Donington noise levels

Got bollocked yesterday for going over the 98dbA level allowed. Fair
enough, but they didn't test bikes before, they have something on the
outfield part? I can understand noise problems etc, so why did we have
an Airbus A380 taking off a few feet above us making so much fucking
noise you would not believe? Also other planes every 90 seconds or so?

That Airbus is fucking *huge* & it looked like it was having bother in
the high winds & shitty rain, it was *fucking* low.

N.

 

It's all to do with a bunch if NIMBYs in Doninton village complaining
to the council over track noise.

 

I gathered, but fucking hell given the amount of plane racket thats the
last of thier worries.

 

bet you telling them where to go took the meter over 100db

 

In fairness, aircraft noise can't be reduced as easily as motorcycle noise
without affecting usability. Also, from personal experience, aircraft
take-offs don't seem to get on my tits as much as utterly illegal exhaust
cans (I'm not talking about just "fruity" ones).


Geo

 

I'm a very polite person, unless the other party starts gobbing off.

 

The BSB chaps there where hooning around the track where a *lot* louder
than us, but they didn't get any bother.

 

They'll be pissed off next month when Download kicks off then

 

hehe, you could easily use the situation to your advantage if you are
keen on motorsport etc.

 

Aircraft noise doesn't get reduced much: as aircraft become quieter,
airports are allowed to fly in more of them. The rules governing noise
around airports are based on a points system which means the operators
can get away with a lot of disturbance. It also helps that the
definition of sleep disturbance requires you to be woken up for more
than 15 seconds for it to count. So if you get back to sleep, you are
not counted as having been woken up.

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/aviation/environmentalissues/aircraftnoiseandsleepdisturb2875?page=2#a1008

 

98dbA was advertised, but i didn't organise it, so didn't know!

Oh hell aye, they where well over that.

These HIP should put a stop to twerps like that. Not that I have seen
one.

 

Why? I'm sure most people knew what they were buying into, then decided
afterwards to try and get it stopped/reduced.

Wasn't it Donington where there was a divorce case and some legal battle
over noise etc. - someone posted on here about it.

 

cf. Church bells, farmyards, stations, airports etc etc.

No, it was Croft.

 

Yeah, that's always bemused me. They always look low though, as the end
of the run way is literally a highside away from Macleans.

 

The A380 was unreal, the size of the thing & the noise.

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Nige,

BMW K1200S
Range Rover Vogue
Aprilia RSV Mille

 

Are you sure it was an A380? It occurred to me that not many would yet
be in service, and East Midlands wouldn't be the place to see one.

A quick Google appears to back this up:-

There was a flypast in March:
http://www.eastmidlandsairport.com/emaweb.nsf/Content/LocalAviationEnthusi

Orders and deliveries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Airbus_A380_orders_and_deliveries

ICBW, but I'm fairly sure none of Emirates, Qantas or Singapore use
East Midlands.

 

I am pretty sure it wasnt a 747. It may have been a cargo plane, but i'm 99%
sure it wasn't a 747.

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Nige,

BMW K1200S
Range Rover Vogue
Aprilia RSV Mille

 

Might be an A340.

 

Well, it was massive & had four big **** off noisy engines

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Nige,

BMW K1200S
Range Rover Vogue
Aprilia RSV Mille

 

So not a 777 then...

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