Think of a taxy-ing Viscount and then whinge about "NOISE!!!!"
Ah nostalgia! What's a dart between friends ?
I remember as a young boy lying in bed at night and the late evening departure of a VC-10 heading eastwards across the city would reverberate sometimes for up to 10mins if the atmospherics were helpful.....that was loud. Nowdays it's just a brief rise in noise and then it's gone, it really
is all about perspective, as Skipness states.
Also, as stated, the amount spent (finally after decades of dithering) on needed infrastructure at LHR was for a reason. Why do you think that the area to the north west of LHR was never built on in any meaningful way ? The plan has always been for a third runway and it
will be implemented no matter how many protests from residents and interested parties.
It is said that you can judge a country by it's airport (main) and that being the case LHR does the job nicely
I'll leave it up to you to provide the interpretation.
Regards
SHJ