Noise suffered by the people on the ground
I agree about the OP's apparent exaggeration or over-emphasis on the levels or timespan of noise "pollution" in his area.
I do remember that, in the mid 80's, the inhabitants local to RAF Odiham once complained that the noise at weekends was intolerable - the Glider Club decided that request did not deserve an answer...
I live within the Circuit routes at Norwich and I admit that every time I hear or see an aeroplane or helicopter overhead I thank someone for giving work to someone else.
However, I do see and hear about half of Norwich Airport's daily traffic - but I worry more about road noise beside my house, which is neither a main road nor a busy road.
I do remember that, in the mid 80's, the inhabitants local to RAF Odiham once complained that the noise at weekends was intolerable - the Glider Club decided that request did not deserve an answer...
I live within the Circuit routes at Norwich and I admit that every time I hear or see an aeroplane or helicopter overhead I thank someone for giving work to someone else.
However, I do see and hear about half of Norwich Airport's daily traffic - but I worry more about road noise beside my house, which is neither a main road nor a busy road.
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Thanks for the response and info Craybroadsword and others who replied politely. A pity that there are so few of you.
To the slobs and the bullies and the smug; Perhaps you might like to be more considerate towards the 99.9% of the population for whom helicopters are not an item of necessity or pleasure. Politeness costs little.
To the slobs and the bullies and the smug; Perhaps you might like to be more considerate towards the 99.9% of the population for whom helicopters are not an item of necessity or pleasure. Politeness costs little.
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Well Tony,
Perhaps if your OP relied a little less on emotive terms and exaggeration,
you might have received more reasonable (and fewer snide) responses.
Think about it.
Perhaps if your OP relied a little less on emotive terms and exaggeration,
you might have received more reasonable (and fewer snide) responses.
Think about it.
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Not an item of Necessity?
Did you ever take a Helicopter ride or tour? It seemed justified then didn't it.
Know anyone who's been transported by a medical helicopter?
Rescued by helicopter?
Ever watch the news?
Got reliable electricity at your house?
Affordable fuel prices thanks to helicopter's vital role in north sea oil drilling?
Do they have police in the UK? I believe it is a necessity to their operations, which makes it an important contributor to your safety.
What about your national security?
Economy?
Just because you aren't an end used of helicopter services directly don't imagine they do contribute to your lifestyle.
Did you ever take a Helicopter ride or tour? It seemed justified then didn't it.
Know anyone who's been transported by a medical helicopter?
Rescued by helicopter?
Ever watch the news?
Got reliable electricity at your house?
Affordable fuel prices thanks to helicopter's vital role in north sea oil drilling?
Do they have police in the UK? I believe it is a necessity to their operations, which makes it an important contributor to your safety.
What about your national security?
Economy?
Just because you aren't an end used of helicopter services directly don't imagine they do contribute to your lifestyle.
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@500guy there are more:
- Fire fighting
- Flood defence
- Pipeline patrol
- Rail Network safety
- Fertilizing forests
- etc. etc.
@Tony_SLF
Thank you for your "polite" answer.
Calling people, you don't even know, Slobs and smug must be the new kind of politeness I didn't know yet
- Fire fighting
- Flood defence
- Pipeline patrol
- Rail Network safety
- Fertilizing forests
- etc. etc.
@Tony_SLF
Thank you for your "polite" answer.
Calling people, you don't even know, Slobs and smug must be the new kind of politeness I didn't know yet
Tony SLF
Just reread your post, please state the facts. The definition of a noise nuisance is from when you can't hold a conversation to when you can. For a National Park planning permission case I had to land a Hughes 500 ( a very noisy helicopter )
The NP took its noise reading ( I was landing within 25 m of them ) The result was 12 seconds. So where does 30 to 60 seconds come from please ? Bear in mind the helicopters you are seeing / hearing will be 500 ft plus away from you not 25 m.
Most of us try very hard not to cause a nuisance however i understand you are upset but it does seem that you are perhaps exaggerating somewhat, hence some of the reply.
