Anti Airfield letter in todays Daily Mail
Letter published in the Daily Mail today. More NIMBY Crap. trouble is the Daily Mail published this mis-leading letter
Low-Flying aircraft from private airfields are a problem in many parts of Britain. These airfields are unregulated and aircrfat can fly at any height on take off or landing over properties and people, within several miles of an airfield without any legally designated and enforced flight-path. The CAA has no interest in acting unless eveidence is provided that the Civil Aviation Act has been broken. There are no restrictions on noise, over-flying or pollution from these airfields. One is prevented from suing for noise nuisance under the Civil Aviation Act. One cannot claim compensation for blight or obtain free sound insulation. Large airports are subject to more restrictions. In Swindon, some of us who's lives have been ruined by low-flying and noisy aircraft, have been hoping someone in government takes responsiblity for private airfield regulation. We have been passed back and forth between DEFRA and the Dept for Environment, Transport and the regions. and at one time Baroness Andrews was looking at this matter but we heard no more. There are campaigns against nuisance from activities at private airfileds all over the Uk. Surley some government department will agree to take responsibilty and act?. K Lacey, Swindon. Wilts |
Yeah but living in Swindon, surely about the only low flying aircraft you get are from Lyneham NOT civil GA traffic.
And if small private airfields ARE well used, (ie more than 28 occasions/year)then they must be operating under conditional planning permission from the local council, so they ARE regulated. |
These airfields are unregulated aircrfat can fly at any height on take off or landing over properties and people The CAA has no interest in acting unless eveidence is provided that the Civil Aviation Act has been broken. There are no restrictions on noise, over-flying or pollution from these airfields If one compares polution caused and availability of open green space, lawnmowers in small urban gardens produce vastly more polution than aircraft operating from wide open spaces of green. Large airports are subject to more restrictions. The operation of aircraft is regulated by the Dept of Transport through the CAA. The planning aspects of airfields is regulated by local government. Everything is 100% regulated. The biggest operator in the Swindon Area is the RAF. They are the responsibility of the MOD. There were very few facts and quite a lot of rubbish in that. No wonder the politicians ignore them. If that was all that GA had to worry about then they could sleep easy. Unfortunately in other areas the NIMBYs have better informed members and are better able to cause problems even if they do not have access to the national press. Regards, DFC |
That is the tw*t who wrote into newspapers about the Biggin Hill incident.
On another site, they have identified this person as a persistent complainer, and even local councillors in the Swindon area are getting fed up with them. |
In other words ...
"If the pilots aren't doing anything illegal then it's not illegal." ... including even Daily Mail readers, worse luck! |
We don't do ourselves any favours though, do we? Your next door neighbours lawnmower has to have a silencer, yet we're still flogging around in old aircraft without them!
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From a bit of snooping, I don't believe the person in question to be a he CottonEyeJoe.
I would also assume it's the same person who has complained of having "experienced planes flying at no more than 30 feet above my roof" (Click) and a skydiving centre causing "noise nuisance". With a little more snooping, you could publicly find an address, and with an aerial view see the previously mentioned nearby sky diving centre. ;) |
I think a little education for the NIMBY's would be money well spent by the CAA. I'm sure if it came to them not being allowed to go holiday to the Costa del Sol because they don't have any trained pilots their view would be a little different, pilots have to begin training somewhere!!! (Ok a little exaggeration, but you understand)
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And the complainers website and phone number:
http://www.audleysquare.com/Contact_Us/contact_us.html |
I suspect the fact that she works from home gives her more exposure to any noise and more time to complain.
However just because we do not agree with her does not give us the right to insult her. She is entitled to an opinion and the right to free speech. It is one of the great benefits of a democracy. I don't support her but neither am I prepared to abuse her. If we want to be taken seriously in any debate then perhaps moderation is called for. |
Originally Posted by Some Imposter Posing As Bose-X
However just because we do not agree with her does not give us the right to insult her.
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I've sent in my response...
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Originally Posted by IO540
One aged 70+ goes around in a miniskirt with no knickers and does her gardening (i.e. bending over) at 3am under a spotlight
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Originally Posted by matspart3
We don't do ourselves any favours though, do we? Your next door neighbours lawnmower has to have a silencer, yet we're still flogging around in old aircraft without them!
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One aged 70+ goes around in a miniskirt with no knickers and does her gardening (i.e. bending over) at 3am under a spotlight. |
Google *K Lacey* and you will see she comes up top of the pile with much interesting stuff about her including details of many of her anti-aviation crusades , but also you will see a very damning letter highly critical of her motives and time/ money wasting activities by a local councillor.
Cusco. |
What really made me angry was when reading 'Ms' K Lacey in the Times; she was trying to link the Biggin crash which she described as "an accident waiting to happen" with her experiences of living near a microlight strip in Wiltshire. :ugh:
I agree with bose though, she has a right to her opinions just like the rest of us and we shouldn't insult her just because we disagree with her views. |
Clearly she's a serial whinger, but I agree with Bose, Contacttower and others. She has a right to her views and has a right to air them, however irritating, ill-informed and self-serving they seem to be. And we have a right to put our views, as pleasantly but as forcefully as we can, and to present ourselves as exercising our rights while being mindful to minimise the inconvenience and annoyance to others. Live and let live.
In this particular case, it's not hard to correct the many errors in what she says, all the while remaining reasonable in the face of her silliness. |
IO540
What we need is photographic evidence of the nocturnal gardener and then we can write a letter of complaint citing pollution of the enviroment through excessive electricity consumption utilising spotlights instead of working during daylight hours. OK forget the photo. |
Why don't we just have a whip-round for this wonderful fun loving person to have a trial flight? I remember a post about him/her talking about a/c coming in with engines goin "phut...phut...phut" then putting on power coming in to land. Needs a flight.
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