Picture yourself tending your garden on a warm summer weekend morning. The sounds of birds and the breeze rustling the leaves. Then the aircraft from Harvey Field at Snohomish start; it sounds like a reenactment of Pearl Harbor. As soon as one starts to fade here comes another. It lasts until dark.
On nice weekends and late afternoons it is the worst. It is the same time that working people can be out in their yards. Entertainment for one group makes life miserable for another.
To fly over my neighborhood they have to clear a big hill and tall power lines at full throttle. I used to call in complaints asking them to alter their pattern a little. They refused to change it. I asked if I should call the FAA, and a Harvey family member said “You can call them if you want but I don’t think they’ll pay any attention to one noise complaint.” My distress and powerless position appeared to delight this person.
Now that they are trying to get their expansion plans approved they have altered their pattern and grounded the horrendously noisy parachute jump planes. I’m told their propellers rotate faster than the speed of sound.
They should not be allowed to expand; we can’t take any more noise. They should realign their runway to a more southeast-northwest direction and gain altitude over the unpopulated portion of the valley. Then they would be the good neighbor they say they want to be.
Ken Crane
Snohomish
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