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Airport Noise Complaints

This particular page has received a lot of attention worldwide due to the utter nonsense it contains.  Some of the forums come for the following sites, and I appreciate the comments:  AviationForum.Org, Simviation.Com, FlightInfo.Com, JetCareers.Com, SomethingSoWrong.Com, and LongmontAirport.Com.  The reports below are from the City of Longmont and are public record.  A couple of people, literally 1 or 2, didn't like the names, addresses, and phone numbers and I've removed quite a lot, but it's still available from the city, so it's no big secret. 

As a sad follow-up to what you see below, especially the endless ridiculous calls from Tom Zweck, Boulder County has shelled out to the Zweck family $250K for the next 20 years for their land.  They get to stay, and even though it's supposedly set aside for Open Space, the public has no access to it.  And the insanity continues to this day with these people, it's just not put up on the City's website anymore.  I've always said truth is always more entertaining than fiction, and unfortunately the following is, sadly, real.

So sit back, pull up a comfy chair as it'll take a while to peruse, and enjoy!

Controller:  "Flight 431, for noise abatement turn 45 degrees to the right..."

Pilot:  "Roger, but Center, we are at 35,000 feet, how much noise can we make up here?"

Controller:  "Sir, have you ever heard the noise an Airbus makes when it hits a Boeing 727?"

NEWS FLASH:  Airports and Airplanes make noise.

Whether you like airports or not, if 85 to 90% of ALL complaints are from ONE person (Tom Zweck), would you consider him a reasonable person with justifiable complaints?

Should our tax dollars be spent having a City employee be tasked with taking ALL calls and logging them from this one person?  The airport manager spends 20% (estimate) of his time attending to Zweck issues. 

The airport manager has been mandated by the City Manager and Community Development Director to do this.  What hidden agenda does City management have requiring this?  What power does Zweck have over them??

Notable complaints see in red….  (#92, 138)

The 2003 Airport Complaint Log is now available.  Seems that the most complaints come from the Nelson Park area.  For a little while there, several people would call within minutes of each other to complain about noise.  Coincidence or some organized call-in effort?  If that's the way like to spend your early Sunday mornings, have at it. 

The "Barb" name you see is former Public Works Director Barb Huner.  "Phil" is Community Development Director Phil DelVecchio.  "Gordon" is City Manager Gordon Pedrow.  The "Airport Manager" mentioned is Airport Manager Tim Barth. 

