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	<title>A Kauai Blog &#187; Helicopters</title>
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		<title>Stop the Helicopter Landings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back when the Robinsons applied for a helicopter landing permit, I argued against it saying it would just lead to more companies wanting to do the same. Well, it&#8217;s happening.
Last Tuesday, the Kaua&#8217;i Planning Commission held a public hearing [PDF] on the application for: 



Use Permit U-2008-3, Special Permit SP-2008-2 and Class IV Zoning Permit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Busted!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Garden Island newspaper had a front page story yesterday about the state Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) warning Inter-Island Helicopter to stop illegal landings. In another example of helicopter companies flaunting the laws, they are advertising the tour on their website, and DLNR staff found a clearing and &#8220;temporary&#8221; structures to provide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things Heat Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may be springtime, but I&#8217;m not talking about the weather for once. The Garden Island newspaper published my second letter to the editor about helicopters in response to the two replies I triggered. It&#8217;s in good company with letters by the wacky Peter Saker and the esteemed Ray Chuan.
I was hoping to see more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ruffled Feathers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems like my letter in the newspaper provoked some response from the helicopter industry. Today&#8217;s newspaper has two letters on the subject, one from Safari Helicopters justifying their lawsuit against the safety measures, and another from a pilot who says I don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;m talking about and calls me names. I will refrain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to the Editor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2006 02:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first letter to the editor, entitled &#8220;Helicopter industry is not God&#8217;s gift to Kaua&#8217;i,&#8221; was published in today&#8217;s Garden Island newspaper, here is the link. The letters published in the Garden Island are very popular on the island, my wife says they are the best part of the paper. There are ongoing discussions about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Unsafe Industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 21:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The investigation into the last helicopter crash is progressing with some twists and turns. While the investigators were originally cautious not to rule out any mechanical malfunction, the investigation is now centered on pilot error, some conflicting accounts of the accident, and some blame.
Except for having a surviving pilot trying to shed the blame, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helicopter Crash</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2005 23:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday, a tourist helicopter with 5 passengers and the pilot crashed into the ocean in bad weather, about a half-mile offshore of Haena, on the north shore. Three of the passengers died, while two others were rescued and the pilot swam ashore.
According to the newspaper, the wreckage was recovered from the ocean yesterday,  [...]]]></description>
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