Noisy little aeroplanes
Hi peacefullskies,
I live about ten miles from London Heathrow Airport and next to a road that is a busy commuting road during the week and favourite burn-up track for motorcyclists of a Sunday.
Seven days per week we have Jumbos Dreamers and Airbuses at low altitude arriving and departing in every direction. (We used to have seven Concordes operating which were even noisier).
Each weekday the commuter rush-hour starts at 07:30 hrs and lasts till 09:00 hrs and again at 17:00 hrs and lasts till 18:30 hrs.
The bikes are mostly Japanese models with over-square engines with peak engine revs of about 14,500! They scream up the nearby hill.
About 70% of private flying in the UK takes place here in the South East of England. Nevertheless the gentle drone of little aeroplanes is the very least of my noise concerns.
BP.