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Old 25th August 2000 | 14:52
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Did you see the classic noise story in the PFA mag a while ago?

Council noise man called out to a complaint about noisy aeroplanes.He turns up in a clapped out van with broken silencer. He find s thet the only things flying are RADIO CONTROLLED GLIDERS. Calls at the complainer's address which is a considerable distance from the field. She says she called after seeing the aeroplanes from her upstairs window through BINOCULARS. The old biddy was deaf as a post as well.

Although the above is quite extreme it does demonstrate the lengths that people will go to to complain about something they perceive as a selfish hobby for rich people (tell that to the struggling student trying to maintain a food intake and flying hours).

Even White Waltham, which has been an airfield since Pontious was a pilot, home of the WW2 ATA etc, has neighbour problems.

Flying in a considerate manner has to be done or our beloved government will do even more to clip our wings. Look at Germany for example.

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