Hi Chris,
Me too, since that will mean weekends for me aren't quieter than weekdays!
Unfortunately I can see a lot of logic in the Alconbury deal, but they'll
need to do a lot of work on the transport links.
Will the proximity of Wyton cause problems? I can imagine you getting some
unexpected visitors!
One thing which has really impressed me since I've been in Clapham during
the week is the low noise level of modern aircraft. in the descent. At my
home the noise is rarely an issue. Older planes are clearly louder in all
respects.
When the long distance heavies start coming in in the morning, they fly
quiet approaches. Engines are audible but not objectionable, and you can
hear things like flap actuators working above the engines.
When I was in Ealing, the main noise I could hear was a kind of "Whoop" as
the landing gear went down.
What you can really hear are the older generation aircraft. Unfortunately
this includes the freighters which would be working into Alconbury.
Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 5:59 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Photographing the Concorde in the UK before it's too
late....
Hi Julian
That's a nightmare for the scheduler then! I am waiting with some
trepidation for when they open Alconbury to airlines, as someone keeps
threatening to do.
OM content: it would be easier to take photos of interesting aircraft
if they passed overhead my place of work (3 miles finals...)
Chris
On Monday, Jul 21, 2003, at 22:11 Europe/London, Julian Davies wrote:
> Hi Chris.
>
> Not so much active research, more too much time working / living
> (weekdays)
> in the area.
> While it's true that aircraft land / take off into wind, at Heathrow
> they
> are constrained by a change ends twice a day rule, and a swap of left
> and
> right runways as well. This is done to spread the noise around, but
> since
> the residents of Slough have less clout than the residents of
> Kensington,
> the prevailing South Westerly is used as an excuse to schedule the busy
> times for landings over the city and takeoffs over Berkshire. Can
> change
> when HM is in residence. Since the prevailing winds aren't strong, it
> doesn't make much difference.
> When the winds get strong, life gets interesting. sometimes they use
> the
> cross runway which is seriously shorter than the other two. I worked
> in an
> office where it seemed like the planes were falling off the roof past
> the
> window when they did that!
>
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