For the life of me, I can’t figure out why the spurious complaints seem to crop out of the woodwork once an official request for flying rights is requested.

My understanding is that this seaplane has been flying, with nary a complaint, for over a year from the Woodmark Hotels dock. Not one complaint filed. Then an oversight was corrected, by officially requesting permission.

Do these people really believe the stuff they say. Or, are they just the growing number of people that like to throw a monkey wrench in other people’s enrichment?

My wife and I walk the lake front multiple times a week. Every time we see the plane about to take off, we go down to the dock to watch. You can hear the engine when it starts up, and for about 100 yards as it heads out into the lake. After that first 100 yards there is either no noise or it is drowned out by the road/cars on Lake Street. It is not a noise hazard.

Safety: This is a whopping big lake that even on the busiest days has huge gaps between users. No pilot is going to risk his, or his passengers lives, by flying into another lake user (boat, board, etc.). And, yes they can see well from the cockpit.

I was a hearing and safety specialist with the USAF for over 20 years.

Ed Wroe, Kirkland