2002 Airport Complaint Log

1. 1/22. Sharon called to complain about a noisy aircraft this morning that was flying north of Hwy. 66. Because it was dark, she couldn’t get a description of the plane.
2. 1/24.  Mike Elgin called to complain about a red and white single engine airplane flying too low over the City.
3. 1/27.  Mike Elgin called to complain about a white twin engine flying too low over the City.
4. 2/13.  Mike Elgin called to complain about low flying aircraft over the City. This one was a blue and red single engine.
5. 2/14. Chris Martinson called at 9:56 to complain about the skydivers 206 circling above his house. He said he needs to sleep during the day and that MHSC agreed not to climb over his house.
6. 2/17.  Tom Zweck called at 3:45 p.m. to complain about the skydivers opening their chutes over his farm making popping noises, the skydiving plane flying north over his farm and litter on his property from the skydivers.  Tom also called Barb Huner twice and Phil DelVecchio once about the same.
7. 2/20.  Tom Zweck, 776-1171, called Barb Huner to follow up on his 2/17 complaint.  He stated there is no improvement over last year.
8. 2/21.  Tom Zweck called Barb to complain about litter found on his property from MHSC customers. He wants the City to document that the litter was found on his property. He also wanted to talk to Barb about Airport Road this summer and how the increased traffic affects his vegetable market making it unsafe for his customers. He believes his market is an asset to the community and wants to see traffic lights at 9th Avenue and St. Vrain Road.
9. 2/22.  Tom Zweck called twice today at 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to complain about helicopters flying over the west portion of his farm. He said they are not operating within the Good Neighbor policy.
10. 2/22. Tom Zweck called Barb at 4:30 p.m. to ask that the City send a letter to MHSC reminding them to avoid his farm and that they shouldn’t be crossing the runway below 750 feet.
11. 2/23.  Tom Zweck called at 8 p.m. to complain about light pollution from the airport hangars. He said the lights from the hangars pollute the neighborhood and wants the lights painted black.
12. 2/28. Tom Zweck called at 2:45 p.m. to complain about a red and white helicopter that flew around his farm. Tom said it was not directly over his farm, but he could hear it and that makes it a nuisance.
13. 3/4. Tom Zweck called at 12:15 to complain about a helicopter that was flying west and north of his farm. It wasn’t flying directly over his property but he said he could hear it and that it constitutes pollution.
14. 3/5. Tom Zweck called Barb at 10:00 a.m. to complain about a helicopter flying over his farm. He said it wasn’t directly over his fields or over him, but it was audible in the background and that its pollution. He also complained about some airplanes over flying his farm and that he hasn’t received a copy of the Master Plan yet.
15. 3/9. Tom Zweck called Barb at 3:30 to complain about the black helicopter that made four passes over his farm and house. He said the owner is not following the noise abatement process nor good neighbor process. He said operations like this pollute the valley and that the operator should be kicked off the airport.
16. 3/10. Tom Zweck called Gordon to complain about the black helicopter that flew over his farm yesterday. He wants Gordon to step in to help alleviate the problem and reiterated that people who use the airport like the operator of the helicopter should not be allowed to operate from the airport.
17. 3/11. Tom Zweck called Barb at 9:45 to complain about the red helicopter that he said flew over his farm and house.
18. 3/15. Tom Zweck called at 9:53 a.m. He didn’t have a specific complaint about the airport. He complained that I was not at the airport enough to take his calls and that I should be available to him any time he calls. He wants me to be available to him on the weekends, holidays and evenings. If not me, he wants someone from the City available to him at all times to address his complaints.
19. 3/23. Tom Zweck called at 12:50 to complain about airplanes doing touch and go’s over his house. He said the pilots disgust him as they have a total lack of disregard for people on the ground and that actions like these pollute the valley.
20. 3/26. Mike Elgin called at 11:30 to complain about a white and red single engine airplane flying over town. He said it wasn’t loud, but way too low.
21. 3/22. Tom Zweck called Barb at 9:58 to complain about two noisy airplanes doing touch and go’s. He said the pilots have total disregard for those on the ground and that they shouldn’t be allowed to use the airport. He believes the pilots are using their planes as toys to create a bunch of noise and that they don’t follow the good neighbor policy or noise abatement policy.  He also complained that the lights at the airport at night are too bright and that the Airport Manager broke a promise to  about dimming the lights last year.
22. 3/22. Tom Zweck called Barb at 10:03 again saying his previous call was not about the plane doing touch and go’s, rather that a small Cessna flew over his barn and rattled the roof. He said the planes are making more noise than anyone else is allowed to make.
23. 3/29. Tom Zweck called at 9:45 to complain about a red and white single engine doing touch and go’s flying over his farm and making too much noise.  He said the pilot should not be allowed to use the airport.
24. 3/29. Tom Zweck called again at 10:05 to complain about this mornings activity from the airport. He said it is sickening and the pilots have total disregard for people on the ground. He said none of the pilots are following the noise abatement procedures or the good neighbor policy. He said he felt disgusted.
25. 3/29. Tom Zweck called at 3:40 to complain about a red bi-plane that flew too low over his barn.  He said the pilot was just being a jerk and that geeks like him shouldn’t be allowed to use the airport.  Tom Also called Barb to complain about the same.
