RAF Heli's Over Berkshire, UK
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Aw, cut the guy some slack! He's 23 and new to the UK. Let's face it, he probably didn't have any choice where to live as he's with his parents. I can't imagine any 23 year old (unless they're a millionaire) being able to afford to live in Newbury let alone Winterbourne!
So DUB-GREG, in your vicinity there is RAF Lyneham, RAF Odiham, RAF Benson. Brize Norton, Fairford and Middle Wallop are not a million miles away either! There was Greenham Common and mustn't forget the bustling civilian airfield, Brimpton!
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So DUB-GREG, in your vicinity there is RAF Lyneham, RAF Odiham, RAF Benson. Brize Norton, Fairford and Middle Wallop are not a million miles away either! There was Greenham Common and mustn't forget the bustling civilian airfield, Brimpton!
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Well Whirls, You'll be glad to know I moved over here for work. Yes im 23. I have my own place in Winterbourne. Yes I can afford it.
But funny thing is im not here to discuss my finances (even though they may be considerably better than yours).
Secondly I wasn’t complaining about the noise, I was just wondering.
Finally "Champagne Anyone?", Your what I would call a muppet! Look it up on google and you might see a picture of yourself!
Thanks everyone for the decent posts and PM's.
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Some of you guys really need to revisit your ISS, in order to learn how to interpret English, and be able to tell the difference between an honest, civil question and "just another whinging civvie who bought a house near an airfield and tries to get it closed down coz of the noise".
In your area DUB, it could be pretty much anything from the frontline rotary fleet, get yourself to www.raf.mod.uk and see if you get any clues from the limited recognition info therein.
If the noise continues, and I doubt it will for more than a week or two at most, then give your nearest RAF station a call, talk to Stn Ops, and civily explain your problem. They will no doubt be more than happy to get a call from someone who's not ranting, or threatening to get their shotgun out, for once! They won't be able to give you any explanations or resolutions over the phone, but you will likely be contacted, in a manner of your choosing, by the Stn Media and Communications Officer, who may be able to offer no more than the literature explaining the UK Low Flying System and the need for low level training. If however there is a high density of complaints in your area, and the problem is likely to be an ongoing one, a compromise will no doubt be sought. Good neighbors!
Nobody wants to work late into the night, so you'll probably find that once the required night flying package has been completed the late night noise will stop, at least til next time
In your area DUB, it could be pretty much anything from the frontline rotary fleet, get yourself to www.raf.mod.uk and see if you get any clues from the limited recognition info therein.
If the noise continues, and I doubt it will for more than a week or two at most, then give your nearest RAF station a call, talk to Stn Ops, and civily explain your problem. They will no doubt be more than happy to get a call from someone who's not ranting, or threatening to get their shotgun out, for once! They won't be able to give you any explanations or resolutions over the phone, but you will likely be contacted, in a manner of your choosing, by the Stn Media and Communications Officer, who may be able to offer no more than the literature explaining the UK Low Flying System and the need for low level training. If however there is a high density of complaints in your area, and the problem is likely to be an ongoing one, a compromise will no doubt be sought. Good neighbors!
Nobody wants to work late into the night, so you'll probably find that once the required night flying package has been completed the late night noise will stop, at least til next time
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Cheers dude,
As i said its not a problem i was just curious!
Im doing ATPL next year so it doesnt bother me in the slightest... I was just wondering.
Thanking you and good evening!
As i said its not a problem i was just curious!
Im doing ATPL next year so it doesnt bother me in the slightest... I was just wondering.
Thanking you and good evening!
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Ooooooohhhhh Dub,
Don't you get grumpy you get when your sleep pattern is disturbed!
And it's Mr Muppet to you sonny!
Run along now or you'll be late for school in the morning!
ps, is that your real hair?
Don't you get grumpy you get when your sleep pattern is disturbed!
And it's Mr Muppet to you sonny!
Run along now or you'll be late for school in the morning!
ps, is that your real hair?
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Oi Dub, you can cut me some slack an' all - I was trying to stick up for you after you had no serious replies initially.
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Christ on bike! What a bunch of juvenile tossers you lot are (with one exception).
The guy has a perfectly civil question.
The choppers are probably Chinooks from RAF Odiham. I work in Newbury and see them all the time- although much higher.
The guy has a perfectly civil question.
The choppers are probably Chinooks from RAF Odiham. I work in Newbury and see them all the time- although much higher.
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Christ on bike! What a bunch of juvenile tossers you lot are (with one exception).
The guy has a perfectly civil question.
Re-read his Q: "Every now and again a heli flys over my flat very VERY VERY low. As a private pilot i estimate its around 50-100 feet. AT NIGHT!
Does anyone know what the nearist RAF base is to me and if so why do they fly so low over my place?"
Lucky he's a private pilot or they'd have been at 25' and likely to blow his roof off
Hi,
I must admit that I find it extremely difficult to estimate the altitude of passing aircraft. Obviously it gets tricky if they're at tens of thousands of feet, but for example, the Tornados that passed en route to a flypast the other day looked to be at considerably less than 1000ft; presumably they wouldn't have been lower than 500 over a built up area.
