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Old 29th Mar 2013, 00:45
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poteroo
 
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The issue is whether you cause any 'loss of amenity' to your neighbours.

If you are only intending to arrive and depart at a low frequency, but irregularly, and not before 7:30am or after 6.00pm - then your neighbours have little cause. (these times are those outside of which you cannot operate noisy domestic equipment such as leaf blowers, mowers, whippersnippers,power tools etc - so an aircraft should fit within these).

Then, orient your operational direction, (probably best not to call it an airstrip), so that you give the widest possible berth to overflight of neighbours dwellings, wrt safety. Use a steep, full flap power off approach where possible, and reduce t/o power once airborne - so establishing a 'fly friendly' pattern of operations right from the start.

Obviously, you need to brief your ignorant mates to do likewise - you don't want them doing beat ups in a 210, 185, 180, an RV, or a T6! We found that the only time our 20 year neighbours made comment was when this happened - because old mate overflew all the properties nearby with great gusto! Don't hold a fly-in because there'll always be someone who forgets the briefing.

happy days,
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