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The house in Chino Hills was "Conveniently" close to the Chino and Ontario airports which meant that very close fly overs were quite common. During bad weather some of the jetliners flew so close to the roof tops I would smell kerosene jet exhaust shortly after the walls stopped shaking. Still, it was a real kick to spot a "Historic" warbird lazily fly by on the clear and sunny spring days.
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I dunno, happened on a regular basis when I used to live on Castlegrove Rd, but they kept to minimums, and/or reasonable altitudes, usually only landing. If there were any departures, I must have missed them in matches of Starcraft or PvPing on EVE, or downtown at the Amsterdam Rhino and/or Twisted. From what I can tell, here in Canada they are allowed to fly over residential neighbourhoods, however they must follow very specific noise abatement procedures as published with a compendium called "Canada Air Pilot", which lists specific procedures and maximum noise levels for various airports within Canada.
As well, if airlines were unable to fly over residential areas, not a single airplane would be able to fly out of YYC, Take a look on Google Maps (or any map) - Deerfoot trail is only 2,000' away from the end of one runway, with Harvest Hills being only 6,000' approximately away from the edge of that particular runway. On the other end, Métis Trail is approximately 6,000' away, with Castleridge on the other side of Metis Trail. Looking at the design around the various runways, one will notice that there are very speicifically designed green spaces (read: parks), and I can guarantee that those natural spaces have nice BIG signs on them stating not to fly kites or R/C aircraft at those parks due to being in a take-off/landing corridor for airplanes.
In regards to my own personal opinion, being someone interested in general aviation flying (but not licensed, haven't put the money towards training yet due to other, higher priorities), I would state that if one doesn't like the sound of airplanes flying overhead, living close to the airport is not the wisest of things (I still wonder why on earth the city of Calgary put Country Hills, a bloody high end residential area, so freaking close to the airport). I live only a few blocks away from C-YXD (Edmonton Municipal Airport), and the only noise I tend to complain about is the Indy Car races that have occured the past few years, and that's simply because we have THREE perfectly valid tracks within 30 minutes of city limits (Castrol Raceway, Budweiser Speedpark, and then Stratotech in Fort Saskatchewan - the sounds of airplanes doesn't really bother me. Please note, my comment is relegated more towards those who complain about airplane noise when they moved in near an airport that's been there for 30-50 years, and completely forget that an airport being 1-2km away tends to have the occasional noise from actual airplanes, especially if one is near the actual runways. In fact, my uncle is an airport manager in Alberta, and he constantly has to deal with irate people complaining about the noise from the water bombers that are operating in the area - despite the fact said complaints come from someone who moved in... at the end of the runway, fully knowing the airport would be busy during summer!!
Up in Edmonton (C-YXD, aka Blactchford Field, formerly the Municipal Airport) I very VERY regularily see planes flying over Kingsway Garden Mall, although they're general aviation (up to 15 seats) airplanes, not airliners. During the indy race, we had CF-18s buzzing at minimums - actually, I suspect they were flying below minimums due to just how hard things were shaking within my apartment, but I digress.
So in short, small general aviation airplanes as well as airliners are very much so allowed to fly over residential areas, but they must follow very strict guidelines that are written to reduce acoustic (noise) impact to those living in the area.
As well, if airlines were unable to fly over residential areas, not a single airplane would be able to fly out of YYC, Take a look on Google Maps (or any map) - Deerfoot trail is only 2,000' away from the end of one runway, with Harvest Hills being only 6,000' approximately away from the edge of that particular runway. On the other end, Métis Trail is approximately 6,000' away, with Castleridge on the other side of Metis Trail. Looking at the design around the various runways, one will notice that there are very speicifically designed green spaces (read: parks), and I can guarantee that those natural spaces have nice BIG signs on them stating not to fly kites or R/C aircraft at those parks due to being in a take-off/landing corridor for airplanes.
In regards to my own personal opinion, being someone interested in general aviation flying (but not licensed, haven't put the money towards training yet due to other, higher priorities), I would state that if one doesn't like the sound of airplanes flying overhead, living close to the airport is not the wisest of things (I still wonder why on earth the city of Calgary put Country Hills, a bloody high end residential area, so freaking close to the airport). I live only a few blocks away from C-YXD (Edmonton Municipal Airport), and the only noise I tend to complain about is the Indy Car races that have occured the past few years, and that's simply because we have THREE perfectly valid tracks within 30 minutes of city limits (Castrol Raceway, Budweiser Speedpark, and then Stratotech in Fort Saskatchewan - the sounds of airplanes doesn't really bother me. Please note, my comment is relegated more towards those who complain about airplane noise when they moved in near an airport that's been there for 30-50 years, and completely forget that an airport being 1-2km away tends to have the occasional noise from actual airplanes, especially if one is near the actual runways. In fact, my uncle is an airport manager in Alberta, and he constantly has to deal with irate people complaining about the noise from the water bombers that are operating in the area - despite the fact said complaints come from someone who moved in... at the end of the runway, fully knowing the airport would be busy during summer!!
