The western mountains of Maine are a wonderful place, providing the opportunity for hiking, canoeing, fishing and communing with the beauties of nature.

As a resident of crowded New Jersey, I have always looked forward to the peace and quiet that our summer vacations at Rangeley Lake provided. I remember how that peace and quiet was shattered many years ago by the terrain hugging flights of B-47 bombers and the tree top flights of several military fighter planes over the lake.

Were such low level flights to be resumed, the entire ambiance of the region would be changed and I, and probably many others, would be forced, with great regret, to seek a different place to enjoy the beauties of the natural world.

I urge Maine residents not to allow the resumption of low level flights over the region.

Henry Green, Fair Haven, N.J.