Thanks for your input Meeb, and I note what you say.
What I envisage is a situation where departing aircraft would climb out normally which would take them outside the circuit pattern. Aircraft would descend a few miles away from the airfield to circuit height and from a direction that would naturally lead into the circuit I described above. No-one would descend directly overhead as with the overhead join. I can't at the moment see any confliction between arriving and departing aircraft.
I'm not saying dogmatically that this is the way ahead, but I am trying to generate some thought towards the threat of the whingers. I do strongly think that the GA community have got to do something, and perhaps quite radical. One thing I am sure about though is we must raise the circuit height where possible.....Anyone else ?
Hi sensible, You're right on the climb out noise but there's not so much we can do about that, not yet anyway. Maybe we should try the 1500' overhead circuit join sometime when the airfield is quiet, and see how feasible it is. I don't think it's too much to lose, especially if the join is carried out over the upwind end of the runway.
[This message has been edited by OneMileHigh (edited 30 June 2000).]