{"id":1555,"date":"2001-12-12T09:17:31","date_gmt":"2001-12-12T14:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=1555"},"modified":"2001-12-12T09:17:31","modified_gmt":"2001-12-12T14:17:31","slug":"hear_the_mighty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/12\/12\/hear_the_mighty.html","title":{"rendered":"Hear the mighty engines roar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we moved into our house, we knew that Centennial Airport was just a few miles away.  A small, private airport, there are still the occasional private\/business\/charter jets that take off and land there, since it&#8217;s next to the Denver Tech Center, the largest employment hub in the region.<\/p>\n<p>An ongoing legal fight has been going on between the Airport (supported by the local communities) and at least one company that wants to have regularly scheduled commercial flights into Centennial.  <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m certainly not in favor of such flights, but I&#8217;m also grown-up enough to realize that that&#8217;s one of the possible dangers of being near an airport.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the Supreme Court has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockymountainnews.com\/drmn\/local\/article\/0,1299,DRMN_15_906064,00.html\">let stand<\/a> an FAA ruling that would deny Centennial just under $2MM\/yr in federal maintenance assistance if it doesn&#8217;t accept scheduled flights.  The airport is considering its options, which could include trying to make up the money from local citizenry (which would truly be a case of folks putting their money where their ears are).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we moved into our house, we knew that Centennial Airport was just a few miles away. 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