On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 03:39:17 -0400, Roger
wrote:

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I'm not qualified to comment further on this topic so will let it lie
and await somebody better qualified to chip in.

Ok on the Deb, it sounds much louder than the PA28 I fly. Perhaps you
need some 'Stealth bomber paint' so they don't know who you are?

And unfortunately I have those great big numbers on the side. sigh

Foiled!

One *hot* afternoon, the wind was out of the SSE and gusty. That
meant even the high performance stuff was using 18. Unfortunately that
same subdivision fought lengthening 18/36 so *everyone* was going over
their houses at 200 to 300 feet. I made three takes offs and
landings that afternoon. We had a pair of Navions, a 310, two 210s, a
couple of Bonanzas, some 182s and I don't remember what else.


Don't tell me the airfield was built first, then they built houses,
then they complained of the noise :-(

Would you believe in the UK a new resident in a farming area
complained of early morning noise from a farmer's cockerels. What's
more he went to court and won despite the farm having animals for many
many years. Perhaps they should have supplied ANR headsets?

It was a busy day at the airport and I have no doubt they were telling
the truth when they said they couldn't even carry on a conversation
when one of us went over. To the non flying we all sound alike and
the one guy wrote down my N number. He said I went over every five
minutes. I can't take off, fly the pattern, land, taxi back and take
off again in less than twice that. Fortunately he lost sympathy and
credibility when accusing one plane of doing all that when the pattern
was full most of the afternoon.

I wasn't one of those paint jobs that changes color depending on your
angle to the viewer and sun. That way no two people will give the same
story. :-))


Never heard of that but it sounds good. We have the lower half of the
aircraft dark red and the half upper white. Hopefull so it looks dark
against the sky and light against the ground. Doubt it makes as much
difference as the strobes.

When we took off, loaded to gross for the day and I could see the
grass under the picnic table through the gaps in the top I told my
passengers "I'll bet we hear about this one!":-))


Oops!

Which reminds me. That subdivision just popped up. One day I was on
final for 36 and some guys were putting up a tall TV antenna. I
noticed it was gone the next day. I had the gear down and full flaps
with lots of power when I went directly over the top of it. I'll
bet it was a bit drafty on top of that tower. Apparently they didn't
know they are not allowed to go above the tree line around there.
Actually I think it may be less than that.


Last time I read my amateur licence I think it said antenna maximum of
50 ft within about half or 1 mile of an aerodrome in UK. I think
anything else like kites are 200ft??? With low flying Military
aircraft authorised to 200ft and some 50ft that could be a problem.

If you ever visit 3BS and land using the VASIs on 36 you'll know what
I mean. Take a look just south of the expressway.


Doesn't look too bad using Google Earth but I guess flying gives a
different perspective.



David
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

David