That said it's misleading, because you watch these things bouncing around the sky in a fairly agile manner, and then wander up to one on the ground and are immediately struck with the thought "Christ, this thing's absolutely enormous."
I presume people who fly regularly get much better at it.
Phil
I must admit that I find it extremely difficult to estimate the altitude of passing aircraft. Obviously it gets tricky if they're at tens of thousands of feet, but for example, the Tornados that passed en route to a flypast the other day looked to be at considerably less than 1000ft; presumably they wouldn't have been lower than 500 over a built up area.
That said it's misleading, because you watch these things bouncing around the sky in a fairly agile manner, and then wander up to one on the ground and are immediately struck with the thought "Christ, this thing's absolutely enormous."
I presume people who fly regularly get much better at it.
Phil
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If the noise continues, and I doubt it will for more than a week or two at most, then give your nearest RAF station a call, talk to Stn Ops, and civily explain your problem. They will no doubt be more than happy to get a call from someone who's not ranting, or threatening to get their shotgun out, for once!
I have a sneaky suspicion as to the culprits, however I'm more than happy to allow our sideways-scuttling brethren take the heat a little longer.
Mova - me, posh? Unlikely.
Mova - me, posh? Unlikely.
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Blimey some testosterone in hear.
Blokes asks a couple of questions, not IMHO moans or groans, and he gets some stupid answers.
Champagne where at all in the first post is the moan about noise? With PR skill like yours its now wonder we the military sometimes upset our "shareholders" and dont get as much public support as we used to. Probably they think the military has turn into a bunch of high horse riding, self centred t055ers. Responses like yours only provide fuel to this thought.
Dont even try to tell me that whats on the forum stays on the forum, its much more a sign of your attitude towards the public.
Agree with Sasless if its not a complaint about JPA or the fact that we now dont get the best allowances in the world then lets just jump down the throat of the poster.
I thought a decent question deserved a decent answer, clearly others didnt.
Blokes asks a couple of questions, not IMHO moans or groans, and he gets some stupid answers.
Champagne where at all in the first post is the moan about noise? With PR skill like yours its now wonder we the military sometimes upset our "shareholders" and dont get as much public support as we used to. Probably they think the military has turn into a bunch of high horse riding, self centred t055ers. Responses like yours only provide fuel to this thought.
Dont even try to tell me that whats on the forum stays on the forum, its much more a sign of your attitude towards the public.
Agree with Sasless if its not a complaint about JPA or the fact that we now dont get the best allowances in the world then lets just jump down the throat of the poster.
I thought a decent question deserved a decent answer, clearly others didnt.
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Nat my old china....
You need to go and ask your English master for some more tuition!
You, employed by Aunt Betty? Don't make me laugh! I have just read your post again and have not laughed so much in ages...
'With PR skill like yours its now wonder we the military sometimes upset our "shareholders" and dont get as much public support as we used to. Probably they think the military has turn into a bunch of high horse riding, self centred t055ers.'
Priceless, absolutely priceless! Keep it up matey, it's brightened up an otherwise dull evening!
'Dont even try to tell me that whats on the forum stays on the forum, its much more a sign of your attitude towards the public'
Please some one get him to stop, I can't take any more!!
'Agree with Sasless if its not a complaint about JPA or the fact that we now dont get the best allowances in the world then lets just jump down the throat of the poster'
Well if you agree with sasless that just about says it all!
I suggest you go back to your first love, as indicated in your profile and start burping from said orifice instead of talking out of it!
You need to go and ask your English master for some more tuition!
You, employed by Aunt Betty? Don't make me laugh! I have just read your post again and have not laughed so much in ages...
'With PR skill like yours its now wonder we the military sometimes upset our "shareholders" and dont get as much public support as we used to. Probably they think the military has turn into a bunch of high horse riding, self centred t055ers.'
Priceless, absolutely priceless! Keep it up matey, it's brightened up an otherwise dull evening!
'Dont even try to tell me that whats on the forum stays on the forum, its much more a sign of your attitude towards the public'
Please some one get him to stop, I can't take any more!!
'Agree with Sasless if its not a complaint about JPA or the fact that we now dont get the best allowances in the world then lets just jump down the throat of the poster'
Well if you agree with sasless that just about says it all!
I suggest you go back to your first love, as indicated in your profile and start burping from said orifice instead of talking out of it!
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Granted a couple of typo's. Wireless keyboards are a pain
My points still stand, if you have a point please try again.
Mocking of a couple of lines is hardly constructive is it, but then perhaps you are just concentrating on your JPA log in - hurry away now and welcome to the real world chap.
My points still stand, if you have a point please try again.
Mocking of a couple of lines is hardly constructive is it, but then perhaps you are just concentrating on your JPA log in - hurry away now and welcome to the real world chap.
