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HISTORY
How did this BUISY
AIRPORT come to be built right in the middle
of a RESIDENTIAL AREA?
Who was here FIRST ? (The Chicken or the Egg
Question )
Who's fault is it that we now have a NOISE
PROBLEM ?
Why is the Airport now LANDLOCKED and unable to expand any further ?
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Here it is, the RED
DOT on the map
The Sunshine Coast Airport services
the
Shires of; Noosa, Maroochy and Caloundra
They ALL share in its BENEFITS, but only
Maroochy PAYS FOR IT.
And the residents of North Marcoola bear
the brunt of its constantly increasing
NOISE POLLUTION |
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Airport Master Plan
The LATEST (Number 22) of never
ending series of Master Plans again advocates the construction of an EAST/WEST
Runway.
The ONLY difference from past reports is the Statistics gathered on the
effects of NOISE on the Local Residents.
They claim that......"Airport Noise does
NOT seem to be a PROBLEM for the local population"
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Singapore Flying College
An Unwanted Christmas Present in
2001 for Marcoola Residents compliments of Aeromil's
Steve Padgett was his
deal with Singapore
Airlines to turn MARCOOLA into The
AVIATION TRAINING HUB OF SOUTH EAST ASIA.
"Gee......Just
wot we always wanted!"
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The Public Meeting
At the Meeting on the 23rd. of February
1999 -- We asked the consultant FIVE Questions on Notice.
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for their Answers
The
SURVEY
After the FIRST
Meeting we were not happy with the Survey conducted by The Consultants
so we conducted OUR OWN SURVEY.
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for the Results
NOISE
Find out about
the 2 Year Study Plan which cost ratepayers at least $75
000 and how the Authors came to the INCREDIBLE
conclusion that Airport
Noise was NOT a Problem.
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for more Details
New
LOCAL LAW
The New LOCAL
LAW governing the Sunshine Coast Airport empowers
the Council with new EXTRAORDINARY POWERS to enforce penalties and ensure
its Airport Police against prosecution, but does NOT include any Restrictions
or Curfews to PROTECT Local Residents.
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The CURFEW
The Council and
Airport Management don't want a CURFEW.
They want
to bring in more business at night and allow earlier take-offs.
They could
stop operations NOW between 10pm and 7am, but they are trying to introduce
Early Morning takeoffs from 5.30am. - And
they WILL if we let them (By remaining SILENT)
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for Details
SAFETY
The Hazard of living on
the Flight Path was down-played at the Meeting and we were quoted more
STATISTICS like 1:1,000,000
chance of injury to residents from airport related incidents.
The VERY NEXT DAY
one of our neighbours was almost struck as a light aircraft made a forced
landing on the beach where she was sunbathing.
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EFATO's
Banned
The EFATO manoeuver (Simulated
Engine Failure After Take Off) is not permitted over residential areas.
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for more Details
A POSSIBLE
SOLUTION
If Council
still wishes to proceed with a STAGED DEVELOPMENT as recommended in this
latest Master Plan, perhaps the following suggestion may satisfy most peoples
immediate problems;
The existing
East/West Runway could be UPGRADED to share most of the RPT traffic up
to the size of Sunstates Shorts.
It could also
be provided with Landing Lights so that the Flying Schools could use it
for Night Flying Exercises, which is presently the NUMBER ONE annoyance
for Marcoola residents.
This would
be a relatively inexpensive solution to most of our present problems.
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for more Details
What
can YOU do?
The Council thinks it has
the right to do what it likes because NOBODY COMPLAINS anymore.
We need people to stand
up for their rights by WRITING LETTERS
and demanding to be consulted.
Write to; Council, Members
of Parliament (both State and Federal), Ministers and the Papers.
And next time you are bothered
by AIRCRAFT NOISE
-- Phone up IMMEDIATELY and Complain;
The NEW All Hours HOTLINE for
COMPLAINTS is
5448 9618
or you can
call AirServices Australia through
The Brisbane
Noise Enquiry Unit on
1300 302 240
CONTACT US
By email:
-marcoola@mailcity.com
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