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)?