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Show Letters... Airport, Yes! We have been reading with interest the letters concerning the Summit-Park City airport. Mr. Trepanier's letters have caused us a great deal of irritation. His statement that the only people who would use the airport would be a few wealthy out-of-towners is a bunch of baloney! We don't consider ourselves wealthy or money to Wasatch County and getting nothing in return. The cost of this airport is a big factor. But when you hear of the ridiculous things the government (Fed.. State. & County) spends our taxes for, it seems fairly trite to condemn this airport, which will benefit many, many people. Perhaps you can't compare the population of Park City to that of Jackson Hole, but have you noticed the growth of Park City lately? We're growing and will continue to do so. We firmly believe that the Summit-Park City airport would be self-sufficient. Coming from the Aspen area, we can remember when they couldn't , see Aspen supporting a small airline; they now have two airlines plus a full time charter service. And a lot of private planes and pilots. This letter has been a while in the writing as we've been checking the facts and figures given. They can be verified. Now you have another opinion of the proposed airport. And you can be sure that we will be voting for someone who wants the airport.. Bill & Pat Kppley lines). There are 760.000 active pilots who logged 39 million hour in the air. of which 84 were flown by private pilots! Over the past 15 years, the number of general aviation has grown from 68.000 to more than 162.000: the number of hours flown has tripled and the annual production of aircraft has doubled. So while we who fly privately owned airplanes or rent them, seem to be a minority, we are growing in leaps and bounds. Besides, it's less expensive than a commercial flight, quicker than a car and a lot more fun. As stated earlier, we park our airplane in Heber City. We'd like to set Mr. Trepanier straight on the opperation at that airport. The present concessioner has been there for 7 years. They pay the city of Heber for the lease to operate the airport. They have not gone broke trying to keep the airport open and to their knowledge, neither did the people who operated it before them. The taxes we pay for our airplane goes to Wasatch County, and regardless regard-less to your "facts", Wasatch County does not maintain or subsidize that airport. (Please get your facts straight. Mr. Trepanier). Tre-panier). The only maintenance done at that airport is a little snow removal, by the Heber City crews, when and if they get around to it. The balance is done by the concessioner. Personally, we're tired of paying our tax out-ot-towners. oui e uwh an airplane which we use for business and pleasure. I'm sure if he took the time, he would find several residents own airplanes and several more who hold private pilots licenses. We1 currently park our plane in Heber because we'd rather use a small airport facilities than Salt Lake City. Also the driving distance is cut in half. How much nicer it would be if the nearest airport were only 5 minutes away. Since this valley also consists of some oil fields, we believe the Coalville area will also benefit from this airport. There are a lot of pilots and privately owned aircraft that belong to oil companies. We concede that a lot of skiers take commercial airlines, but a lot of them would fly their own planes if there were an airport closer to Park City than Salt Lake's. People who vacation here, or this area, who also fly woud be more than happy to use this airport. Last year general aviation carried almost as many passengers passen-gers as certified carriers (air- |