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Old 4th Sep 2021, 09:48
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To be fair to the original letter writer, his response on being informed of the reason for the fly past….

Regarding “Flyby honoring fallen comrade” (Letters, June 28):
I read with increasing embarrassment and humility the response to my unfortunate letter to The Republic concerning an Air Force flyby (“A wake-up call from Luke’s jets,” Letters, June 23).

I had no idea of the significance of the flyby, and would never have insulted such a fine and respectful display had I known.

I have received many calls from the fine airmen who are serving or have served at Luke, and I have attempted to explain my side and apologized for any discomfort my letter has caused.

This was simply an uninformed citizen complaining about noise.

I have been made aware in both written and verbal communications of the four-ship flyby, and my heart goes out to each and every lost serviceman and woman in this war in which we are engaged.

I have been called un-American by an unknown caller and I feel that I must address that. I served in the U.S. Navy and am a Vietnam veteran. I love my country and respect the jobs that the service organizations are doing.

Please accept my heartfelt apologies.

Tom MacRae, Peoria

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He wasn’t the first to engage mouth before brain and certainly won’t be the last….
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Old 4th Sep 2021, 13:29
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Originally Posted by Wrathmonk
To be fair to the original letter writer, his response on being informed of the reason for the fly past….

Regarding “Flyby honoring fallen comrade” (Letters, June 28):
I read with increasing embarrassment and humility the response to my unfortunate letter to The Republic concerning an Air Force flyby (“A wake-up call from Luke’s jets,” Letters, June 23).

I had no idea of the significance of the flyby, and would never have insulted such a fine and respectful display had I known.

I have received many calls from the fine airmen who are serving or have served at Luke, and I have attempted to explain my side and apologized for any discomfort my letter has caused.

This was simply an uninformed citizen complaining about noise.

I have been made aware in both written and verbal communications of the four-ship flyby, and my heart goes out to each and every lost serviceman and woman in this war in which we are engaged.

I have been called un-American by an unknown caller and I feel that I must address that. I served in the U.S. Navy and am a Vietnam veteran. I love my country and respect the jobs that the service organizations are doing.

Please accept my heartfelt apologies.

Tom MacRae, Peoria

(Source: Snopes.com)

He wasn’t the first to engage mouth before brain and certainly won’t be the last….
My compliments to Mr MacRae for his praiseworthy response.

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Old 5th Sep 2021, 22:30
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Here are your noisy Jets.. Typhoons

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Old 8th Sep 2021, 21:43
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Way back I shared an office with an officer who lived in Carterton. One morning he phoned BZN to complain about the aircraft noise. For those who are not familiar with Carterton, it’s almost a suburb of Brize Norton.
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Old 8th Sep 2021, 22:09
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I did similar for a jag while on leave, but the record has to be held by


Retired air traffic controller complains about Airport's noise. - PPRuNe Forums
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Old 9th Sep 2021, 00:33
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As OOW at HMS Collingwood one weekend, I did contact my opposite number at HMS Daedalus to ask him to inform the Buccaneer display pilot that the speed limit within Collingwood was 30 mph and please could we have our Ensign back. To be fair, the last bit was for dramatic effect though he was pleasingly low. What we could see of their Air Day livened up an otherwise boring duty but did not quite make up for not being there. Of course that was back when we still had a proper FAA.
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Noisy jets in Plymouth

Surely there must be many residents of Plymouth who remember Concords booms rattling all the windows as it accelerated westwards!!!
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