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ah they can whinge & scream all they like, in fact I love it, the more they get p****d off the better I feel:)Love it, there is a God afterall:ok:
Even if by some billion to 1 chance that the airport was to be closed it would take years to wind it up & in that mean time we would fly lower than ever over the whingers houses just to finish them off:bored:
I wonder if MP Judy realises that even if closed there would still be planes flying overhead to ML (right base rwy34) or should we move Tulla bit further out 'till MP Judy is in a retirement home herself under the new Tulla flightpath!:)

I reckon Darryl Kernigan was a top bloke, he knew a good buy when he bought his house next to En & made it into a castle!:}
.....how much does he want for it?.........tell 'em he's dreamin' !:ok:

CW

Anybody able to post a 1930s house free photo of Essendon Airport ?

I seem to recall seeing an old aerial photo in a flying mag a while back.

I see the tower is still using the same console ...

I have a tear in my eye from that tower pix:{ Such memories as a kid riding my bike across the paddocks to stand up on the ob deck & see just that, fantastic tnxs 'wesky':)

CW

As a kid in the early seventies I lived on Pascoe Vale road, at the flats across from the Oak Park swimming pool. Every 3 to 5 minutes an aircraft would fly over and it would be enough to shake the foundations and move all the pictures on the walls!:eek:

Mum would dutifully straighten them and then the same thing would happen again five minutes later.

Those were the days!:ok:

Bring back the JT3D I say, God's own engine...;)

I emailed the pressure group asking why they moved there in the first place knowing that there was an airport there. That was a good four or more weeks ago and the silence is deafening. Still waiting for a response.

'HH' yr not gunna believe this but I gew up not far from you & used to go to the paco rd pool (that's what we called the pool) all the time & I remember those cream coloured flats (I think) across the rd from the pool, in fact dated a girl there also some years latter, plz don't tell me it was yr sister?:E Small world, very small world!:)

CW

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in fact dated a girl there also some years latter, plz don't tell me it was yr sister?

Perhaps it twaz me mum!:eek:

PS: Wouldn't the greenies love the DC-9 getting airborne in the background...;)

Some good photos wesky, but I'm fairly certain there were some aerial photos that had even less houses - no luck for me on google yet.

Any one at Essendon Airport handy with a video camera ? may pay to youtube some Essendon activity to counter the miss-info offered by the anti airport clowns. The activity may be medical flights off loading for example...

Here you go, kiddies!

Keep Essendon Airport Open

Posting in here (PPRuNe) might make you feel good, but it will have zero effect on the PR campaign they're running.

Posting on the KEAO facegroup will probably have the same effect, but non-aviation people might read it

Posting on the CEAG facebook page might actually be effective in substituting objective facts for the hyped up outrage spouted by CEAG :ooh:

Of course if it's counter productive and just draws the ants we can bin it too :ok:

"Posting in here might make you feel good, but it will have zero effect"

Bendo, I disagree. Post in every forum you can :) :ok:

Gotta laugh, if you follow the links through to the signature page, the google ads at the bottom are promoting Helicopter trial flights.. Gold!!!

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Some good photos wesky, but I'm fairly certain there were some aerial photos that had even less houses - no luck for me on google yet.

I expect these good folk can assist..

http://www.airwaysmuseum.com/

Plenty of old Essendon Airport pics online from the State and National Libraries, but you can't link to them or otherwise use the images without permission. The Airways Museum presumably has permission to use some of those images.

There is a very old video clip for the bee gees song 'Spicks and Specks' which I believe was filmed at Essenden Airport. No houses in those days just bushland.

Haha! Just logged on to facebook, there are 13 for keeping the airport open group, and just the one (the guy who started it) for closing the airport. :D

Maybe d***heads are in the minority after all. 1/14 isnt bad.

I just emailed the 'close essendon airport' people this message;

I dont understand? You move next to or nearby an airport and then complain about the noise or danger, etc. So if you went and bought a house near a train line would you start a campaign to have the train line ripped up? Essendon airport has been there well before any of your houses were built, if you don't like it I suggest you move somewhere else. I currently do my flying at Moorabbin airport and believe me, it's 20 times busier than Essendon, yet none of the nearby residents complain, simply because the airport was there first, and they know that. There's a reason why houses that are near airports, train lines, freeways, etc, are cheaper than those that aren't. Maybe you guys should have thought of that before you bought your houses.

Interesting to see if they respond?

More bullsh*t...

More bullsh*t ranting from this lunatic fringe group...."the public outcry is at fever pitch" they claim! WTF!

Ruling on Essendon Airport up in air - Leader News: Melbourne community news

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Ruling on Essendon Airport up in air

Anna Prytz
07Jul08
http://www.mooneevalleyleader.com.au...N02MV403A1.JPG
Close Essendon Airport campaigners.

PUBLIC outcry calling for the closure of Essendon Airport is reaching fever pitch but a Federal Government announcement is not expected to be made for at least six weeks.
Members of the Close Essendon Airport Campaign (CEAC) gathered at Niddrie Community Hub last month to discuss the continuing use and proposed expansion of the airport.
More than 100 people attended the meeting, all demanding the immediate closure of the airport.
CEAC member Helen van den Berg said residents were fed up.
"This has been an issue for a long time. The increased noise pollution and fumes over homes must stop," Ms van den Berg said.
"In August 2001, we had a rally and shadow minister for transport at the time, Martin Ferguson, said unequivocally that the airport did not need to be open and would in fact close.
"We want to know Government aren't going to go back on this pledge by approving the new master plan, which would worsen the problems."
Despite the pressure of the group's requests, a date for the Government decision regarding the Essendon Airport's Master Plan remains elusive.
Transport Minister Anthony Albanese received the airport's submission but a late State Government submission has drawn out a decision.
"The Victorian Government handed their submission in late so now we're awaiting the airport's response to this," said Mr Albanese's spokesman, Jeff Singleton.
"Once we receive their response, the clock starts again and the minister will have 50 working days to either approve or reject it," Mr Singleton said.
Ms van den Berg said that, no matter what the outcome of the Federal decision, CEAC and other parties would not stop fighting.

i really think its about time that a proper Keep Essendon Airport Open group is established...if these people keep at it, god knows what could happen, with the voice coming from one side only. I am a local and would be happy to do whatever it takes to keep the airport open, just need someone of high caliber to take the lead!