26. 3/31. Tina Toll called to complain about a red bi-plane that was flying to low and about the skydive aircraft flying over her house all morning.
27. 3/31. Tom Zweck called at 10:06 to complain about the logo on the post card that was sent to residents about the public meeting. He said the logo is not appropriate. He said the post card is just airport propaganda. He also said he has a problem with the entire master plan process. He said the most important part of the process is the environmental impact statement the airport has on his farm.
28. 3/31. Tom Zweck called again at 10:30 to complain about all the airplanes that are flying today. He said they have totally ruined his Sunday.
29. 3/31. An anonymous man called at 10:30 to complain that all the airport users are low class trash. All he could hear at Sunday service was an airplane and he said all pilots are disciples of the devil and that we are all going to  go to hell.
30. 3/31. Jean called to complain that airplanes were interrupting their Sunday picnic outside. She asked that we tell the planes to fly somewhere else.
31. 3/31. An anonymous man who lives on Rogers Road called to complain about a blue airplane that keeps flying over his house too low and too noisy. He wanted me to get in touch with the pilot.
32. 3/31. Tom Zweck called at 3:40 to complain about a yellow plane with a blue star that keeps flying over his farm. He said the plane was not noisy, but he wants me to tell the pilot he can’t fly over his farm. He wants actions like this documented so he can prove the environmental destruction that is happening to his farm because of the airport. He said overall that today was hideous.
33. 4/1. Tom Zweck called at 9:30 to complain that I haven’t called him back yet. To complain about the notice he received in the mail about the public meeting and to complain that yesterday was hell on earth for him.
34. 4/2. Tom Zweck called at 8:30 p.m. to complain about light pollution from the lights on the hangars at the airport. He wants city funds to be expended to shield every light on every hangar so that he doesn’t see any light coming from the airport at night. He wants me to get back with him on a schedule to shield all the lights.
35. 4/3. Tom Zweck called at 12:22 p.m. to complain about the whining and droning of the skydive plane for the last two jumps. He said it creates nothing but pollution for the valley and wants an explanation of why they can make that much noise.
36. 4/3. Tom Zweck called at 2:42 p.m. to complain about the skydive airplane again. He wants me to ground the plane for the rest of the year and tell them they are not being good neighbors.
37. 4/5. Tom Zweck called at 9:36, 10:26 and 10:30 to complain about airplanes doing touch and go’s and flying over his farm. He said the pilots have a total lack of disregard for people on the ground and that the airport is a bad neighbor and the airport is destroying his life.
38. 4/5. Tom Zweck called at 4:22 p.m. to complain about a low flying ultra light flying too low over his farm. He said it was about 100 feet high and I have to get these people under control. He also called Barb at 4:30 to complain about the same. He said the City officials have their heads buried in the sand and that’s why none of his complaints get resolved. He said actions like this are destroying his environment on his farm. He says the City just ignores him. He wants the City to form a special task force to address issues at the airport.
39. 4/6. Tom Zweck called at 9:45 to complain about a plane flying low and dive bombing his farm. He said this proves the need for him to have a 24 hour contact from the City so he can have his complaints addressed immediately.
40. 4/6. Tom Zweck called at 1:19 p.m. to complain about the skydiving airplane. He said it made a big swooping power turn over his farm and the pilot was just show boating and that flights like these are totally obnoxious. He also said the air plane makes too much noise when it lands and the plane reverses it props to slow down. He said it’s destroying the environment in the St., Vrain Valley.
41. 4/8. Tom Zweck called at 9:25, 9:30, 9:32 and 9:35 to complain about one small Cessna flying over the top of his farm for the past hour doing nothing but touch and go’s.  He said the pilots are geeks and show no common courtesy to the people on the ground who work for a living. He feels this is intentional harassment because all the pilots know who he is.
42. 4/12. Steve Miller called at 6:00 a.m. to complain about a white twin engine that takes off every morning at 6:00 a.m. and turns over his house. He asked that I get in touch with the pilot and ask them to go out farther or higher before he makes the turn. The aircraft belongs to Western Aviators and was followed up on.
43. 4/13. Linda Ellis called to complain about the number of low flying aircraft over her house today. She said they are getting so low that she will video tape them and turn them into the FAA.
44. 4/14. An anonymous lady called to complain at 6:00 a.m. She said she lives on Nelson Road by the airport and complained about a plane that took off early this morning and woke her up. She said that is way too early on a Sunday for someone to make that much noise.
45. 3/22. Tom Zweck called Barb at 5:01 p.m. to complain about a white bi-plane doing touch and go’s. He said the Airport Manager has failed in teaching tenants at the airport to be good neighbors. Tom called again five minutes later to say that all the planes are using his house as a target.
46. 3/23. Tom Zweck called Barb at 12:43 to complain about several airplanes doing touch and go’s. He said the City should be teaching everyone learning to fly to be courteous of those on the ground. He also complained about the skydive plane making roaring passes over the northern part of his farm. He wants to know why the Airport Manager can’t resolve this.
47. 3/26. Tom Zweck called Barb at 9:58 to say the Airport Manager is a failure in controlling the pilots. He said all the pilots have a total lack of disregard for people on the ground as well as the Noise Abatement and Good Neighbor policies. He said there are two geeks now doing touch and go’s and it’s ruining his environment. He also complained about the hangar lights at the airport at night. He said it pollutes the night sky.
