RAF Brize Norton has yet to comment on the figures.
According to BBC Radio Oxford, they were promised a written response from Brize by 0700 this morning, but 'nothing has been received'.....
As far as I'm aware, some of the earlier noise complaints were caused by the 'droning noise' of extended ground running, but others were because, contrary to the FOB, the C-130 was initially being flown at lower levels in the visual circuit - which was pointed out by the locals at some meeting they had with the RAF. The latter point was resolved, but when the C-130 is being caned to death by operations it's hardly surprising that maintenance is necessary at anti-social hours.
As was explained to some WODC councillors recently, you cannot simply back a C-130 onto a de-tuner as you can a VC10 (or, in the case of one tug driver who wasn't aware that the K3 was longer than the C1 and K2, actually
into the detuner...
), neither can engines be tested inside a hangar (another WODC councillor's query...
).
It would be interesting to see whether the pattern of nosie complaints has changed - I suspect that it has after the station introduced measures to reduce the impact upon the local population.
Anyway, at least the Voyager is extremely quiet on the approach. Whereas a TriStar, C-130 or C-17 might make people look up and a VC10 will probably waken the dead, the Voyager is almost inaudible.