Just reread your post, please state the facts. The definition of a noise nuisance is from when you can't hold a conversation to when you can. For a National Park planning permission case I had to land a Hughes 500 ( a very noisy helicopter )
The NP took its noise reading ( I was landing within 25 m of them ) The result was 12 seconds. So where does 30 to 60 seconds come from please ? Bear in mind the helicopters you are seeing / hearing will be 500 ft plus away from you not 25 m.
Most of us try very hard not to cause a nuisance however i understand you are upset but it does seem that you are perhaps exaggerating somewhat, hence some of the reply.
Along with the observation that a further emotive (possible) exaggeration is the assertion that all his problems are created by private helicopters.
Really, Tony_SLF? You couldn't just be a teensy weensy bit inclined to over-egging the pudding here
I don't believe there are enough helicopters in the area for a steady string of traffic.
Tony - do you have a petrol lawnmower? Now they really get on my nerves - it can take hours for my neighbours to cut there lawns and its just relentless.
Perhaps your neighbours are the same?
Next time you see a helicopter try thinking positively about its purpose as listed above - day dream about where it may be going. And before you know it the thing will have gone and the noise no longer there.
Tony - do you have a petrol lawnmower? Now they really get on my nerves - it can take hours for my neighbours to cut there lawns and its just relentless.
Perhaps your neighbours are the same?
Next time you see a helicopter try thinking positively about its purpose as listed above - day dream about where it may be going. And before you know it the thing will have gone and the noise no longer there.
Living close to an airport I have many different types of helicopters (Mainly offshore) over my house every morning and through out the day from as early as 06:45. And it doesn't bother me. You get used to it!
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We live near the University of Warwick on what sometimes feels to be the main north/south route for private helicopters with a steady string on traffic. Whilst most helicopters are a minor annoyance, an increasing number make their presence known by both noise and a physical sensation. It is sometimes necessary for conversation to stop for 30-60 seconds. I have trouble believing this is deemed to be acceptable
Warwick University responds to Tile Hill shooting - The Boar
Several Tile Hill residents complained on Twitter about the noise of a police helicopter flying overhead during the hunt for Mark Cullimore, 34, who was involved in an armed stand-off with police in a block of flats in the Tile Hill area at around 2pm.
Still, the voice of reason always wins through;
https://storify.com/devdan/tile-hill-shooting
I'd rather hear a police helicopter for 8 hours, than have others hurt/killed by gun crime on my doorstep
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Here in north Dallas a Life Flight Agusta often flies directly over my house at + - 1,000', sometimes in the middle of the night. It's pretty loud.
I wake up, think about the dedication of the crew, and pray the person they are transporting is not seriously injured or ill.
I wake up, think about the dedication of the crew, and pray the person they are transporting is not seriously injured or ill.
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ThreeThreeMike -
"I wake up, think about the dedication of the crew, and pray the person they are transporting is not seriously injured or ill."
Exactly right!
TB
"I wake up, think about the dedication of the crew, and pray the person they are transporting is not seriously injured or ill."
Exactly right!
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Tony I'm going to try and be as polite as possible.
Generally a helicopter is flying overhead at or above 1000ft AGL unless directed by ATC. Many helicopters, private or commercial, travel at about 185kph (100kts) and are in the area for 12 to 15 seconds. At that height most helicopters are between 55dB and 65dB. No louder than the inside of an office of shopping centre.
It's not the actual volume of the noise that is making you "suffer" but the difference in noise. It's just like sitting at a cafe on a main street, you don't notice each and every car that drives past that cafe because you're used to it. Then a Harley motorbike goes past and you notice it. You notice it because it's vastly different to the cars that have been going past.
Take a minute to understand what the pilots are doing as well. Those small scenic tourism helicopters are generally being flown by people who want to further their career and fly EMS helicopter, Police operations, oil rig transfers, powerline inspections or fire fighting. They're guys and girls who have chosen a career in aviation and they've spent a lot of money trying to fulfil their dreams and will end up becoming pilots of aircraft that we all may require in a time of need.
