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Old 16th Mar 2015, 14:56
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fireflybob
 
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It amazes me how many airports have housing/buildings so close to the approach/depature path.
At the local airfield where I fly there was a public enquiry for a proposed building development near the airfield. The airfield objected due to flight safety. The development still went ahead.

So now if we want to avoid flying over the built up area you have to commence a climbing turn at circa 200 feet to do so.

Not to mention the noise complaints! When the houses had just been built we had one new occupant call to complain about the noise. The CFI said "Are you going to complain to the solicitor that did your house conveyancing that you were not informed that the house was on the climb out/approach to an active airfield whose licence was issued in 1933?"....deathly hush from the other end.
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