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I hope flying low over pretty places doesn't become popular. Planes are really noisy.

by neolog 6y ago

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tyingq 6y ago
It does depend some. There's a ton of difference between a 738-300 and a 737-800, for example. Crazy different engines and capabilities. Approach, angle, altitude matter too. I say this as a person that lives within a couple of miles of a big airport. So not guessing.
- brettermeier 6y ago
  Both are noisy and dirty.
  - asdff 6y ago
    Seriously, they just spew ultrafine particulate on anyone unfortunate enough to live downwind of a flight path. The health effects are dramatic, especially if you have a preexisting condition like asthma. The world doesn't need more flight paths scarring new environments until we are using cleaner energy sources to travel on them. https://envhealthcenters.usc.edu/2019/02/ultrafine-particle-pollution-lax.html https://envhealthcenters.usc.edu/2019/02/ultrafine-particle-... https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/es5001566 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/es5001566
- WWLink 6y ago
  Word. I live by a small airport right now and the plane noises don't bother me at all. Large airport flight paths can have different sounds though.
  - Cd00d 6y ago
    I lived across the street from a small regional airport for 3 years in a rural college town. Overall, the turboprops that the airlines used didn't ever bother me at all. But, on parents weekend and at graduation, the airport had a lot of private jets flying in, and the noise difference between the prop planes and the jets was disruptive.
aero-glide 6y ago
Me (and many others I'm sure) love plane noises! I once interned at HAL (Indian defense manufacturer), and rented a place nearby. We had fighters constantly taking off and landing, defense transport aircraft flying very low (it was so bulky as if it shouldn't be able to fly), helicopters hovering nearby. All day long. Was easily one of the best months of my life. Whenever I hear a plane I go out and look at it. Its an absolute marvel of engineering. Will never stop being amused by planes. Can't wait for urban electric VTOLs to take off.
- markdown 6y ago
  Telling half the people you're on the phone with to STFU for 20 seconds while a plane takes off (sometimes multiple times in a single call) can be annoying af. Also, having to miss out on news or dialogue when watching tv. I had to live with that for two years. All very annoying.
- justatdotin 6y ago
  that's nice for you. many of us really do not.
- 0xfaded 6y ago
  I just got my medical from a now retired air force doc. But his F16 buddies know where he lives and give him private airshows. By far the most awesome and friendly doctors visit imaginable, but his neighbors are none too impressed ;)
toast0 6y ago
It already is. I live on a pretty island and in addition to the commercial flight path, I see all sorts of general aviation. It's not a big deal, except for the big military transports; those things are loud and don't care.

I hope flying low over pretty places doesn't become popular. Planes are really noisy.

by neolog 6y ago

I hope flying low over pretty places doesn't become popular. Planes are really noisy.

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tyingq 6y ago

It does depend some. There's a ton of difference between a 738-300 and a 737-800, for example. Crazy different engines and capabilities. Approach, angle, altitude matter too. I say this as a person that lives within a couple of miles of a big airport. So not guessing.

brettermeier 6y ago
Both are noisy and dirty.
- asdff 6y ago
  Seriously, they just spew ultrafine particulate on anyone unfortunate enough to live downwind of a flight path. The health effects are dramatic, especially if you have a preexisting condition like asthma. The world doesn't need more flight paths scarring new environments until we are using cleaner energy sources to travel on them. https://envhealthcenters.usc.edu/2019/02/ultrafine-particle-pollution-lax.html https://envhealthcenters.usc.edu/2019/02/ultrafine-particle-... https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/es5001566 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/es5001566
WWLink 6y ago
Word. I live by a small airport right now and the plane noises don't bother me at all. Large airport flight paths can have different sounds though.
- Cd00d 6y ago
  I lived across the street from a small regional airport for 3 years in a rural college town. Overall, the turboprops that the airlines used didn't ever bother me at all. But, on parents weekend and at graduation, the airport had a lot of private jets flying in, and the noise difference between the prop planes and the jets was disruptive.

aero-glide 6y ago

Me (and many others I'm sure) love plane noises! I once interned at HAL (Indian defense manufacturer), and rented a place nearby. We had fighters constantly taking off and landing, defense transport aircraft flying very low (it was so bulky as if it shouldn't be able to fly), helicopters hovering nearby. All day long. Was easily one of the best months of my life. Whenever I hear a plane I go out and look at it. Its an absolute marvel of engineering. Will never stop being amused by planes. Can't wait for urban electric VTOLs to take off.

markdown 6y ago
Telling half the people you're on the phone with to STFU for 20 seconds while a plane takes off (sometimes multiple times in a single call) can be annoying af. Also, having to miss out on news or dialogue when watching tv. I had to live with that for two years. All very annoying.
justatdotin 6y ago
that's nice for you. many of us really do not.
0xfaded 6y ago
I just got my medical from a now retired air force doc. But his F16 buddies know where he lives and give him private airshows. By far the most awesome and friendly doctors visit imaginable, but his neighbors are none too impressed ;)

toast0 6y ago

It already is. I live on a pretty island and in addition to the commercial flight path, I see all sorts of general aviation. It's not a big deal, except for the big military transports; those things are loud and don't care.