48. 3/30. Tom Zweck called Barb at 12:50 to complain about airplanes flying in circles over his farm. He said it creates way too much noise. He said there is a white bi-plane that needs to leave the airport.
49. 3/31. Tom Zweck called Barb at 10:14. He complained that the “clowns” using the airport are destroying his life. He also said the Master Plan process is flawed and doesn’t reflect what is happening to his farm environment. He wants someone from the City to come to his farm and make recordings of the airplanes and play them at the next Master Plan meeting.
50. 3/31.Tom Zweck called Barb at 1:53 p.m. to complain that this has been a hideous weekend. He said there is one yellow plane with air force markings that has made six passes over his farm. He said pilots like this have contempt for people on the ground and that the City should teach the pilots to have more respect for the people on the ground.
51. 4/6. Tom Zweck called Barb at 9:31 a.m. to complain about a helicopter that buzzed his farm and then made a big dive over his farm. He said he was going to call Gordon.
52. 4/7. Tom Zweck called Barb at 9:58 a.m. to complain about the helicopter from yesterday and an ultralight. He said he is going to call Gordon. He wants the City to acknowledge that they have been lackadaisical in managing the airport. He said he talked to “two jerks” from the AAB and got no satisfaction from them. He wants a letter from the City apologizing to him for the behavior of the airport and how it ruins his life. He said that would make him feel better. He also complained about the skydive aircraft and how much noise it makes when it lands. He said it’s all about revenue at the expense to other people on the ground. He believes the City gives him nothing but lip service.
53. 4/8. Tom Zweck called Barb to complain about pilots doing touch and go’s He said from his perspective, the City should put the Master Plan process on hold and focus on fixing the problems that already exist at the airport. He said part of the problems begins with the AAB and the makeup of the Board.
54. 4/13. Tom Zweck called Barb four times between 2:30 and 2:40 p.m. to complain about a “stupid” Cessna that flew over his house seven times. He said the airport is responsible for destroying everything he has worked for in his life. He believes the City has its head in the sand. He said there is also one “jerk” going round and around again doing nothing but creating noise and that the airport is out of control.
55. 4/15. Tom Zweck called Barb at 2:30 p.,. Tom complain about the Airport Manager being unavailable and spending his time pushing for airport development. He said the Airport Manager is good at expanding the airport but terrible in community relations. He said the Airport Manager came across as too “smug” at the public meeting. He said the Airport Manager might be good at managing the airport but bad with the residents. He said he can't communicate with the Airport Manager because the Airport Manager doesn’t care. He believes the impacts from the airport in the last 6 years have affected him more than anyone else and that any actions the airport has taken have not improved his life. He also wants to know why we let people build hangars in the flood plain.
56. 4/15. Tom Zweck called Barb at 12:02 p.m. to complain that the Airport Manager hasn’t called him back yet. He wants the City to hire someone who can communicate better with residents. He said it makes him feel disgusted.
57. 4/27. Tom Zweck called me once and Barb three times between 9:10 and 9:45 to complain about various airplanes flying over his house and farm. Two of the planes he said were making no noise at all, but they kept flying over his head. One airplane was flying way too low and he gestured to the airplane and there was also a blue plane that he said was a flagrant offender to the airport Good Neighbor policy. He also said the skydive plane was making too much noise and that this has been a sickening morning that is nothing but insane.
58. 4/28. Tom Zweck called Barb at 9:53 to complain about low flying airplanes. He said the airport is out of control. He believes the pilots are taking revenge on him because he calls in to complain. He wants the City Manager and City Council to come out to his farm so they can see first hand how the airport destroys his life. He wants someone from the City to come out with a camera to document how his quality of life is being destroyed.
59. 4/29. Tom Zweck called me once and Barb twice between 2:00 and 2:20 p.m. to complain about various airplanes doing touch and go’s at the airport. He said all they are doing is flying around in circles. He wants us to document how this pollutes his environment.
60. 4/30. Tom Zweck called at 10:05 to complain about a twin engine airplane that flew over his farm and created too much noise. He said the pilot is nothing but a pig. He also used some other colorful metaphors to describe the airport.
61. 5/2. Tom Zweck called at 3:30 p.m. to complain about a small plane doing touch and go’s. He said the plane has circled over his house six times already. He said it creates too much noise and pollutes the valley. He said I have to get the pilots under control. He also called Barb.
62. 5/4. Tom Zweck called at 10:15 to complain about the skydiving airplane roaring over his house. He said it makes him want to puke. He doesn’t understand why they can’t leave him alone. He also called Barb at 11:14 to complain about the same.
63. 4/29. Tom Zweck called Barb at 5:27 p.m. to complain about an airplane that passed over his house and farm four times doing touch and go’s He said it is ridiculous and nothing but environmental destruction.
64. 5/5. Tom Zweck called barb at 10:15, 5:46 and 7:13 to complain about the skydiving plane flying over his farm and buzzing him and dive bombing him. He said this is a airport rebellion and blatant harassment. He also said that it’s too windy for the jumpers to even be thinking about jumping because of off site landings.
