Noise at Brize Norton
Having been SDO, and subjected to a tirade of abuse about the noise of a VC10 doing night circuit training in the mid eighties, what is it like for the SDO at Brize Norton now. Having lived in Carterton for over thirty years, the noise of the C130's propellors is much more intrusive than the noise of four Conways was, it's the never ending drone, you can hear it clearly on the golf course in Burford, some six miles away! I know this sounds Nimbyish but I do wish they had never closed Lyneham, Start up, to taxy, seems to take for ever for an Albert, I'm sure there must be a technical reason why it takes so long. I briefly lived in Melsome Road married quarters, Lyneham, in 1972, which was much nearer to the flight line than I live at the moment, so I do feel able to comment!