The Orange County Register · Apr 11, 2017
Low-flying jets called noisy … and a danger to swallows?
A local San Juan Capistrano group is protesting new FAA-approved air routes and low-flying jet noise. One resident also suggests there could be bird strikes on San Juan’s fabled swallows. (File photo: Nick Agro, Orange County Register/SCNG)City councils in several South Orange County cities have heard pleas in recent weeks from residents asking for relief from what they say is a new phenomenon, noise from low-flying jetliners.
In San Juan Capistrano, an April 4 appeal struck a particularly eloquent chord: Could low-flying airliners that critics say assault the ears also be a threat to the famous swallows of Capistrano?