65. 5/7. Tom Zweck called Barb at 9:50 a.m. to complain about a twin engine aircraft that buzzed his house. He said the pilot should be beaten with a stick. He wants the City to get with the FAA to find out who it is and have them punished.
66. 5/10. Tom Zweck called at 11:00 to complain about an article in the Denver Post that was written about the Airport Master Plan. He said it was a terrible article and that the paper shouldn’t have interviewed Jeff Sands. He said the article was completely biased and did not represent how the airport affects his quality of life.
67. 5/10, Tom Zweck called at 1:15 to complain about a twin engine airplane that came swooping in over his farm. He said it was totally obnoxious and that the pilot should be banned from the airport.
68. 5/11. Tom Zweck called to complain about airplanes flying over his farm all day. He said I was cruel for saying that a lot of airplanes fly over the golf course. He said the airport is out of control.
69. 5/13. Buff Palm called to complain about a military jet that flew low over the town of Niwot. She said it was extremely loud.
70. 5/13. Tom Zweck called at 12:55 to complain about a “geek” that flew over his farm four times.
71. 5/18. Tom Zweck called three times at 8:10, 8:15 and 9:50 to complain about ultralights flying low over his farm. He said they were stinking pigs and the most polluting pigs in the valley. He said he feels disgusted. He also said its humiliating that he can’t work his cattle. He then used further profanity to explain how disgusted he was.
72. 5/19. Tom Zweck called at 7:40 p.m. to complain about a ultralight that flew over the western portion of his farm and up north by the railroad tracks. He said it appears to him that the airport has declared war on him.
73. 5/19. Tom Zweck called at 3:28 to complain about an aircraft that flew over his garden four times. He then used profanity to explain in greater detail. He said the pilot should be beaten, have his license taken away and should never be allowed to use the airport again.
74. 5/19. Tom Zweck called twice more at 3:55 and 4:06 to complain about the skydiving plane. He said it is sickening and that he is appalled by the behavior. He said the only thing he can hear is the whining and droning of the aircraft and that it destroyed his Sunday afternoon.
75. 5/20. Tom Zweck called to complain about an airplane doing touch and go’s at the airport. He said the “jackass” flew over his house three times and that the pilot disrespects my authority.
76. 5/23. Tom Zweck called twice at 12:08 and 12:55 to complain about the skydiving airplane. He said he resents it.
77. 5/23. Sheila Castro who lives in the Nelson Road subdivision called to complain about the number of airplanes that fly over her neighborhood. She said she knew the airport was here when she moved in three years ago, but didn’t think it would be that bad.
78. 5/27. Tom Zweck called at 10:10 to complain about all the traffic flying over his farm today. He said it was pathetic. He said the yellow plane with the star on the wing made three low passes over the farm.
79. 5/27. Mike Elgin called to complain about the skydiving plane flying low over the City. He said airplanes fly higher at the airport than they do over the City.
80. 5/27. Deb Britton called at 7:30 to complain about a very low flying aircraft over her property.
81. 5/28. Cassy Mendoca called to complain about a small blue and white Cessna that flew extremely low right at her house and barn. She said she was scared to death and wanted to know who to contact to get activities like this stopped.
82. 5/30. Tom Zweck called twice at 3:50 and 4 p.m. to complain about two airplanes circling over his house doing touch and go’s. He said the pilots were jerks and pigs doing nothing but ruining his afternoon.
83. 5/31. Tom Zweck called at 12:32 a.m. to say that he is up late at night and the new beacon light shines off his barn into his north window in his house. He said it looks like an all night disco at the airport.
84. 6/2. Tom Zweck called three times at 10:16, 10:48 and 11:41 a.m. to complain about me not calling him back enough, an airplane buzzing his house, a helicopter that circled his farm and how the new beacon tower is ruining his life. He said I never considered the impact the new tower would have on his farm.
85. 6/2. Steve Miller called at 7:30 p.m. to complain about two ultralights that were flying about 100 feet above the ground over his and his neighbors property. He said it was really annoying and with the way people feel where he lives, he wouldn’t be surprised if they got shot down.
86. 6/4. Tom Zweck called five times at 12:45, 12:59, 1:00, 1:115 and 1:37 to complain about a small white helicopter that flew over his farm and terrorized him. He also said the helicopter needs to be banned for life from using the airport. He also called Phil and Gordon and made contact with Larry at Air West.
87. 6/4. Tom Zweck called twice at 4:20 and 4:30 p.m. to complain about Falcon Helicopter flying too low over his property. He said they have to go as well as closing down all helicopter operations on the airport. He said the helicopter flaunt my authority and that it is pathetic.
88. 6/5. Susan Shay who lives at the intersection of Mt. View and Airport Road, called to complain about an aircraft that flew over about 4:30 a.m. this morning and woke her up. She asked me to look into it.
89. 6/8. Tina Toll called at 11:10 to complain about the number of low flying aircraft over her ranch. She said the pilots are really bad today.
90. 6/8. Tom Zweck called at 9:50 a.m. to complain about a red and white helicopter that flew over his farm. He said the helicopter has to leave for good.
91. 6/8. Tom Zweck called at 4:00 p.m. to say his farm was under assault by the airport again. He said no planes flew over his house until right now today.
92. 6/9. Tom Zweck called to say he hasn’t heard an airplane all day and that it has been eerily quiet today. He wanted to know why nobody was flying today. He said the last time the airport was this quiet was September 12th.
