[Leica] OT- NoOLF

[mstoesz at wyoming.com (mstoesz)]

Wyoming would be a great place for such a facility.  Plenty
of open space, little population, not much water.  Let's
tell Cheney, we need another pork barrel project.

Mike
in Laramie, Wyoming
sunny and cool at 7200 feet. 


Message: 14 
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 07:15:50 -0500 
From: Ric Carter <ricc@mindspring.com> 
Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: For the bird and F16 lovers NOW:
NoOLF 
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This bird strike photo is especially relevant in North
Carolina right 
now. 

The Navy has hit on the great(?) idea of building a practice
landing 
field adjacent to Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.
The refuge 
is the winter home to hundreds of thousands of water fowl,
all 
considerably larger than the bird seen sucked into the jet
in this 
video. 

They already have a practice field in Virginia near their
airbase, 
but people who have moved into the flight patterns are
complaining 
about the noise. It's not helping Virginia's real estate
market, 
which is more important to the Navy than the safety of its
pilots. 

Here is a site that give you some of the story: 
http://skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/?cat=44 

Please contact your congressmen to help us stop this lunacy.

Thanks. 

Ric Carter 
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/