RotorWeed Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 (edited) http://www.stophelitours.com/ http://www.sierraclub.org/planet/199412/ftr-copter.asp Edited June 24, 2009 by RotorWeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOATFIXERGUY Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 I saw that too. What a bunch of nut jobs. And what a nice web site! What is that, 1990 technology? I love how they are targeting the part 91/119 operators, but only refer to part 135 operators that have had fatalities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John90290 Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 We should take sailboats to visit Hawaii, how much tax revenue would exist to support local environmental projects? How do Sierra Club members get to Hawaii to protest? New York Times Ideas & Trends: Liberal TransitBy DAMIEN CAVE ...Then there's the criticism of the rich environmentalist who flies in a private jet to Sierra Club fund-raisers. A midsize Gulfstream 200 uses from 1,200 to 1,500 gallons of fuel for a cross-country flight, so if it holds four people, giving them the chance to stretch out on the leather sofas, each person would use about 350 gallons of fuel. That's 10 times the amount of fuel used per person by 130 passengers flying coast to coast on a Boeing 737-300. It's also nearly the equivalent of driving a Hummer cross country, twice. Mr. Burkle's 767, if it carries eight people across the continent, would each use 1,000 gallons of fuel, enough for eight Hummer trips from southern Brazil to Dearborn, Mich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam32 Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 http://www.stophelitours.com/ http://www.sierraclub.org/planet/199412/ftr-copter.asp The second link is from 1995...during the Clinton Administration... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Privateer Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Wow the way those articles are worded, the helicopter tour operators are "at war" with them. It's amazing how a zealot can word their documents. We do need to realize that these people are professionals in arguing their point and somehow obtaining supporting documentation for their argument of how we are "attacking" the land. Very scary stuff if they manage to have any more influence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldy Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 "They operate through a shaky legal loophole that is propped open by a special interest lobby" Geez, Ive read this three times and followed the links to HAI....whats the "shaky legal loophole" that we are all exploiting? Not that I would want to change anything, but if I'm taking advantage of something, I should at least know what it is !! Goldy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoFlyer Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 I think he means the helicopter exception to the minimum altitude rules. He could also mean that he thinks we should be bound by the AC that he points to about noise sensitive areas. I could also be completely wrong, since I didn't read the entire thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotorWeed Posted June 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 http://www.smartbrief.com/news/aopa/storyD...F4-720FB28C0E61 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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