Originally Posted by
LTNman
I have been going for walks over the fields by the airport over the last few days. Remarkable as there is no man made noise, just bird song disturbing the peace. A high price is being paid for all that silence though.
My routine exercise for years, and maintained now, is a walk out south of Luton. The bird song comment is very true, occasionally broken by a train.
One evening mid week the only aircraft I saw or heard was an outbound BA A380 - the surrounding silence allowed the Trents to be heard in full, even at height.
But, as you say, at a price.