You see, I've been on the receiving end of people who think helicopter noise is offensive. I ran a very successful tourism operation in the second most popular tourism region in Western Australia. I had 12 people out of a whole town complain, threaten, vandalise my helicopter and eventually run me out of town.
I was just doing my job in a region that relies on tourism, I was trying to build hours to doing something more later on in my flying career but now I've relocated back to a capital city and unemployed. There's no flying jobs where I am and I've lost over $75,000 after being run our of this town so I can't afford to just move somewhere else to try flying. No one will hire a 40 year old with no experience outside of aviation.
So just think about that snow ball effect if you continue to pursue that amount of suffering that you may be experiencing when a helicopter spends 12 seconds flying over your house. I can tell you what real suffering is like not being able to find work because someone like yourself decided to take some kind of action again a helicopter flying over your house.
Generally a helicopter is flying overhead at or above 1000ft AGL unless directed by ATC. Many helicopters, private or commercial, travel at about 185kph (100kts) and are in the area for 12 to 15 seconds. At that height most helicopters are between 55dB and 65dB. No louder than the inside of an office of shopping centre.
It's not the actual volume of the noise that is making you "suffer" but the difference in noise. It's just like sitting at a cafe on a main street, you don't notice each and every car that drives past that cafe because you're used to it. Then a Harley motorbike goes past and you notice it. You notice it because it's vastly different to the cars that have been going past.
Take a minute to understand what the pilots are doing as well. Those small scenic tourism helicopters are generally being flown by people who want to further their career and fly EMS helicopter, Police operations, oil rig transfers, powerline inspections or fire fighting. They're guys and girls who have chosen a career in aviation and they've spent a lot of money trying to fulfil their dreams and will end up becoming pilots of aircraft that we all may require in a time of need.
You see, I've been on the receiving end of people who think helicopter noise is offensive. I ran a very successful tourism operation in the second most popular tourism region in Western Australia. I had 12 people out of a whole town complain, threaten, vandalise my helicopter and eventually run me out of town.
I was just doing my job in a region that relies on tourism, I was trying to build hours to doing something more later on in my flying career but now I've relocated back to a capital city and unemployed. There's no flying jobs where I am and I've lost over $75,000 after being run our of this town so I can't afford to just move somewhere else to try flying. No one will hire a 40 year old with no experience outside of aviation.
So just think about that snow ball effect if you continue to pursue that amount of suffering that you may be experiencing when a helicopter spends 12 seconds flying over your house. I can tell you what real suffering is like not being able to find work because someone like yourself decided to take some kind of action again a helicopter flying over your house.
It is a problem called "Perceived Noise".
The noise isn't really loud, but as has been said before, it is a DIFFERENT kind of noise.
When the garbage truck rumbles along the street at 5am and crashes the bins up and down, it wakes everybody up, but the folks know that this is an essential service, and complaining is just stupid.
When the local yobbo roars up the street with his hot exhaust, it wakes people up, but people are not game to complain as he is a member of the local yobbo gang that would set fire to your car.
But when a helicopter flies over, people perceive this as a rich boy's toy, a jetski of the sky, which must be eliminated. And because the FAA/CAA/CASA makes it so easy to complain, and even explains to people how to complain, and are obliged to respond to a complaint, these folks hop on the phone and have a moan. One person complaining 100 times (a d!ckhead making a fuss) is recorded as 100 noise complaints (ooh, lots of people are complaining - better kick these helicopters out.).
Even the sight of a helicopter is enough to make somebody think that the noise is excessive.
When we were jumping through the hoops to get our Parramatta heliport approved in the late 90s, the local Labor council thought that they would squash us by requiring noise tests with microphones at the nearest houses around the suburb which, they reckoned, would record horrible helicopter noises and stop the application.
The tests were a resounding success - for us. The sound recordings could not detect the helicopter noise from the sounds of the Western Freeway, James Ruse Drive, the gravel crusher, and the local speedway. So, the noise isn't a problem, it is just the people who don't like helicopters.
