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airplane and is a good airworthy aircraft. It meets all the FAA standards and is completely airworthy. It’s just, it’s brand new. There isn’t but 200 hours on that aircraft and there’s absolutely nothing mechanically wrong with it or unsafe. It’s completely airworthy. WOODWARD: Very good. Thank you. Any questions for Mr. Bridges? Commissioner Ishibashi. ISHIBASHI: Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks for your testimony. Looking at your application, I was reading this, under Section 1 you make reference to allow private noncommercial aircraft to land, take off and park, noncommercial. It doesn’t say one plane. It says non -. OLIVER: Excuse me, sir. I could change that -. NOMURA: Microphone, please. OLIVER: Oh. Yeah, when I filled out the application, you know, might as well ask for the moon. We’re not asking for that. I didn’t know how to fill out the application. Since then I’ve talked to the County and we’ve decided in later documents I submitted, no visitors, no buzzing, nobody but me. That is part of my application now. They asked the same question, how many airplanes are you going to have coming? I changed that to no visitors, no buzzing, just my own airplane; and that’s on record. ISHIBASHI: The value to operate, how much costs you to fly from Hilo to Kau and what’s the -? OLIVER: Approximately half the price of a car. I burn about the same amount of gas, travel twice as fast; and then I don’t have to have the traffic. ISHIBASHI: And the intent of this craft, what do you use this airplane for, in your business? OLIVER: The aircraft is strictly recreational. It’s a way, the biggest thing, well, one of the things, I can check my pig trap. I can fly over there to see if there’s pig trap and I can also see where the pigs are, see if they’re sneaking up on me. And if I fly over there, I have every right to fly within10 feet of my trap, but I don’t have the privilege to land. If I land it’s going to cost another $500. ISHIBASHI: Most of us hunt with rubber boots, so you’re lucky you can fly. Okay, thank you. WOODWARD: All right. Any further questions? Okay, gentleman, you may be seated. We have three people from the public signed up to testify. If we could get James and Pele Hanoa 5 EXHIBIT C