Letters

In Letters to the Editor of your Oct. 19 issue, Lou Drendal commented on Meg Godlewski’s article about the 35-ship formation at Oshkosh in your Aug. 24 issue (“The largest OSH formation?”). He suggested that I was “not even close to correct” when I said it “was the largest formation ever at Oshkosh.” He cited […]

Regarding the highest number of airplanes flown into Oshkosh, read “The Cessna 120/140 Story Book” by Dorchen Forman for a number never to be duplicated by one kind of civilian plane: 163 Cessna 120s, 140s and 140As flew in a trail into Oshkosh. All one kind of plane, within 15 horsepower of each other — […]

As an environmental health physician I’m aware of the association between noise exposure and high blood pressure (hypertension). People exposed to noise are more likely to have hypertension. European researchers have identified more hypertension in those who live near airports. My environmental medicine and airplane owner interests piqued when I recently found a Reuters news […]

I just want to share an experience I had in September of this year. I traveled to Dayton, Ohio, to see a replica of the 1911 Wright “B” Flyer aircraft and the museum that is at the Dayton Wright Bros. Airport. I understood that under certain conditions there was a chance of flying in the […]

IF SEEING IS NOT ENOUGH Pilots will tell me that I cannot believe my own eyes, and that planes overhead are much higher than they appear from the ground. I have found that difficult to swallow, so I have fallen back on what I know to be true – trigonometry. If I observe a plane […]

I sure enjoyed your article on my home airport, Falcon Field (“What’s in your hangar? Officials at Arizona airport crack down on inappropriate uses,” Oct. 19 issue). The hangar leasing situation there has been a mess for many years, due to a network of “good ol’ boys” who repeatedly skirted the rules. Corinne has been fighting […]

Re: What’s in your hangar? I read your article in GANews and the same thing happened in Vernal, Utah, this summer. The whole thing resulted in a giant conflict with pilots, hangar owners and renters. The airport manager wanted to search hangars, which he could because the land is owned by the county. However, at […]

[Editor’s Note: This letter was sent to Sen. Max Baucus (D-Montana), initially.] I am writing in reference to the proposed new U.S. Customs and Border Protection rules per NPRM USCBP-2007-0064. These rules would be very burdensome, costly and impractical. It is obvious the author(s) have never flown a small airplane out of or back into […]

The article about the Mustangs and Legends was very good and enjoyable to read (“Gathering of Mustangs and Legends, Where World War II airplanes and pilots met again,” Oct. 19 issue). I attended the air show and it was probably the best all-around air show I have visited in a long time. It was well […]