BillyVance 34 #126 July 10, 2014 normiss We're just over a mile from a decent sized international airport (we've had Dreamliners and A-380's). I LOVE LOVE LOVE when the storm cells force the heavies directly over our house. Nothing cooler than looking into a passenger window just a few hundred feet over the house on a wingtip! Andrea laughs at me when in the middle of a conversation, I hear something different and can't stop....I go running outside like a fat kid after the ice cream truck. A few flight schools, so we see a lot of Cessna's, Cirrus, and a couple of small twins all day every day. Some sweet business jets. The ghetto buzzard flies pretty regular too. THAT one I hate. I love airports! Of course I don't have insomnia and sit outside in the dark and whisper about THAT SUPER LOUD AIRCRAFT KEEPING ME AWAKE on a video where the birds and crickets are louder than the damn aircraft. Every time my wife and I visited her grandmother in the New Hyde Park community on Long Island, not far from JFK International Airport, I'd notice these huge jumbo jets on final approach. Lots of 747's from Europe. I wouldn't mind living under a corridor as the noise wouldn't bother me. Just the same, I wouldn't want some part accidentally breaking off a plane and hitting my house, although that's rare."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 8 #127 July 10, 2014 normiss We're just over a mile from a decent sized international airport (we've had Dreamliners and A-380's). Intentionally? I get a lot of low level scud running types of flights going directly over my house as well as some military planes shooting approaches. Almost never get out in time to see the scud runners though."I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 8 #128 July 10, 2014 hcsvader Half hour later it happens again. The other tourist at the bar start complaining about how noisy and disruptive it is, the locals say sorry but the military are training all week and they run laps around the island every afternoon. They're doing cardio wrong... or they're doing it the smart way. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 798 #129 July 10, 2014 LOL. I'm actually looking at "working from home" on certain days so I can go see the 788 and a 380 land/take off. It's impressive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 8 #130 July 10, 2014 normiss LOL. I'm actually looking at "working from home" on certain days so I can go see the 788 and a 380 land/take off. It's impressive. Our "working from home" got revoked. Makes no sense, I can do everything except physically check ports are patched from home... even have a VoIP work phone set up at home... but noooo. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 798 #131 July 10, 2014 I don't even touch the gear for the most part. CO techs (union) does that! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stratostar 5 #132 August 2, 2014 http://www.timescall.com/longmont-local-news/ci_26261740/skydiving-noise-lawsuit-proceeds-after-court-ruling Get your popcorn ready...you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
propblast 0 #133 August 2, 2014 April of next year? That seems speedy.Propblast Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mirage62 0 #134 August 4, 2014 Great, now she has achieved what she is after - cost to the dz. I wonder though how her side of the legal fees are being paid and is there any chance of the DZ recoop their legal fees from her?Kevin Keenan is my hero, a double FUP, he does so much with so little Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 8 #135 August 4, 2014 mirage62Great, now she has achieved what she is after - cost to the dz. I wonder though how her side of the legal fees are being paid and is there any chance of the DZ recoop their legal fees from her? She was asking for donations but I don't know how much she's got left."I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 798 #136 August 4, 2014 Hopefully nowhere near what her attorney charges her. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
obelixtim 150 #137 August 4, 2014 QuoteHopefully nowhere near what her attorney charges her. Poetic justice would be if she has to sell her house to pay her legal fees and has to move somewhere else more in her price range, maybe near a major freeway or railroad....My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingRhenquest 1 #138 August 4, 2014 obelixtimQuoteHopefully nowhere near what her attorney charges her. Poetic justice would be if she has to sell her house to pay her legal fees and has to move somewhere else more in her price range, maybe near a major freeway or railroad.... A good chunk of Gunbarrel is RIGHT ON a railroad track! Goddamn thing comes through at 4:30 AM with the conductor leaning on the horn for all it's worth. Strangely I'm the only person who seems to complain about THAT!I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #139 August 5, 2014 FlyingRhenquest *** Quote Hopefully nowhere near what her attorney charges her. Poetic justice would be if she has to sell her house to pay her legal fees and has to move somewhere else more in her price range, maybe near a major freeway or railroad.... A good chunk of Gunbarrel is RIGHT ON a railroad track! Goddamn thing comes through at 4:30 AM with the conductor leaning on the horn for all it's worth. Strangely I'm the only person who seems to complain about THAT! Start an organization: Citizens for Quiet Rails "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingRhenquest 1 #140 August 5, 2014 ryoder Start an organization: Citizens for Quiet Rails Ooh, you know I would, but I'm not a whiny little bitch!I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #141 August 6, 2014 FlyingRhenquest *** Start an organization: Citizens for Quiet Rails Ooh, you know I would, but I'm not a whiny little bitch! You need some of these for the parking lot of the next quiet sky's meeting Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #142 August 9, 2014 Iago ********* Start an organization: Citizens for Quiet Rails Ooh, you know I would, but I'm not a whiny little bitch! You need some of these for the parking lot of the next quiet sky's meetingYeah, but these people have already shown that they have NO sense of humor. Leave no DNAWear surgical gloves when putting em on the bumper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CorvusCrypto 0 #143 August 9, 2014 Perhaps I'm just too much of an idiot to think like a well-esteemed and open-minded individual like Kim (snicker snicker), but let's say skydiving stopped at that airport. Then what? Are general aviation operations to be stopped as well? What's the point of having an airport then? If skydivers move out, GA will move in no question and back to square one. If that does happen y'all should get ultralights and buzz the houses. Nothing wrong with that according to the FARs :P"I would rather be ashes than dust. I would rather be a majestic eagle riding a missile across the sky with sparklers than be an old couch potato." - Jack London (paraphrased) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CSpenceFLY 1 #144 August 10, 2014 An ultralight school is a grand idea. Maybe a biker rally also. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingRhenquest 1 #145 August 10, 2014 They've complained about the hot air balloons in the area too. Fact of the matter is, they just don't like seeing anyone in "their" sky. The FAA seems pretty hot to increase the length of the runway so that business class jets can land here without weight restrictions. It sounds like Iron Ridge has the go-ahead to start conducting experimental drone operations out of there, too. Whether skydivers are there or not, operations at the airport are only going to increase. Even if the airport were completely shut down, we're on the DIA approach and have dozens of commercial air liners, as well as air traffic from other local airports in Boulder, Erie, Broomfield and a few others. Realistically Longmont's not going to shut Vance Brand down, either. It brings in some fat FAA grants and drives airport-related economic activity. Some of those grants would have to be repaid if the airport were shut down.I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonyhays 86 #146 August 11, 2014 Got a link for the hot-air balloon complaints? It's entertaining reading.“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.” Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CSpenceFLY 1 #147 August 11, 2014 I saw a video this dumb bitch posted on youtube complaining about a plane that took off like 40 miles away and was climbing over the area in the middle of the night. We can only hope the stress of being a stupid bitch gives her a stroke or heart attack Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boomerdog 0 #148 August 11, 2014 That video you cite should be used by Defense Counsel at trial to show Ms Gibbs does not like any aircraft flying over her house. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingRhenquest 1 #149 August 11, 2014 tonyhaysGot a link for the hot-air balloon complaints? It's entertaining reading. Nope, I'd just heard it second-hand from a couple of the balloon pilots in the area.I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #150 August 12, 2014 She doesn't like helicopters either: http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_20786225/kim-gibbs-excessive-helicopter-noise-longmont"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
