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twitterLetter: Another way around flight path problem
Monday, March 20, 2006 | 7:11 a.m.
The real issue with changing the McCarran International Airport flight path isn't safety - it's all about property values. Summerlin residents could no longer claim that planes don't fly over Summerlin, a de facto restricted air space. Goodbye snob appeal.
If these residents really want a permanent solution, they would use their influence to accelerate the Ivanpah airport construction and then limit the flying hours at McCarran. Even in a 24/7 town, most folks commute, attend school and/or work 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. weekdays and shop on Saturday.
The real noise problem, if there is any at all, is from 7 p.m. until 7 a.m. No planes are allowed in or out of Boston's Logan Airport between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. With a second major airport facility in the valley, this could be easily implemented.
Richard Rychtarik, Las Vegas
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