Opinion

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ing; it is one thing I would not
wish to attempt, however I do hold
a private pilot’s licence.

I took my flight training on the
Lower Mainland, over the areas of
Maple Ridge and Boundary Bay.
Fortunately we didn’t have people
in those communities who whined
about the noise.

We have a similar situation with
respect to the boaters of our com-
munity. What is it that causes so
much disenchantment?

Are the people who are com-
plaining not able to enjoy their
leisure activities, or do they not
have any hobbies which would
take their minds off the fun being
had by others?

We have a wonderful commun-
ity here and we should be proud to
share it with all, no matter whether
it is with men and women who
wish to take to the skies, jump
from a plane to enjoy the excite-
ment of such an adventure, or take
a leisurely boat cruise around what
has to be the most beautiful place
in the world.

Come on Peninsula residents,
let’s get off this kick of wanting to
constantly complain. If we don’t,
the next thing will be someone
lobbying to cut off our power on
the weekends and prohibit sale of
gasoline so that nobody can make
a noise with whatever they wish to
pursue,

Michael J. Denton

Saanichton

‘Droners: are
most irritating

Editor:

my opinion of course. And of
course the Ultimate High company
is bound to say the noise disrup-
tion is minimal. Why would they
say otherwise?

Throughout summer months,
while trying to catch an hour’s
peace and relaxation in my own
backyard after having spent a week
in the downtown “zoo” which we
call Victoria, I have had to go
inside my house to escape the
constant drone of a circling plane.
I don’t want this situation to
continue.

Light aircraft which simply pass
overhead are no problem. It’s the
droners that hang around up there
that are the problem, and regard-
less of what anyone says, those are

the planes that are releasing para-

chutists.

Ultralights are even worse. They
take hours just to pass overhead.
They have the noisiest motors I’ve
ever heard.

The statement by the owner of
Ultimate High Parachute Centre
that our densely populated area of
Brentwood Bay is already used by
numerous large aircraft on the
Victoria to Seattle run is imrelevant.

First, are large aircraft really

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flying overhead? They inust be
flying extremely high as to be
unheard or maybe the noise has
already deafened me because I
don’t hear them. Secondly, do two
wrongs really make a right?

Let’s look at a solution. To
allow these flying folk to enjoy
their chosen pastime of parachut-
ing, and to allow the company to
continue with its business opera-
tion, I have suggested to Central
Saanich council that this business
operation be relocated to the air-
port where unpopulated areas are
surely available both for the para-
chute drops and for the aircraft to
carry on droning around in circles.

This way, everyone is accommo-
dated, including me, who wants
only a peaceful weekend in the
backyard.

If the Ultimate High company
cannot see their way to ceoperat-
ing with the neighborhood in a
way in which everyone wins,
maybe the temporary denial of a
business licence, undesirable as
this is, will achieve the ultimate
result. All I know is, the overhead
noise in our densely populated
area has to stop.

Mike Murray

Brentwood Bay.

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noise disruption minimal, (The
Review, Nov. 6) and the editorial
comment a week previous.

Who are these people who
speak for the residents without
their permission?

I am a resident who has nothing
against parachuting. But I am very
much against the infernal noise of
Ultimate High’s planes circling
over my home in Brentwood Bay’s
most densely populated area.

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