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The number of noisy Stage 2 jets based at Van Nuys Airport has increased 62 percent in the past four years, challenging claims by airport tenants that the aircraft are being phased out, according to a report released Monday.
The Los Angeles Airports Department found that the number of Stage 2 jets at the airfield has increased from 29 in 1993 to 47 today, while the number of quieter Stage 3 aircraft has increased at half that rate.
Gerald Silver of the Stop the Noise Coalition said the report by Van Nuys operations manager Harry D. Woody bolsters his group's contention that a government mandated phase-out of the older, noisier aircraft is necessary.
"The San Fernando Valley has become a dumping ground for this kind of aircraft," Silver said....