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NEW REPORT BELOW plus statement to the County Commission on July 20. PROGRESS BEING MADE ==> YOUR SIGNATURES HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE... Official petition signature count reaches 227 and was submitted July 20th to the County Commission in session. Commissioner Shelley Vana said that a number of remedies are in progress -- AIR COASTAL HELICOPTERS found responsible for mechanical failure on Ch 12 helicopter that went down last year. They are the same people who have Palm Beach Helicopters... the training school that has copters over your homes at low altitude -- Petition count passes two hundred mark, thank you everybody -- NEW... PART IV Video, see lead story below -- CLICK HERE TO READ HELICOPTER PETITION --JIFFY LUBE report CLICK HERE FOR OIL CHANGE FROM HELL --Citizens Committee on Airport Noise (CCAN) meeting held this morning April 22 CLICK HERE FOR REPORT -- -- BOAT PIX menace over Atlantis and elsewhere... what the Radar shows over the past few months, see story below-- Radar shows near collision at Lantana Airport CLICK HERE TO SEE RADAR TRACE -- CLICK HERE FOR 5 minute VIDEO to learn how to identify Runways and traffic direction at any Airport -- Helicopter training schools projected to expand on Lantana Airport, see story below -- Document kept from the public shows helicopters to stay above airport, see story below -- NEWS - around noon Sat April 3, a plane crashed in Lake Osborne killing the pilot. LWM has exclusive footage on story below -- New videos showing what changes have occurred after reports to the County Dep of Airports will post this weekend. NEW INVESTIGATION - AN EXPOSE on HELICOPTER PILOTS BEHAVING BADLY... never before has the public seen the dark side of helicopter piloting ...see reckless flying, buzzing houses at 22 feet above the roof top, buzzing Villas in Atlantis, engine out maneuvers over inhabited areas in the traffic pattern, the contempt for the public below, and how during the past decade, training schools have ignored the rules designed by the county to give the public relief... and gotten away with it. This is "AN AIRPORT OUT OF CONTROL" videos coming soon including the bad habits of airplane pilots, ignoring the rules, buzzing homes on approaches, adding to the choas...

 
 


 
 
Money Wasted

Lake Worth Utilities
Waste Meter
$50,000
... for an arc flash study that Mr. Reyes was qualified to do in house and at no cost to taxpayers.
$200,000
... the estimated engineering cost of the express feeder which could also be done in house at no cost to taxpayers.
$591,898
... wasted when insurance requirements were circumvented by the city manager and utility director.
$123,098
... wasted when plant manager Dave Mulvay’s first attempt at writing a scope of work contained a defect that cost taxpayers an extra $123,098 for tainting the bidding process and giving unfair advantage to one bidder over another. - April 2009
$64,000
... wasted when the Matrix organizational study to save taxpayers money was scrapped in favor of higher cost outsourcing by city manager Stanton.
$450,000
... wasted engineering design cost of water piping and tanks (original county water deal) that will never be built.
$59,975
... wasted when additional costs were incurred for not following insurance procedure on transformer repair.
$82,620
... wasted when the commission unanimously voted to order transformers when we had equivalent replacements already in stock since the upgrade. - 15 Sep. 2009
Total Taxpayer Dollars Wasted:
 $1,621,591
 
 

 
 
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  Investigative reports Helicopters now complying with County

July update - Lantana Airport & helicopters

Click here for 20 minute video report

Find out what's been going on since the petition signing began on April 24th and how effective the 227 signatures were at improving the situation with helicopter training schools.

Statement made to the County Commission July 20th

in behalf of the communities surrounding Lantana Airport

July 20th, 2010 Tuesday
Statement made by William Coakley/Lantana Airport Agenda Item 8, matters of the public

I’m William Coakley (5934 Lake Osborne Dr/Lantana) and with me today is Larry Silver who is also a Lake Osborne Estates resident and is Chairman of the board of Directors of that Civic Association.

  
 
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  Investigative reports For the County Commissioners - parts I, II & III, IV

  
 
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  Investigative reports Where the helicopters were always supposed to be

"Helicopter training must remain within airport boundaries or west of 441..." from the 90's

From the very beginning in the 90's to this day, the County has never approved helicopter training over any populated areas. Above, is the NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES from the 90's.

  
 
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  Investigative reports WHY THIS PETITION IS NECESSARY

Why there is no compliance

First a few facts… at times during the week, Lantana Airport may have a much as two and a half times more flight operations than PBI in an area one quarter the size.

During the fifteen year presence of helicopters at Lantana Airport, at no time did the County ever approve helicopter flight training over ANY populated areas around the airport.

