One law banning aircraft over parks would immediately rescue silence

Evidence

The good news is that rescuing silence can come much more easily than tackling these other problems. A single law would signal a huge and immediate improvement. That law would prohibit all aircraft from flying over our most pristine national parks. — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 25

A single law would signal a huge and immediate improvement. That law would prohibit all aircraft from flying over our most pristine national parks. — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 25

Categorization

• QUESTION: Would a single aircraft-overflight ban genuinely restore quiet, or do road and ground noise also dominate? Worth checking against the actual policy record.
• SEED: A concrete legislative lever for a policy essay: the specificity of ‘one law’ makes for a powerful call-to-action piece.
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 25
• XREF: connects to: Overcast skies protect Olympic Park’s quiet by deterring scenic flights — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 70

Broader Connections

• Overcast skies protect Olympic Park’s quiet by deterring scenic flights #corroborates (0.85) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 70