"Bejeeber" wrote in message
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Well I'm learning a lot here, and now based on the replies, I'm
starting to wonder if there's a small plane airline that's ferrying
passengers from Seattle to the Island, and if those pilots stick to a
routine route? Eh just another crackpot theory :^)

Well, as I mentioned...you are basically on a direct line between Arlington
Airport and the San Juan Islands. However, there's no commercial scheduled
service out of Arlington, as far as I know. You are definitly not on any
route from Seattle to the San Juans. Even Seattle-to-Bellingham flights are
unlikely to pass over your house.

Without having specific data (log of each flight during the day, over a week
or so, with at least the type of airplane, if not N-number) it's impossible
to say for sure. But I suspect that there's no regular route over your
house, and that you're just experiencing normal, random air traffic.

[...]
A detail I left out earlier is that I create audio content for a
living. Out of the home. So I'm absolutely way more sensitive to the
pesky noises outside than the average person, no doubt about it.

Yes, I can see how airplane traffic would cause a problem for that.
Hopefully the problem is mainly one of distraction. I can't imagine trying
to actually record clean audio in a setting as relatively uncontrolled as a
residential home.

On the bright side, it is not only possible, but even feasible, to create a
relatively sound-proof environment, even in a residential home. It's
basically a remodel, with the associated costs of course. But when you're
dealing with your livelihood, you may find it a worthwhile effort and
expense. And if you *are* doing actual recording, I'd think it'd be *well*
worth it.

Anyway, good luck finding your aircraft-free environment. Hopefully the
resources offered here do help.

Pete