From: utzoo!decvax!cca!csin!cjh@CCA-UNIX@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.aviation Title: Re: Your comments on noise abatement, in particular Article-I.D.: sri-unix.2497 Posted: Fri Aug 6 08:04:16 1982 Received: Sun Aug 8 08:14:48 1982 In response to your message of Fri Aug 6 01:59:29 1982: You're half-right; Hanscom just possibly dates from the 1920's, which is old for a large airfield (but I rather doubt it; the original layout was an asterisk, suggesting it was thrown up somewhat later and in a great hurry). But much of the housing around there is a \lot/ older; Hanscom takes chunks out of 4 communities that were established in the 1700's. I don't know if an airport planner has ever tried to foresee the results of the nearby colonization that could reasonably be expected when the airport was created, although I think such planning should be required. I would note, however, that noise problems are far more severe (and far less soluble due to the weight of commercial interests) in other places where the airport substantially postdates the housing. I note that you don't talk about the noise a light piston-powered aircraft makes when it takes off; obviously, if the neighbors are seriously talking about screwy landing patterns the difference should be pointed out. From my own recollections of pilots I would ask how many are being lazy on takeoff and not taxiing to the end of the runway (assuming that it's long enough for shortcuts, which it almost always is at least for light planes)?