[CPEO-MEF] Jet noise tests over Washington County (NC)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Super Hornets begin flying over proposed OLF location 
Washington-Beaufort County site is studied to find impact on birds 

February 14,2006 
SUE BOOK 
NEW BERN SUN JOURNAL (NC) 


PLYMOUTH - The Navy began Super Hornet flights Monday at the proposed
Washington-Beaufort County Outlying Landing Field site to measure the
planes? impact on birds. 

The flights, scheduled to continue through Wednesday, are designed to
collect data on aircraft noise. They also will record the response of
birds from a nearby wildlife refuge to the sight and noise from the
planes, according to the Navy U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Norfolk, Va. 

Two squadrons of Navy Super Hornets are slated for assignment to Cherry
Point in 2007 and 2008. A northeastern section of Craven County is one
of five sites under consideration as an OLF for the planes. 

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For the entire article, see
http://www.newbernsj.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.cfm&StoryID=26289&Section=Local

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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