Our friend in Mission Beach, Gary Wonocutt, sent us this ancient article from the New York Times, entitled, "SAN DIEGO IMPOSES NIGHT FLIGHT CURB" by Everett R. Holles as a "special to The New York Times" from December 7, 1975. (Please excuse the use of the old name for the airport.)
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 6—A curfew prohibiting aircraft takeoffs from San Diego's Lindbergh Field between midnight and 6 A.M. has been ordered in what the city's Port Commission called the most restrictive noise-abatement action by any metropolitan airport in the country.
Already facing “noise pollution”claims and damage suits totaling nearly $125 million brought by more than 1,000 citizens as well as the city's school administration, the port commissioners were warned by several airline officials that the ruling this week would “inevitably” be challenged in the courts.
Six scheduled airlines using Lindbergh Field and the National Air Transport Association called the order an encroachment on the Federal Government's regulatory authority. The Federal Aviation Administration also joined in opposing the action.
Our friend in Mission Beach, Gary Wonocutt, sent us this ancient article from the New York Times, entitled, "SAN DIEGO IMPOSES NIGHT FLIGHT CURB" by Everett R. Holles as a "special to The New York Times" from December 7, 1975. (Please excuse the use of the old name for the airport.)
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 6—A curfew prohibiting aircraft takeoffs from San Diego's Lindbergh Field between midnight and 6 A.M. has been ordered in what the city's Port Commission called the most restrictive noise-abatement action by any metropolitan airport in the country.
Already facing “noise pollution”claims and damage suits totaling nearly $125 million brought by more than 1,000 citizens as well as the city's school administration, the port commissioners were warned by several airline officials that the ruling this week would “inevitably” be challenged in the courts.
Six scheduled airlines using Lindbergh Field and the National Air Transport Association called the order an encroachment on the Federal Government's regulatory authority. The Federal Aviation Administration also joined in opposing the action.