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To: SandRat
But some Tucsonans concerned about military-jet noise see the extra flights as an added headache and safety risk.

LOL!
There's that moonbat term again, when writers are afraid to say "in my really stupid opinion"... , when they are about to say something mindless...

9 posted on 02/26/2006 7:26:06 AM PST by Publius6961 (Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
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To: Publius6961
"I'm not sure it's appropriate to have all these additional overflights in a big city. It seems like it would be more appropriate for a remote location," said Patterson, who is also a co-chairman of...a citizens group concerned about the environmental impact of the air base.
He said the air-show training heaps one more aggravation onto residents already negatively affected by things like extra helicopter flights and on-again, off-again night training at D-M."

OK, Mr P.
In the sixties DM WAS pretty much remote, at least on the very edge of civilization.
DM is huge so it must have been difficult for you and all those others looking for cheap land to get close enough (at least on two sides) to be bothered.
DM has, in part for those reasons, always been a training hub, always been busy; and during Vietnam was THE busiest airfield/airport in America.
In this case 'the cost of freedom' supports a very large segment of your community - the feds won't be mailing you a check in the event they move away.
I'd recommend that you hold your fire until we see if Boeing moves out of Long Beach so you can see what loss of a 'dangerous nuisance' means to the local economy.

16 posted on 02/26/2006 8:03:55 AM PST by norton (been there, lived that)
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To: Publius6961
Attending grad school at U of A many years ago, planes taking off from D-M would sometimes interrupt classes. Liberal professors postured by shaking their fists skyward but most of us were grateful for the few seconds of relief from the BS in their lectures.
56 posted on 02/26/2006 10:59:28 AM PST by hinckley buzzard
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