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Voters say no to jet base
Posted: 15 Nov 2006, 12:59
by drmweaver2
An article in this morning's USA Today was titled "Voters say no to jet base"..
Seems Cecil Field will not be reopening due to complaints and concerns by short-sighted, whiney local interest groups.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/200 ... sing_x.htm
Who says we don't live in an unreal world of fantasy?
Posted: 16 Nov 2006, 02:52
by jetmax
Same thing happened in Melbourne Fl to the same company. They citizen group that lead the fight was afraid the terrorist might hijack the jets.
Posted: 16 Nov 2006, 09:30
by RipPipPip
Similar problem with Krzesiny AB near Poznan, Poland.
Neibourghing farmers are afraid of 100dB noise generated by F-16s operating there ...
Posted: 16 Nov 2006, 10:38
by flyboy
I remember when the F-15s at Tyndall were cracking the concrete of the buildings near the flightline from their afterburners on take off. Talk about some noise....
"Jet Noise........the Sound of Freedom" use to be a saying around alot of our bases. Wish I lived near one just to hear it...
Posted: 16 Nov 2006, 19:15
by alexrfixit
I live near RAF Wattisham, which used to be home for the RAF's Phantoms (and Lightnings before that). Now it's been turned over to the Army and has Lynx and Apache choppers there instead, and now the locals all moan about the drone of the helicopters!!
Wish they'd give us the jets back!!!
Posted: 16 Nov 2006, 22:21
by Firebird
I know what you mean, Alex.
I remember how the natives near Upper Heyford used to moan about the noise and all those pesky Yanks, then within a year of the base closing they were moaning that the local economy had been decimated and that people were leaving the area. Doh!
The moral is that people really don't know when they are well off.