Engine noise from climbing skydiving plane
The airfield location is Redlands near Swindon, but most of the complaints are coming from surrounding villages under the climb routes than from the residents close to the airfield who only hear a take off a few times each hour of the day.
Since Lyneham closed, new climb routes are used so that more villages are under the plane as it climbs slowly on max continuous power through the 1,000 to 6,000-10,000feet band ....and the noise footprint is widespread. Many more people are having to listen to it for longer than ever before, ...and they want their peace and quiet back so they can enjoy their BBQs, sports events and other outdoor activities.
We are looking for constructive suggestions and ideas on how other skydive planes are flown that manages to minimise their noise output and simultaneously keep their neighbourhood happy.
At present while the pleasure seeking of a few hundred parachutists and the legitimate business interests of the operators are being satisfied, it is at the price of noise discomfort to thousands of other residents of the local and surrounding areas.