93. 6/10. Tom Zweck called at 7:05 a.m. to complain about the red and white helicopter flying at tree top level over his farm. He also said he was going to call Gordon and Phil.
94. 6/10. John Zweck called at 7:10 a.m. to make the same complaint as his brother did.
95. 6/10. Mike Elgin called at 10:30 to complain about a blue and white twin engine plane that was flying too low over the City.
96. 6/10. Tom Zweck called four times at 5:22, 5:30, 6:15 and 7:39 to complain about the light on the rotating beacon and how it ruins his life at night, helicopters that flew over his farm in the past few days, airplanes doing touch and go’s and airplanes not flying over the rail road tracks.
97. 6/11. Tina Toll called at 8:10 a.m. to complain about several low flying airplanes over her ranch. She asked me to get them out of there.
98. 6/11. Tom Zweck called at 1:10 p.m. to complain about planes flying over his farm that were too noisy and how it was ruining his afternoon.
99. 6/11. Tom Zweck called three times at 4:45, 4:50 and 6:15 p.m. He said there was one geek in a red and white plane that kept flying over his house and far. He said it wasn’t really noisy, but the pilot kept flying over and gawking at them. He also complained about an airplane with red wing tips who he believes is from Air West and used profanity to describe the pilot. Lastly he complained about a white plane that flew over his farm seven times which he described as a “voyeuristic creep” who is ruining his night and that he resents it very much.
100. 6/12. Tom Zweck called at 9:00 a.m. to complain about the beacon light and how it ruins his farm at night. He wants me to get Gordon and Phil and the City Council to come out to his farm late at night so we can all see how much it damages his environment.
101. Tom Matters called at 9:30 to complain about an aerobatic plane doing maneuvers out in west Boulder County. He said he wanted to make sure this call got logged in the airport complaint file. He also said he was going to call the FAA.
102. 6/15. Tom Zweck called at 1:00 p.m. to complain about the skydiving airplane roaring over his farm and making too much noise when climbing. He said the skydive plane should be trying to set an example of how to be a good neighbor.
103. 6/15. Tom Zweck called at 5:40 p.m. He said the airport is eerily quiet again and that he hasn’t heard a plane all afternoon and wanted to know what’s going on. He said he didn’t believe that I could not explain why it was quiet. He thinks I am covering something up. He said he has nothing to complain about.
104. 6/16. Tom Zweck called at 11:08 and 11:36 a.m. to complain about too many “bad boys” flying their dippy little Cessna’s over his farm making more noise than anyone else is entitled too. He said we should put of 3’ X 6’ noise abatement signs on the fuel trucks to educate the pilots.
105. 6/16. Tom Zweck called at 3:50 and 4:35 p.m. To complain about pilots doing stupid things like flying over his farm too low and almost taking his roof off and too many planes doing touch and go’s. He also said the wind is blowing to strong and that the skydivers shouldn’t be allowed to jump.
106. 6/17. Tom Zweck called at 8:37 p.m. to complain about the red and white helicopter. He said it was on the other side of Airport Road and not over his house but makes too much noise. He said the helicopter should be mandated to fly over the Twin Peaks Golf Course Clubhouse for the next year. He said actions like this only piss off the neighbors. He also said it is a horrible impact on his farm and so is the new beacon light.
107. 6/19. Tom Zweck called three times at 10:10 a.m., 10:15  and 10:43 a.m.. His first call was to complain about the new beacon tower. He said the light destroys his life and quality of living on the farm. He said he thinks it’s a new stronger light and doesn’t believe me that it’s the same one that has been up there for the past 50 years. He wants documentation to prove it’s not a new light. He said he likes to watch fire fly’s on his farm at night and now with the new beacon light he can’t do that anymore. His second call was to complain about jerks who flew over his farm 3 or 4 times this morning. He said I should be out there talking to every pilot upon landing and give them a copy of the noise map and then physically take each one up to the rail road tracks. He said he’s sick of being terrorized by the airport on his farm. His third call was a plea to help him have a voice in making the pilots fly on the tracks because he doesn’t want to be bothered anymore.
108. 6/19. Tom Zweck called three times at 11:05 a.m., 12:15 and 1:05 p.m. to complain about ridiculous dweebs in their dippy little Cessnas ruining his morning. He said he feels physically ill and that this morning was sickening. Used excessive profanity to explain his dilemma in further detail. Wants to know why Phil, Gordon or I are not more accessible to him. He wants me to stop all the planes from flying over his house. He wants the AAB to personally meet with every pilot.
109. 6/19. Tom Zweck called at 4:30 to complain about the skydiving plane whining and droning over his farm. He wants to know why the City can’t take care of it.
110. 6/20. Tom Zweck called me twice and Phil once at 8:14, 9:05 and 11 a.m. First he wanted me to track down who was terrorizing his farm yesterday. He also wants to know what happened to the old tower and why we can’t put the old tower up because the new tower is ruining his life. We should keep the old tower for historical preservation purposes and put the beacon back on it. When he called Phil he said a bunch of morons in Cessna’s are driving him crazy and he can’t make a living being a farmer. He said it’s been one geek after another all morning long. He went to the airport to find Tim and ended up getting into an argument with Larry from Air West. He said he has suffered too much in the past 6 years and the morons that use the airport don’t care. He wants everyone in the City to be more accessible to him. He said the airport is under constant chaos and anarchy and the crap has to stop. He is also sick of the new beacon tower and he is physically ill because of the airport.
