Community dialog: Gillespie Field, Balboa Park, stadium  View
from under airfield’s flight path  Robert Dennis, president of
El Cajon Flying Service Inc., makes a case for the value of
flight schools and the proposed expansion of Gillespie Field
(Community dialog, East County, Feb. 9). Undoubtedly, the
regional airport has value, but, if Dennis does not live under
the flight path, he is not subject to the seconds-apart drones
of vintage piston engines often flying only a few hundred feet
above hundreds of residences, schools, and industrial parks that
encircle the airport. On a typical day, many dozens of single-
engine aircraft buzz overhead from early morning to mid-evening.
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120191     San Diego, CA 92112-0191.  Why has the noise-level of
such small planes remained essentially the same since the “dawn”
of aviation over 100 years ago? Why are there noise restrictions
on boat engines, motor