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Old 23rd Jul 2009, 12:20
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kevin_mayes
 
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L & L
A long time ago (17 years to be exact) I looked after the noise and track keeping system at Heathrow, one of my tasks was to calibrate the equipment at the remote noise monitoring sites, while there a chap came up, full of lip complaining about the noise from the aircraft overflying his house. The conversation kind of went like this.

"These bloody things are runing my life, can't get any peace!"
So I asked him where he lived, right under the flight path as it happened next to the noise monitor.

Then I asked him did he go on hoilday this year, yes he said, he had two hoildays a year...

Then I asked him, Oh which airport did you fly from then?
"Heathrow" was the answer...

Tel you what L & L shoot me down, but why don't you book a trial lesson in a helicopter, you might find it quite fun? I know when I got hooked, suddenly helicopters flying overhead were a lot more interesting.

Kev.
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