter387.htm

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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tracking system at many major U.S. airports http://www.passur.com/sites.htm
(you must have Java installed to view it) Bill Mulcahy

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CBS 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
transportation 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 airports. 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 airport: Look -- up in
the air! It's not a bird; it's not ever Superman. If you live in Tinicum,
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 shifting flight paths at the airport, 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 Tinicum, who for years
have tried to raise their voices over the din of a seemingly constant stream
of planes arriving and departing from the airport. The FAA's plan would have
a big effect on towns like Ridley Park, Ridley Township, 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.

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Important Aviation News Stories This Week

Editorial: Put the brakes on FAA plan for airport

Delco Times-7/28/06

Internet Link:

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?n...= 18168&rfi=6

Look -- up in the air! It's not a bird; it's not ever Superman. If you live

in Tinicum, 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 Airport.

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 airport 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 shifting flight paths at the airport, 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 Tinicum, who for years have tried to

raise their voices over the din of a seemingly constant stream of planes

arriving and departing from the airport.

The FAA's plan would have a big effect on towns like Ridley Park, Ridley

Township, 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 airport. 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 airport.

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 airport is not going to go away

anytime soon. Like it or not, it is our next-door neighbor.

The folks in Tinicum can offer a brutal glimpse of what life is like with an

airport next door. That's not really something we want to subject thousands

more county residents to. The airport 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

Idiot Birdstrike Bill wrote:

"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 airports. 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. "

Of course Bill makes an ignorant statement based on his complete lack
of facts.

Would Birdstrike Bill care to site an instance where a turboprop or
business jet had a mid-air with an airliner?
Would Birdstrike Bill care to provide his insight concerning the pilot
training program for the Eclipse 500?
Would Birdstrike Bill care to provide his credentials to prove that he
has the experience and training to comment about aviation?

Of course Bill doesn't have any aviation experience. He's just a crank
who makes comments based on his pure ignorance of the subject.

Tom Mosher