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wm 13 -- Sougog Citizen _- Tuesday, Novemb 28,1995 Lishman answers critics To the Editor; I certainly had to chuckle at Mr Brigg's letter to the editor regarding our planned "Airport" at Nestleton being compared to the 20,000 acres of pavement plfinned as the second international airport for" Toronto in the Brougham area in 1972, I understand the concern anyone would have if someone came along and said they were planning an airport next door to them. I, too, smile at the irony of it to some degree. Paula and | devoted two years of our lives opposing that Pickering airport plan; but it was not for nimby reasons or to try and save'a house that we had outgrown anyway. That plan by the federal government was and still is a travesty. It had nothing to do with the need for a second airport for Toronto, and history has borne that out. It was the creation of a huge bureaucratic empire that ballooned to outsized proportions during the creation of the Mirabel. mega white elephant airport at Montreal. At the completion of Mirabel, this juggernaut of a bureaucracy needed another mega airport project to keep it Yed. The faceless bureaucrats that ran that empire had played the Ontario politicians against Quebec politicians and they almost succeeded in achieving their ends (as it is, a major part of our huge national debt was caused by those two projects). "What we have planned at Nestleton by comparison is not even worth mentioning in the same sentence. : Believe me, I can yelate to people's concerns when they think there might be an airport next door, and the uncertainty of what it might become. I still believe small is beautiful and the real way to fly is like the birds, even Cessnas fly too high and too fast and are too noisy for my liking. Aside from the fur facility, I want a facility to fly from, a simple grass field that already exists. We want to maintain a facility to store our aircraft and to create new designs of ultralight aircraft that are even less intrusive and more bird- like. We also want to assemble and sel a few ultralight aircraft annually (20 would be a large number), to economically support our flying. Ultralight, flying and advanced ultralight flying, counter to some of the misinformation floating about, is regulated by the Federal Government and we adhere "to those regulations. Each aircraft is registered by Transport Canada, and anyone flying has a bopa fide ultralight pilot's licence or better and must be completely familiar with, and adhere to, Federal Regulations. On the ultralight pilot's exam, Transport Canada requires a minimum 90 percent for a pass. These regulations, while in some ways are noj.as demanding as those concerning conventional aircraft, are quite specific and form the envelope ~ in which ultralight aircraft. and flight operations must adhere. y For example, no night operation of these aircraft is allowed. During the making. of Columbia Pictures' "Father Goose™ film, some of our flight operations, out of necessity, had to be outside the normal legal limits. Special safety conditions had to be met in order that a specific waiver could be issued by Transport Canada for each and pvery time one of these flights were to take place. For example, the low level flights over Port Perry and Blackstock, where each one time occurrence was worked out with Transport Canada officials in minute detail with public safety as the stroggest criteria. The whole point is, I believe, that there is a great deal + of misinformation about the size and scope of what we wish to do at Nestleton. The scale of our intentions has been totally blown out of proportion by a very small faction who have an ulterior and personal motivation that has nothing "to do with the project. This misinformation is reflected strongly in Mr Brigg's letter and it has put a totally improper spin on our plans. It has made it very difficult for the Township Council and the Region to address this matter in a fair and unbiased way. If this, very small faction wins out, the community as a whole RLY TY 'Serving the Communities" Greatest Needs" At Scugog Recreational Centre (Arena) SF: To J S{oT:Te MN oo Ta 20-14 RY, SATURDAY, DEC. 16th DOORS OPEN at 5:45 PM - Limited Seating BONANZA 6:45 PM - First 45 Numbers EARLY BIRD 7:00 PM Regular games follow immediately after Early Bird. 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