The noise isn't really loud, but as has been said before, it is a DIFFERENT kind of noise.
When the garbage truck rumbles along the street at 5am and crashes the bins up and down, it wakes everybody up, but the folks know that this is an essential service, and complaining is just stupid.
When the local yobbo roars up the street with his hot exhaust, it wakes people up, but people are not game to complain as he is a member of the local yobbo gang that would set fire to your car.
But when a helicopter flies over, people perceive this as a rich boy's toy, a jetski of the sky, which must be eliminated. And because the FAA/CAA/CASA makes it so easy to complain, and even explains to people how to complain, and are obliged to respond to a complaint, these folks hop on the phone and have a moan. One person complaining 100 times (a d!ckhead making a fuss) is recorded as 100 noise complaints (ooh, lots of people are complaining - better kick these helicopters out.).
Even the sight of a helicopter is enough to make somebody think that the noise is excessive.
When we were jumping through the hoops to get our Parramatta heliport approved in the late 90s, the local Labor council thought that they would squash us by requiring noise tests with microphones at the nearest houses around the suburb which, they reckoned, would record horrible helicopter noises and stop the application.
The tests were a resounding success - for us. The sound recordings could not detect the helicopter noise from the sounds of the Western Freeway, James Ruse Drive, the gravel crusher, and the local speedway. So, the noise isn't a problem, it is just the people who don't like helicopters.
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I think the replies that TonySLF got say more about helo pilots than they do about him.
There's plenty along the general lines of 'look, we are important, and we are doing important things. Kindly run along'.
The guy took the trouble to find this site and to post on the correct forum. Why not keep replies objective?
There's plenty along the general lines of 'look, we are important, and we are doing important things. Kindly run along'.
The guy took the trouble to find this site and to post on the correct forum. Why not keep replies objective?
Atomcraft. If you can find PPRUNE you can find other appropriate websites that detail;
1) Aircraft noise is only legislated at airports
2) If a particular aircraft is causing noise nuisance but is not breaching the Rules of the Air the CAA don’t have legal power to restrict its activity. We advise that if possible you contact the operator of the aircraft.
3) Heights wise (trying to keep it simple) minimum 500ft from (not necessarily above) (non congested area) or 1000ft above highest fixed point within 600m (congested) else for helicopters; can fly closer than 500ft when taking off and landing. Of course some helicopter may even be operating legally lower than the above - utility/police/HEMS/SAR.
Luckily it's raining today eh? No lawnmowers cutting the grass. And something else to complain about! (damned weather).
1) Aircraft noise is only legislated at airports
2) If a particular aircraft is causing noise nuisance but is not breaching the Rules of the Air the CAA don’t have legal power to restrict its activity. We advise that if possible you contact the operator of the aircraft.
3) Heights wise (trying to keep it simple) minimum 500ft from (not necessarily above) (non congested area) or 1000ft above highest fixed point within 600m (congested) else for helicopters; can fly closer than 500ft when taking off and landing. Of course some helicopter may even be operating legally lower than the above - utility/police/HEMS/SAR.
Luckily it's raining today eh? No lawnmowers cutting the grass. And something else to complain about! (damned weather).
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The guy took the trouble to find this site and to post on the correct forum. Why not keep replies objective?
"Just a pilot"
"The guy took the trouble to find this site and to post on the correct forum. Why not keep replies objective?"
Read the title of the thread- "Noise suffered by the people on the ground". Those interested in suffering, nothing will do but acknowledge victim-hood and eliminate it completely. It's not an objective question of quantity of the issue, the issue has to be eliminated or the 'suffering' continues. How much inconvenience constitutes "suffering"? I have been in the biz for decades and carried on normal conversations on busy heliports...
Read the title of the thread- "Noise suffered by the people on the ground". Those interested in suffering, nothing will do but acknowledge victim-hood and eliminate it completely. It's not an objective question of quantity of the issue, the issue has to be eliminated or the 'suffering' continues. How much inconvenience constitutes "suffering"? I have been in the biz for decades and carried on normal conversations on busy heliports...