While flight training is a vital service, the specific telemetry photo highlights a pressing safety and quality-of-life concern for the residential community surrounding Clow International Airport. As shown, aircraft N96180 (a Cessna 172 operated by JB Aviation) repeatedly executes low-altitude flight training loops directly over dense residential rooftops, including the Augusta Village subdivision. It is noted that your pilots do perform maneuvers over open terrain; however, doing so does not justify or offset the decision to loop continuously over heavily populated residential areas. This is especially true when there is ample open terrain available immediately surrounding Clow Airport itself, as well as at Galt Airport in Wonder Lake—a facility managed by JB Aviation that is completely surrounded by open land. Conducting repetitive, low-altitude training exercises over homes introduces unnecessary risks to the families on the ground should an unexpected emergency occur. We strongly urge your instructors to prioritize safety margins by steering these continuous training loops away from residential rooftops and consistently utilizing the available open space instead.
Wonder Lake, Illinois · K10C
JB Aviation
4.9 from 28 Google reviews
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