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. =. <br /> Ag•- <br /> AIRCRAFT <br /> OWNERS <br /> • AND <br /> _FL] PIOT' <br /> ASS OCATI0 <br /> March 19, 1962 <br /> Lee N. t4eh1er A. I. A. <br /> Peloquin Associates, P. A. <br /> Route 4 Box 174B <br /> Chapel Hill, N. C. 27514 <br /> Dear Lee: <br /> The hearing on your proposed airport was very interesting, but I must <br /> say I marvel at the patience of the board members and commissioners. <br /> Any meeting that goes until that hour of the morning requires patience, <br /> and there seemed to be an endless parade of citizens wishing to address <br /> the question. I felt I was seeing grassroots democracy in action. <br /> Unfortunately too Many of the citizens seemed to have fears that are <br /> unreal and not founded on fact. It was clear the group was well <br /> organized. It pained me, though, to see so many of them oppose the <br /> airport for bad, reasons. <br /> One citizen thought the airport would depress land values, while another <br /> feared rising values. One young man feared, the odor of kerosene would <br /> cover the county, but he seemed not to have heard that you would not have <br /> jets. His reference to Love Field in Dallas, by the way, is interesting <br /> because that airport is a classic example of what can go wrong around an <br /> airport when bad toning is allowed. <br /> Your airport out in the country corrects all the ills of places like Love <br /> Field and Horace Williams Airport. The field at Chapel Bill cannot he <br /> called the safest airport in the world. It is too small and houses and <br /> buildings have been allowed too close to the facility. Your airport has <br /> 16Viof that, and your 5,000 foot runway, with all the taxiways you have, <br /> should be one of the safest to be found anywhere. ' <br /> Perhaps you recall the lady who addressed what she called "the endangered <br /> species." She feared that airport construction was responsible for the <br /> reduction in the number of farmers. Nonsense! Far more farmers have beea <br /> displaced by highway construction and by poornnageatent and bad economic <br /> conditions. Don't blame airport construction for the farm problems. It <br /> isn't true. Her fears are unfounded. <br /> Noise a problem? Not at all. A recent study on noise found that six <br /> electric typewriters in an office create more noise than a small airplane <br /> flying overhead of'the type that will be using your airport. <br /> rho',auudino) C Y.,014/TeIpnn(301)64 ag 2,15i Cnbis Adcbes:.: °PA,10.ra5hin51c,n,D C.. <br /> '• : • 1 o/ uatt Owner an.1 When vsalino ALWAYS us i your AO1A.number. <br /> • <br /> • <br /> • <br />