LETTER OF THE WEEK

The city of Newport Beach is spending great amounts of money and time

fighting an expansion of John Wayne Airport, yet much noisier aircraft

operate nonstop and effectively destroy the ambience of the weekends of

many residents.

All summer long, every weekend (sometimes long weekends), all day

long, one (and sometimes two or three) small, excessively noisy airplanes

fly back and forth over the coastline, towing advertising banners. They

are an inexcusable intrusion into the quiet of our homes.

This letter is to express our disgust with the noise created by these

small planes that tow advertising and are allowed to take precedence over

the right of hundreds of Newport Beach residents to enjoy peace and quiet

in their own homes.

Is there anything that we residents can do to stop this blight?

JEANNE and STEVE FOBES

Newport Beach