111. 6/23. Tom Zweck called four times at2:30, 2:55, 3:05 and 3:10 p.m. First, there is too much noise and too many planes flying over his house. He wants Kevin to stop each plane as it lands and tell them to fly over the rail road tracks. Next, he resents the airport because planes are not flying over the rail road tracks, third, one plane has made four trips over his house already and wants to know why the pilot is doing it. Lastly, the dip right now in the Cessna flying over his house and farm is ruining his life. Whoever is flying right now is an uncaring and unthoughtful person. He then used profanity to further explain his situation.
112. 6/23. Tom Zweck called twice at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. to complain about a red bi-plane that made two circles over his farm and a small experimental that flew 500 feet above his barn. He said this is misbehaving. He said nobody fly’s over the rail road tracks which is crap. He also wants to know why the skydiving plane can ruin his nights after 10 p.m. His second call was about an old yellow airplane that made two circles over his farm. He said it was a direct act of rebellion against the airport manager. He said the pilot was “dared” to fly over the Zweck farm. He wants the City to be more accessible to him when he calls and also wants the City to give him a set of binoculars so he can identify the airplanes.
113. 6/23. Rick Cavara who lives near Haystack Mountain called to complain at 9:45 a.m. of an airplane doing aerobatics over his house for the past hour. He said it’s been like clock work for the past month every Sunday morning. He wanted to know what actions he could take to alleviate his problem.
114. 6/22. Tom Zweck called Phil twice at 10:00 p.m. to complain about night time parachute jumps. He said all he could hear was the whining and droning of the airplane and the chutes popping. He also said that combined with the “prison” light on the new beacon that it this crap was too much of an intrusion.
115. 6/23. Tom Zweck called Phil in the afternoon to complain to him about the same calls he made earlier today to me.
116. 6/25. Tom Zweck called at 10:00 a.m. to complain about “two jerks” flying over his farm at least four times in the past ½ hour. He said they were not noisy, just repetitive and he could see them. He said they were voyeurs. He still wants the City to give him binoculars.
117. 6/26. Tom Zweck called to complain at 4:15 p.m. about a small plane doing touch and go’s over his farm. He said the traffic is worse since the last Master Plan meeting and he wants me to follow up accordingly. He then used profanity to further explain the airplanes actions and pilots flying abilities.
118. 6/30. Tom Zweck called at 12:45 to complain that there were a bunch of stupid, stupid pilots flying right now. He also complained about two ultralights earlier this morning. He said there was not much traffic over the farm this weekend, but when it was, it was over his house. Back to his original complain he said right now there were a bunch of dufusses exhibiting stinking pathetic behavior.
119. 7/2. Tom Zweck called Phil twice at 2 and 3p.m. His first complaint was about two “dippy” little Cessna's flying in circles over his farm at 250 feet. He said it’s idiotic behavior. He wants the City to buy him binoculars. His second complaint was that the same plane flew over his house four times at 250 feet. He said the pilot is stuck in adolescence. He said the traffic is getting worse and it’s a direct rebellion against him. He said actions like this don’t have to happen to him.
120. 6/30. Tom Zweck called Phil at 9:50 a.m. to complain about a helicopter from the air show and two ultralights that flew over his farm at 100 feet. He said they are terrible neighbors and it has ruined his Sunday. He thinks it’s a deliberate rebellion against him.
121. 7/8. Tom Zweck called to complain about a yellow Piper Cub doing touch and goes. He said the pilot is a moron and that I should stop him when he lands and pound nails into the tires of the airplane and then admonish the pilot.
122. 7/10. Tom Zweck called five times between 8:50 and 11:25 a.m. to complain about “scummy” ultralights being total pigs and creeps for flying over the western portion of his farm. He also wanted me to get with Phil so that we can close down the “play ground” at the airport. His third called resulted in the use of profanity to further describe the ultralights. His fourth and fifth calls were about various different airplanes that he believes come from different airports. He wants me to get with every pilot at every airport individually and educate them all to fly over the rail road tracks. He also wants me to provide air traffic control services by using a radio to call each airplane when RY 11 is in use.
123. 7/6. Sandy Meyers called to complain about the continuous operation of the skydiving plane over her house.
124. Scott Newhart called to complain about a number of low flying airplanes over his house today.
125. 7/10 Tom Zweck called twice at 12:06 and 12:15 to complain about a “scummy” pilot doing touch and go’s that flew over his house three times. He wants the AAB to fill in at the office for me on the weekends and on my lunch hour so that when he calls he can complain to someone directly.
126. 7/11 Tom Zweck called at 7:20 p.m. to complain about airplanes doing touch and go’s over his farm. He wants me to be at the airport anytime the wind blows from the east so I can get on the radio and tell pilots not to fly over his farm.
127. 7/12. Tom Zweck called at 8:20 a.m. to complain about airplanes flying over his farm. He said all the pilots were geeks and then he used profanity to further describe the situation.
