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Report: MSP FairSkies Launches Letters at Congress over Twin Cities Airplane Noise
Email blasts from the advocacy group tell Washington, D.C. what Southwest Minneapolis residents think of RNAV, the new system of area navigation that funnels planes on fewer flight paths, according to the Southwest Journal.
Southwest Minneapolis residents concerned about airport noise from new RNAV flight patterns aren't quiet about it when they sign MSP FairSkies' petition, the Southwest Journal reports:
Each time the airport monitoring group MSP FairSkies signs on a new petitioner, emails automatically fly into the inboxes of federal, state and local officials—650 at last count. ...
Bryan Simmons of MSP FairSkies said the FAA needs to understand MSP is "not a rubber stamp kind of airport."
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