Free Response to Motion - District Court of Federal Claims - federal

Case 1:01-cv-00201-VJW

Document 224-8

Filed 10/12/2006

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EXHIBIT G

Case 1:01-cv-00201-VJW

Document 224-8

Filed 10/12/2006

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Louis Figari Mr. and Mrs. Figari live at 624 Secotan Road in Virginia Beach where they have lived since December 1991. (Exhibit 18B, Figari Deposition. p. 5). Mr. Figari is a commercial airline pilot with Continental Airlines, and when he was in the Navy he flew the F-4 Phantom. (id. p. 7). After he left active duty in the Navy he stayed in the Naval Reserves for 20 years. (id. p. 12). He built his present home, and before he purchased the lot he observed flight activity nearby. Very seldom did the flights overfly his home site. (id. p. 22-23). From the time he moved into the home until the F/A-18s arrived, noise was not a problem. The planes flying out of Oceana prior to that time were the A-6 and F-14. (id. p. 24-25). Mr. Figari's home in the Croatan neighborhood is not supposed to be in a flight pattern, but very occasionally prior to the F/A-18, when there were numerous airplanes in the pattern, a plane would fly over or near his house. (id. p. 27-28). After the arrival of the F/A-18s, the noise has affected his ability to listen to the radio and television and conduct phone conversations. When the F/A-18s fly over and around his house they are flying at between 800 and 1,000 feet. (id. p. 29-30). He describes the current living conditions in his home as tolerable until an F/A-18 flies over. (id. p. 37).

Exhibit 18A - Louis Figari Deposition Summary - Page 1 of 1