so why not those who buy a house close to an airfield?
probably because the people who complain, like to complain. We all know the sort.
I lived in St Ives for many years and the noises from Wyton and Alconbury never kept me awake. Yes you could hear USAF Herc noise from Alconbury when the wind was right.
All sorts of complaints when 51 moved to Waddo. The locals had become used to the Sentry - relatively quiet. They had forgotten what had been there previously. Many had bought houses next to a military airbase. It gets noisy.
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