Saturday, July 16, 2016

High-flying competition takes off in North Springfield


"We have a group of people who like to fly upside down, fly loops, fly rolls, but this is precision aerobatic flying," says Farrell Woods, the president of the New England Aerobatic Club.

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  1. Wish there was a way to band these, they are annoying, flying over your house all day.

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  2. Everyone I know within the vicinity of the airport DREADS this weekend. Polite requests to the airport to alternate the flyover areas in order to give their neighbors a break are brusquely refused. The noise would be much more bearable if it were intermittent rather than non-stop over ones home.

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    1. Not everyone. Many of us don't spend our busy lives begrudging others. Why can't you relax a few hours and enjoy an exhibition of spectacular ability? I bet you'd bitch if Christmas carolers showed up in December.

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    2. Right on, Anon 9:00, they probably would. I live in No. Splfd., I don't mind it, plus, participants spend some cash here.

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  3. chuck gregory7/18/16, 6:32 PM

    The airport management is missing a big opportunity to have all the neighbors fall in love with flying! Sure, it's about as unenvironmental as you can get-- and super-expensive, too! But in terms of transcending our biological limitations, flying is perhaps the greatest. There is perhaps no greater test of individual capability than to be flying solo and without a radio in a craft with only an altimeter, airspeed indicator and engine gauges, tracking your course on a map and planning to arrive safely and on time.

    There's also the romance of all the technology that goes into aircraft, a natural for the inclination of many Springfielders, who feel that you haven't lived until you've achieved sixteen to eighteen ten-thousandths of play in a crankshaft.

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