Noise pollution
Hello,
Flying a small plane for recreation purposes is very cool and a dream come true for many people. My question is, at what point do we need to consider out skies saturated an unable to accommodate more small aircraft? My concern is that in many parts of the US there is so much small aircraft traffic that the prop and engine noise becomes an annoyance. At what point do we need to say that there are too many planes in the sky? For example, if on a typical walk in a park outside a city you can hear aircraft an average of over 50% of the time, is that too much? What if you can hear 3 aircraft 100% of the time? My question is, where do we draw the line in terms of the number of planes allowed in the sky? From a noise pollution perspective this will be a non-issue as soon as electric aircraft become common place, but until then, the only way to prevent noise pollution from aircraft seems to be to limit their number in the sky. People have a right to listen to the birds, the wind, a stream, and silence. We're getting to the point in this country where enjoying the sounds of nature is becoming impossible.