Pogs
27th Jun 2003, 05:27
Hi,
I'm not anti-aviation (how can I be as I have a share in a plane?) but I really think that the prospective plan for Redhill is completely potty. It will impact me as a local resident to Redhill Aerodrome, as a pilot that flies from Redhill and may impact GA pilots in the area. Oh, by the way, I bought my house knowing that it was on the north west corner of the circuit – I may be mad but I like to see the planes!
For all local residents there will undoubted be an increase in the noise levels. At present in the Redhill / Reigate area we get noise from a number of east bound aircraft from LHR and from LGW for aircraft requiring reciprocal headings when the wind doesn’t favour a straight out departure (makes sense?). So it is a cumulative effect that must be considered. I have a sneaking suspicion that light aircraft make less noise than a fully laden 747 pounding its way to New York or to Changi from LHR. Can anyone confirm or deny?
I would imagine that local pilots will be encouraged to move their planes to other aerodromes. For the 12 years that I’ve held a licence I’ve flown from Redhill, but I doubt that will count for anything.
For you chaps not affected by the immediate plans may I respectfully suggest that you take a look at your South East charts, particularly at Redhill. There is a corridor about 5 miles wide between the Gatwick & Heathrow zones. What impact will London Redhill have upon the airspace? Will the gap between the 2 zones be reduced or even closed? Suppose you want to go from White Waltham to have a cup of tea at Headcorn - will you have to route via Haywards Heath?
I know that there will always be winners & losers with this type of problem and that somebody somewhere is going to have to put up with increased noise & disruption. Perhaps I going through my mid life crisis (I’ll be 40 in a few weeks time) but I consider that we have “lost the plot” and instead of concentrating on life quality we look for life quantity.
Rant over.
I'm not anti-aviation (how can I be as I have a share in a plane?) but I really think that the prospective plan for Redhill is completely potty. It will impact me as a local resident to Redhill Aerodrome, as a pilot that flies from Redhill and may impact GA pilots in the area. Oh, by the way, I bought my house knowing that it was on the north west corner of the circuit – I may be mad but I like to see the planes!
For all local residents there will undoubted be an increase in the noise levels. At present in the Redhill / Reigate area we get noise from a number of east bound aircraft from LHR and from LGW for aircraft requiring reciprocal headings when the wind doesn’t favour a straight out departure (makes sense?). So it is a cumulative effect that must be considered. I have a sneaking suspicion that light aircraft make less noise than a fully laden 747 pounding its way to New York or to Changi from LHR. Can anyone confirm or deny?
I would imagine that local pilots will be encouraged to move their planes to other aerodromes. For the 12 years that I’ve held a licence I’ve flown from Redhill, but I doubt that will count for anything.
For you chaps not affected by the immediate plans may I respectfully suggest that you take a look at your South East charts, particularly at Redhill. There is a corridor about 5 miles wide between the Gatwick & Heathrow zones. What impact will London Redhill have upon the airspace? Will the gap between the 2 zones be reduced or even closed? Suppose you want to go from White Waltham to have a cup of tea at Headcorn - will you have to route via Haywards Heath?
I know that there will always be winners & losers with this type of problem and that somebody somewhere is going to have to put up with increased noise & disruption. Perhaps I going through my mid life crisis (I’ll be 40 in a few weeks time) but I consider that we have “lost the plot” and instead of concentrating on life quality we look for life quantity.
Rant over.