> but if you choose to retire beside an AIRBASE! The problem with that position, at least in the UK, is that the social contract between the airport operator a

> but if you choose to retire beside an AIRBASE! The problem with that position, at least in the UK, is that the social contract between the airport operator and the local residents was never revisited. Most of the UK's airports and airbases date from the 1920s and 30s and are named after the nearest postal village, which are centuries old. But a Dragon Rapide or a Bristol Bulldog from that period had a very small noise profile. When the big-props and the jets arrived the noise levels increased hugely, but the residents weren't given any concession. Society was required to adapt to the new noise and pollution levels in the name of progress. And now the operators have the audacity to complain about local residents complaining. If you really want to operate 24/7 in a drone-free environment, go and build an offshore island airport.