3/14/2012 Email sent to Airport Manager and Group Distribution list
 

Today, March 14 about 11:45 am I had watched five aircraft take off from the airport going east and then north (several off the path and over my house) when I saw a banner plane coming from the east to west (see diagram below).  It made no effort to vear north and flew right through the path the other aircraft had taken. Another plane, taking off had to vear south to avoid the area the banner plane was in.
It’s bad enough that flight schools are not flying a designated path and now banner planes fly wherever they want and could cause a safety issue. Just a FYI as I watch from the ground.  And with the past two days I have seen other banner planes flying through this area at approximately the same height as the flight schools fly at.

Other aircraft not flying the requested path and noisy today were:
N551ER – AVN (probably Embry Riddle)
N482ER – AVN                   “
N435TS Twin – Diamond Aircraft

 

Norm Echelberry/Tomoka Estates

Here is a photo of the banner plane. I also did a video of the banner plane entering the area and then the other aircraft heading south.