Michel C-GNCJ wrote:Hum ! Dis-moi où et je t'y rejoins avec mon 140 !!! :wink:
Entre-temps, j'ai envoyé ce qui suit au magazine d'information en aviation Av-Web. Je vais recevoir une belle casquette pour ma contribution 8) :
Montreal area general aviation community is under shock as the city of Longueil and DASH-L, its administrative arm for the St-Hubert Airport, one of the busiest general aviation airport in Canada are set to impose limiting operating times for piston aircraft only ! St-Hubert is a controlled field just east of Montreal that is home to many flying schools training many foreign pilots and to a good crowd of local pilots. They were already hit with bad landing fees last year and this is just one additional tactic to push them out of the field. St-Hubert is one of the first airport in Canada to have welcomed wheeled aircraft and it has even welcomed the R-100 back in the days !
Indeed, this next July 14th, it plans to pass an ordinance, to which DASH-L has no objection, although its official mandate is to administer the airport and promote aviation (...sic), to limit piston aircraft operations to between 8am to 8pm on week days, 8am to 5 pm on Saturdays and to forbid them entirely on Sundays !!!
The city's mayor, who is going on election this fall, apparently is trying to gain votes by pleasing a local small but very vocal anti-noise coalition who's goal is to also curfiew use of landmoyers, trimmers, fleaf blowers, etc, or practically everything that is engine powered (ifrance - http://pollution.sonore.ifrance.com./) ! Banning piston engine operations but not jet and turboprops under the pretext of noise complaints just does not sound right, does it !
The pilot community has just been made aware of this at the last minute and is rushing to gather opposition. Both COPA and the Quebec Aviatiors and Bush Pilots Association (APBQ) are hard at work this oppose this extreme measure that if adopted, would set a dangerous precedent in Canada and open the door for local cities to impose their very short sighted will on airport operations.
Transport Canada has relinquished authority of all but the 20 or so major airports in Canada to local cities. St-Hubert is different as it has been given to a non-profit organisation (DAH-L) that is supposed to run and promote it. But this organisation is ran by people who have barely any knowledge in aviation matters and includes members such as local contractors and housing developpers and managed by principals of a local law office that also happens to get big contracts from the city ! The aviatior's worst nightmare turned reality...
Local aviation forums are abuzz with the news and pilots are writing to their local politicians and to the Transport Canada minister, the Honourable Mr. Baird who at the time of this writing still has not shown any reaction to the pressing matter.
It has to be remembered that Canada's first seaplane base, Lac à la Tortue in Quebec has also been hit by limiting operating hours for commercial operators of seaplanes with Transport Canada refusing to get involved and overule the ordinance. This is privatization of the system at its worst...
Michel C.
daniel61 wrote::?
Un J3 et une piste en gazon dans le milieu de nul part???
Theo007 wrote:daniel61 wrote::?
Un J3 et une piste en gazon dans le milieu de nul part???
Bien c’est un peut se que je disais plus haut...
Il faut sortir de la ville, un aéroport comme st-hyacinthe, Sherbrooke, St-Lambert de Lauzon etc.…
THEO
daniel61 wrote:Bien écrit Michel,
Je t'ai imité quoique pas sur que ca donne qqu chose. A lire les messages sur ce site on croit rêver, leur étroitesse d'esprit est assez incroyable.
Bonjour,
Votre site claironne avec outrage: "un aéroport au cœur d'une ville c'est insensé". Hors donc, étant donné que l'aéroport de St-Hubert existe depuis près d'un siècle je dirais plutôt: "une ville qui se construit autour d'un aéroport isolé à la campagne c'est insensé". Voyez deux photos qui illustrent le degré d'isolation de l'aéroport en 1930.
On aura tout vu.
Ce qui est insensé, ce sont les citoyens qui se sont bâti des maisons et se sont installé, successivement et graduellement, au cours des années tout autour d'un aéroport qui à l'origine était dans le milieu de nul part.
Ce qui est insensé c'est d'avoir assez de temps a perdre pour ensuite avoir le culot de se plaindre du bruit alors qu'on s'installe a proximité d'un des aéroports les plus occupés au Canada en toute connaissance de cause. C'est quand même difficile a caché un aéroport non.
Tant qu'a y être il faudrait aussi faire fermer la route 116, la 30, la 20, les camions les autos ça fait beaucoup de bruit quand même. Et aussi fermer la voie ferrée, les trains c'est terrible!!!
Je vous mets au défi de publier cet envoi parmi la ribambelle de chialage "insensé" de votre site web.
Daniel Villeneuve,
Longueuil, Québec
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Pat Ben wrote:C'est quoi l'affaire!?! C'est vraiment le temps de faire ressortir leur inconséquence publiquement là... maintenant!
treer1 wrote:Jacques, je ne te sensurerai pas pour ma part, je comprends ta colère.
Moi aussi je suis contre ces règles :evil:
Bye
treer1
Eric Tremblay
