I guess they don't like Heli's !!!!
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Amazing that people buy a house near an existing airfield then complain about noise ad nauseam.
Rather ironically and surprisingly some of the worst noise complainers are from the aviation community itself.
I was looking at buying a business property near a regional airport that is pretty busy with jet traffic recently. The agent told me that the airport noise was an issue and the property would fetch far more if it were situated differently. I nodded sagely and agreed with him - what I didn't tell him was that I loved the smell of kerosene in the morning, the noise will be increased a little by my helilcopter coming in and out and that accessibility to the regional airport is a positive attribute in my opinion.
Console yourself with the knowledge that these miserable complaining so and sos are upsetting themselves far more with this nonsense than they are the rest of us.
SB
Rather ironically and surprisingly some of the worst noise complainers are from the aviation community itself.
I was looking at buying a business property near a regional airport that is pretty busy with jet traffic recently. The agent told me that the airport noise was an issue and the property would fetch far more if it were situated differently. I nodded sagely and agreed with him - what I didn't tell him was that I loved the smell of kerosene in the morning, the noise will be increased a little by my helilcopter coming in and out and that accessibility to the regional airport is a positive attribute in my opinion.
Console yourself with the knowledge that these miserable complaining so and sos are upsetting themselves far more with this nonsense than they are the rest of us.
SB
Originally Posted by scooter boy
I nodded sagely and agreed with him - what I didn't tell him was that I loved the smell of kerosene in the morning, the noise will be increased a little by my helicopter coming in and out and that accessibility to the regional airport is a positive attribute in my opinion.
Console yourself with the knowledge that these miserable complaining so and sos are upsetting themselves far more with this nonsense than they are the rest of us.
Console yourself with the knowledge that these miserable complaining so and sos are upsetting themselves far more with this nonsense than they are the rest of us.
The complainant, being a Broadmeadows bogan, finds it totally acceptable to grind around his lawn all day most Sundays on a trail bike
He's also the only neighbour to have been missed off the invites for local joy flights
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great thread, but one central point has been missed:
if it wasn't for silly people sueing everyone for "product liability", and the awesome type certification requirements,
we'd have engines (and possibly blades) that made our aircraft as quite as a Lexus. And they'de be a lot more economical to boot.
bet it's the same sort of people who start these petitions that are now whinging about the excessive noise we all make.
Big Ls
if it wasn't for silly people sueing everyone for "product liability", and the awesome type certification requirements,
we'd have engines (and possibly blades) that made our aircraft as quite as a Lexus. And they'de be a lot more economical to boot.
bet it's the same sort of people who start these petitions that are now whinging about the excessive noise we all make.
Big Ls
Someone needs to take a "snapshot" of the poll results on a regular basis, methinks that once they cop the erosion in their position they may adopt ZANU-PF style tactics and "manipulate" the vote... 
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Looks like Shufflebottom's not just against helis; according to Bucks Free Press he's a Wycombe NIMBY in general:
RC
HIGH Wycombe's air park is set to become home to more planes after plans were passed to extend one of its hangars, despite an outcry from residents.
David Shufflebotham, representing the Wycombe Air Park Action Group, spoke at the committee meeting last Wednesday to oppose the plans.
He said: "Any increase in aircraft movements will further damage the environment for which you are responsible - the green belt, AONB."
He said: "Any increase in aircraft movements will further damage the environment for which you are responsible - the green belt, AONB."
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"manipulate" the vote
Who's to say that they haven't already. Prior to our "intervention" the results certainly did not reflect a normal distribution that you would expect in this kind of poll. Even allowing for the fact that the kind of people who frequent this site have a biased view and need to get a life it was a very strange result 
I think we can be fairly certain that they didn't set all of the counts to zero when they started the poll.
J.
I think we can be fairly certain that they didn't set all of the counts to zero when they started the poll.
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The Helicopter Noise Coalition is a forum for everyone in the UK whose lives are adversely affected by helicopters' noise
What a joke
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Not sure if its the same D.S but maybe we should start hovering over cricket grounds as well. Just as he receives a googley will be about right!
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Usual story
Idiots live near an airport then complain about the noise. There cannot be too many residents (still Living) that were there before the airport. Everyone else should just STFU complaining.
Thanks for the location, must be sure to avoid it !!
Thanks for the location, must be sure to avoid it !!
Hovering AND talking
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It's a shame that their forum is still closed for maintenance - I'm looking forward to explaining a few things on there!
Nice to see the votes are more "balanced" now!
On a similar vein, there's a thread in Private Flying here and the complainent, Ms K. Lacey has registered on Pprune to put across her "well-reasoned" arguments!
Cheers
Whirls
Nice to see the votes are more "balanced" now!
On a similar vein, there's a thread in Private Flying here and the complainent, Ms K. Lacey has registered on Pprune to put across her "well-reasoned"
arguments!Cheers
Whirls
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Latest scores on the doors:
So on the basis of the coalition's own statistics, the problem has reduced significantly and appears to be reducing on a daily basis
Well done everybody!!!
RC
How many helicopter noise incidents have you had in last 7 days...
None 22025 64%
Many times everyday 12287 35.7%
None 22025 64%
Many times everyday 12287 35.7%
Well done everybody!!!
RC