128. 7/13. Tom Zweck called five times today at 11:57, 12:16, 1:50, 5:30 and 5:36. His first call was to complain about the jump helicopter stating the pilot was a pig. He also wants me, Gordon, Phil, Kevin and the AAB “geeks” to perform air traffic control when the wind blows out of the east and RY 11 is in use. His second call was about the skydive plane whining and droning over his farm. He said they don’t have to make that much of an impact to the valley and that I could do a better job of managing them. His third call said all the traffic over his farm is sickening and that it is “one geek after another.” He reiterated that he wants the City to do air traffic control so no planes fly over his far. His fourth call was that an experimental plane flew over the western portion of his farm. He said the plane didn’t make any noise but that it was “erie” because it glided over so quiet. His last call was to complain again about all the traffic that flew over his farm today.
129. 7/15. Tom Zweck called three times at 12:55, 1:00 and 1:10. His first call was to complain about an airplane doing touch and go’s last night and about a red and white bi-plane that “dipped’ his wings over his farm. He said it was the same plane over and over again. He said he wants to meet with Phil. His second call was about a “moron” who buzzed his house. His last call he stated the airport is way out of control and that he is tired of all the crap from the airport.
130. 7/16. Tom Zweck called at 9:00 to complain that he couldn’t get a hold of me. He also wanted to know who was pushing for all the growth at the airport and why we have put him through two months of hell with the beacon light. He said the airport has ruined his summer.
131. 7/17. Tom Zweck called five times at 11:24, 12:16, 12:19 and 12:43. His first and second call was about a cream colored plane with red wing tips that did four touch and go’s over his farm and not flying over the railroad tracks. His third and fourth call were about an experimental Long EZ that flew over his farm and a couple of other planes too. He said he called Larry at Air West. His last call was to complain about the skydiving airplane making too much noise and said it was unacceptable.
132. 7/17. Tom Zweck called twice at 5:00 and 5:07 to complain about the skydive aircraft not flying over the railroad tracks. He said I need to get Gordon, Phil and myself out to his farm to record it and play it at a City Council meeting
133. 7/18. Tom Zweck called at 8:00 to complain about the skydive airplane from yesterday. He said it was crap and all it does is pollute the valley and destroy and pollute his farm. He want me to get Gordon and Phil to come sit in his corn field today to listen to planes and how it destroys his environment.
134. 7/19. Tom Zweck called at 3:20 to complain that the skydiving plane was whining and droning over his farm. He said the plane did fly high and over the railroad tracks but it’s still to noisy and says it’s all he can hear. He wants me to get with the FAA ATC to have their climbs and descents changed to a different route when RY 11 is in use.
135. 7/20. Tom Zweck called three times at 11:31, 5:49 and 6:10 to complain that Kevin didn’t show up at his farm to make observations and that the jumpers were jumping north of the airport and drifting back and that I defend the skydivers too much. He also complained that the chance of an offsite landing could increase due to the winds and that he wanted Kevin to call me, Gordon and Phil so we could come out on Sunday to observe from his farm.
136. 7/21. Tom Zweck called six times at 10:47, 10:54, 11:15, 12:20, 1:05 and 4:06 to complain about the skydiving airplane, jumpers jumping out over his farm, jumpers jumping from the helicopter. He also wanted Kevin to do something about the plane that flew over his house twice. He also complained about a blue and white airplane that he said circled his house 10 times at 250 feet. He said the traffic today is really atrocious and that the airport is out of control.. He said 90% of the planes flew over his house today. He wants to know why I don’t inform every member of City Council about every one of his complaints.
137. 7/21. John Barrons who lives at Nelson and Airport Road called three times to complain about noisy, low flying aircraft. He asked that I call him back
138. 7/24. Tom Zweck called three times between 3:00 and 3:30 to complain about an airplane that did four touch and go’s over his house. He said it was a scummy pilot and that he resents what’s going on. He also said I’ve been responsible for all the growth at the airport but have done nothing to stop the negative impacts. He wants me to get a radio and call every plane that fly’s over his house. He said the pilot that was doing touch and go’s right now should be shot.
139. 7/26. Tom Zweck called three times at 11:39, 12:15 and 2:18. His first call was to complain about an aircraft that did 3 touch and go’s over his house. He said it was criminal harassment. His second call was about the same incident and he wanted me to find out who was flying the plane. His third call was about a plane with red wing tips that was flying too noisily over his house. He said he was being criminally harassed and that he was going to call Phil.
140. 7/28. Tom Zweck called at 3:15 to say that his day was ruined. He said there is a total lack of enforcement at the airport because this morning he got buzzed by two ultralights playing “tag”. He said I should play all the messages he leaves for this “miscreants” at the airport because they are all hung up on adolescence and that all the pilots act like 10 year olds. He said it is overt criminal harassment and that he wants Phil to lecture all the pilots.
141. 7/28. Sheldon Webster called to complain about the number of low flying airplanes today. He said he realized he lived next to an airport when he moved in, but didn’t think it would be this bad. He wanted me to call him back because he had more questions.
142. 7/28. Steve Miller called to complain about the number of low flying aircraft over his property today. He sail the ultralights this morning were pretty bad and the skydiving airplane has been at it all day.
143. 7/29.  Mike Elgin called to complain about a red and white single engine airplane that was flying too low over the city.

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