In the mid 90’s when helicopter schools applied for tenancy on the airport, the County Commission recognizing the clear threat to the neighboring communities, formalized its intent to protect the public by authorizing and publishing NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES issued through its DOA (Department of Airports).

It is clear the County Commission had anticipated ‘a good faith effort’ and compliance from helicopter training school tenants. But during the past decade and more specifically the past FIVE YEARS, the DOA (Department of Airports) failed to gain any compliance to these relief measures.

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By December 2004, after years of non compliance with these PROCEDURES by training schools; the County intentionally added airport boundary definitions to the PROCEDURES to beef up its efforts to gain compliance and once again confined training operations to that area above the boundaries of the airport.


 
 
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  Lantana Helicopter petition ready for signing Saturday 4/24/10

CLICK HERE TO READ PETITION

HELICOPTER PETITION SIGNING WILL BEGIN SATURDAY 24th

Be sure to read the PETITION SUMMARY on the next page.

Lantana, Atlantis, Lanier Park, Lake Osborne, Floral Park, High Ridge Road, Pine Street, everybody... this is the beginning of a sustained effort to force airport tenants, helicopter training schools, instructors, students and pilots to comply with the County Commission's NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES that were put in place nearly a decade ago (updated in 2005 as well) to protect our communities from further harm due to reptitive training operations over our heads.

PETITIONS will be available for signing between 11 AM and 3 PM Saturday April 24th, at the circled (in red) location above ...right on Lake Osborne Drive. We are hoping that parking will not be necessary and residents can just drive up, read and sign. We will update as necessary as the day draws near.

  
 
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  Investigative reports BOAT PIX - the child behind the controls and what he is saying

BOAT PIX - Helicopter Training Academy - investigation continues...

Every resident knows BOAT PIX N220DM caught here on camera buzzing a home at 100 feet MSL (mean sea level) ie about 30 feet above the pine tree he flew over to get to the home. Buzzing homes, marinas, restaurants and businesses at half that altitude are documented througout the area.

BOAT PIX INSTRUCTOR Martin Sintov in a helicopter crash March 28, click this link for story

"Aren't we glad that engine didn't pop off when they were buzzing our houses..." Osborne resident.

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO DOCUMENTARY 19 minute

"Reckless Endangerment is a crime consisting of acts that create substantial risk of serous physical injury to another person. The accused person isn't required to intend the resulting or potential harm, but must have acted in a way that showed a disregard for the foreseeable consequences of the actions." (from uslegal.com)

  
 
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  Lantana Near Collision

Palm Beach Radar data highlights safety issues at Lantana Airport

Above radar snapshot shows two aircraft training at Lantana Airport that came within seconds of a potential collision on April 3rd

CLICK HERE FOR SHORT VIDEO OF THE RADAR TRACES IN REAL TIME

With periods of time when Lantana Airport has two and a half times the flight traffic as PBI and with no form of control... it's no wonder there are huge safety issues at Lantana Airport as the incident above shows. But this is not a unique incident... there are so many safety incidents occuring almost daily, that it's impossible to archive all of them. Pick any day and hour and its a certainty that something will pop up somehwere.

 
 
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  Lantana Immune to helicopter problems? Think again

think helicopters won't ever bother you?

You have to pay planners to plan something. Pay them enough and they'll plan anything... even the ridiculous.

 
 
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  State and National Hidden County document encourages residents

Hidden from public view for FIVE YEARS ...

document shows helicopters ...to stay above airport

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO EXPLANATION OF WHAT THIS DOCUMENT MEANS Part 1 ten minutes

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO EXPLANATION Part II

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD DOCUMENT.pdf

How could it be that for five years, the public living around Lantana Airport didn't know about this document which makes it abundantly clear that helicopters that fly over their communities repeatedly... are not even supposed to be there (Sheriff excepted) according to this Palm Beach County Commission document unearthed earlier this year by LWM.

According to the PBCo Department of Airports, 'there was no need to distribute or publish it on their NOISE ABATEMENT WEBSITE for public viewing since it was only important for pilots to see it.' And of course these are the same pilots that have thumbed their noses at these Procedures for five years and counting.

Recently, a request to post these Procedures on the County's NOISE ABATEMENT SITE was made so the public could see for the first time where the helicopters were supposed to be flying. A DOA (Department of Airports) noise abatement rep declined the request saying "...submit that request in writing and we'll consider it."

  
 
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  Lantana Plane Crashes into Lake Osborne

Plane crashes 160 feet from house

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO

  
 
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