On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:40:29 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:
>Martin wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:00:40 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>> >Martin wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:12:30 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
>> >> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>> >[]
>> >> >I find car noise appalling too, but most of us don't live under flight
>> >> >paths- we do however tend to live closer to roads.
>> >>
>> >> Some of us are under flight paths and live close to railway lines and
>> >> motorways. Most of the A'dam region and London are effected by aircraft
>> >> noise.
>> >
>> >I lived under a flightpath for a while in London (Balham), and the car
>> >noise was more annoying, and more noticeable- the planes are still
>> >pretty high there- I used to enjoy seeing concorde go over. If you're in
>> >the area immediately near Heathrow, it's terrible, for sure. I wouldn't
>> >live there, and plenty of people choose to buy there, and still
>> >complain.
>>
>> Some like us bought a house long before aircraft noise became a problem.
>
>Some people did- but Heathrow has been a busy airport for a long time.
>Also, aircraft from 40 years ago were hellishly noisy compared to today.
There were far less, especially at night.
>Compare the sound of a 727 taking off or landing compared to a 777!
Have you travelled in a 777? I found the noise level sitting a few rows behind
the wing almost unacceptable.
>> I noticed last week that Concorde appeared in an Indy photo montage, that
>> claimed to show the planes that were supposed to have used Heathrow in one
>> day.
>
>One of them is parked there- maybe that counts? :)
The Indy isn't too bright on most subjects nowadays is it?
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Martin
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