TOURISM, RESCUES Benefits of helicopters outweigh noise nuisance Dear Editor: In response to Mr. Simmonds complaini of helicopter noise on sunny days (letters, May 25) | am obliged to offer some perspective. Certainly, the use of helicopters in our urban community has grown dramatically in recent years and along with it public awareness of this unique machine. Seldom does a day go by without secing one fly oy, reading about one in the newspaper or wat- ching one perform on television. With all of this comes the awareness of noise or more precisely, the perception of noise. In fact, the actual decibel reading of helicopters (heavy-lift ex- cepted) is no more than a truck starting up and lower than ambient street traffic. It is, however, a forcign sound to some people and therefore is perceived as an annoying noise. Here then is the conflict: as a business, we earn our living conducting sightseeing tours over our beautiful mountains for hundreds of tourists and locals. At the same timie we are spoiling Sunday afternoon barbecues for a few by the perceived noise of the air- craft, although, it is flying three thousand feet above the built up area. 1 can accept that this may be taking a small degree of tranquillity from the community, however we ‘give something back, Next winter when you or some one you know goes missing in the mountains, and the highly skilled North Shore Rescue Team is called in, it will probably be the same ‘pesky buzzing machine” that locates and carries you to safety. I would be pleased to meet with Mr. Simmonds to discuss our fly neighborly program. Steven J. Wright President Vancouver Helicopters Inc. Firm not reinventing the wheel Dear Editor: A letter to the editor on July 1 claimed that development of an uninterruptible power supply was reinventing the wheel. Using the writer’s argument, almost all elec- tronic research end development is reinventing the wheel. Electronics owes its existence to the pioncering work in electricity and magnetism of scientific giants such as Coulomb, Ampere, Ohm, Gauss, Faraday, Henry and Max- well. Today’s computer has its roots in work done over 300 hundred years ago! The present. electronics era began with the invention of the : re NOTICE On page 65 of Zellers Little Book of Big Values Flyer the illustration of - the crib is incorrect. The correct crib has closed panel ends and is not the Gate-Away. Copy information is correct.. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. ry J. Michael Gendron For all your Real Esiale needs Integrity & Service with a smile Call Michael at: transistor 40 years ago. Future development in electronics will lead to improvements in efficiency, reliability, speed, power consump- tion, weight, size and lower cost. Furthermore, the distinction be- tween a device, a circuit and a systen: will become more and more blurred. Triton is a manufacturer of power protection products for sen- sitive electrozic equipment and already manufactures uninterrup- tible power suppties. The federal grant, received after extensive in- also to build a high performance, more reliable and lower cost off- line UPS with true on-line UPS characteristics ‘utilizing a unique ferroresonant transformer techno- logy. High tech companies cannot engage in typical narrow-minded resource-based thinking but must do continuing research, develop- ment, diversification and expan- sion for growth and survival. We are no longer competing against domestic companies but against the world. Nazir Mulji Marketing Engineer Triton Technology Inc. North Vancouver vestigation by the IRDP officers to ensure novelty and technological uncertainty, will allow us to not only expand our product line, but ss” 988-6521} Kenneth J. Baxter Lawyer 320 - 145 Chadwick Court. North Vancouver Gust south of the market — next to the Seabus) Lonsdate Quay Plaza ssupmmaman SITE AT INDIAN RIVER CRESCENT AND INDIAN RIVER DRIVE f NORTH VANCOUVER Sealed tenders for the purchase of the freehold of the above site will be received by the Land Agent of The Corporation of the District of North Vancouver until 11:00 a.m. Thursday the ist day of September, 1988. The site has an area of 1.594 ha (3.94 acres) and is zoned RG-5 which permits single family and attached housing at a maximum density of 15 units per hectare (6 units per acres) for a tota! of 23 units. Submissions will be evaluated on the basis of price and the development proposed and a report submitted to Council within thirty days of the close of the tender. Council's acceptance of any bid would be conditional upon the issuance of a Development Permit for the development substantially as proposed by the bidder. The highest or any offer will not necessariiy be accepted. 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