Up in Edmonton (C-YXD, aka Blactchford Field, formerly the Municipal Airport) I very VERY regularily see planes flying over Kingsway Garden Mall, although they're general aviation (up to 15 seats) airplanes, not airliners. During the indy race, we had CF-18s buzzing at minimums - actually, I suspect they were flying below minimums due to just how hard things were shaking within my apartment, but I digress.
So in short, small general aviation airplanes as well as airliners are very much so allowed to fly over residential areas, but they must follow very strict guidelines that are written to reduce acoustic (noise) impact to those living in the area.
yeh I know they started flying over Beddington hights in 1992 when they put in phase one of Harvest hills/Country hills they where flying low using the east West Runway to Land.
My mom called the Calgary Airport Authority and blasted them... then she called Ron Connie a Client of her's and then someone on the Transport advisory board... and the next week we did not hear a single plain they now Take off and land on the North south and only the small Airbuses Use the East West runway....
My mom called the Calgary Airport Authority and blasted them... then she called Ron Connie a Client of her's and then someone on the Transport advisory board... and the next week we did not hear a single plain they now Take off and land on the North south and only the small Airbuses Use the East West runway....
We're in a similar situation here because of our close proximity to Burbank's Bob Hope airport. They do sometimes fly vintage aircraft and it's a pretty neat sight. I also occasionally see some real vintage autos, as Leno keeps his cars in a hangar at the airport, and I sometimes spot him driving his toys around.
Most of the land the University of Arizona sits on was bought for cheap because it's in the landing vector of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
You know that scene in "The Blues Brothers" when Elwood tells Jake that the train goes by so often "you don't even notice it?" Same thing with A-10s at the U of A. The F-16s still make everybody look, though.
You know that scene in "The Blues Brothers" when Elwood tells Jake that the train goes by so often "you don't even notice it?" Same thing with A-10s at the U of A. The F-16s still make everybody look, though.
A friend of mine used to live under the flight path of Christchurch International airport - which was also the home of the US "Operation Deep Freeze" support flights to Antarctica. So not only did have Boeing 747s and 767s flying over him on Trans-Tasman runs, he also had to deal with C-141 Starlifters and C-5 Galaxys flying down to the Ice. Apparently when a C-5 flew over all conversations had to stop and the whole house shook...
Living under the flightpath to Wellington for a few years was mild by comparison, as the airport is basically such a land-locked aircraft carrier nothing bigger than an Airbus A320 can land there
Living under the flightpath to Wellington for a few years was mild by comparison, as the airport is basically such a land-locked aircraft carrier nothing bigger than an Airbus A320 can land there
Isn't there an airport in NZ that is considered the worst to land at because of the steady and strong winds blowing across the runways? I remember seeing You Tube footage of a small airliner where the pilot had to literally slam the nose wheel down in order to get the plane down on the Tarmac.
Yes, that's Wellington International. One runway running north-south with sea at both ends, sitting on one side of the windiest ocean strait in the Southern Hemisphere. Who needs a roller-coaster when a return air ticket will give you just as many thrills? Heck, you can even experience the joys of aircraft turbulence when the plane is sitting at the gate at zero altitude and zero speed!
There's been at least one case where a VIP pilot for a foreign government official visit got spooked by the approach to Wellington and had to divert to Auckland - it takes special pilots to fly into Wellington and no mistake. I've always thought they could increase the capacity of the airport by fitting catapults and arrester wires on the runway
There's been at least one case where a VIP pilot for a foreign government official visit got spooked by the approach to Wellington and had to divert to Auckland - it takes special pilots to fly into Wellington and no mistake. I've always thought they could increase the capacity of the airport by fitting catapults and arrester wires on the runway
Heh. I used to live on campus at Northrop U. on the approach to LAX. Got so I could tell a DC-10 from an L-1011 just by the engine noise... ;)
And then, of course, there was "Washing Machine Charlie", some smartass in a JAL 747 who'd deliberately come in a little low every morning around 7am just so he could goose his engines over my dorm... ;)
And then, of course, there was "Washing Machine Charlie", some smartass in a JAL 747 who'd deliberately come in a little low every morning around 7am just so he could goose his engines over my dorm... ;)
Well Its not jets, but
We have a couple semi-ravel Crop Dusters out here.
One Morning in SW KS
Crop Duster A was checking fields he sprayed the day before in his pickup.
Crop Duster B was coming back from spraying a field in his Age Cat and saw Crop Duster's A in his pickup
Crop Duster B Goes and buzzes Crop Duster A, only to get to close and leave a tire imprint in the Roof of
Crop Duster A pickup.
We have a couple semi-ravel Crop Dusters out here.
One Morning in SW KS
Crop Duster A was checking fields he sprayed the day before in his pickup.
Crop Duster B was coming back from spraying a field in his Age Cat and saw Crop Duster's A in his pickup
Crop Duster B Goes and buzzes Crop Duster A, only to get to close and leave a tire imprint in the Roof of
Crop Duster A pickup.
I used to love watching Fed Ex and UPS coming and going from Ontario, those guys are insane. They bank WAY harder in the jetliners than the ones carrying potential complainers.
The bay has a severe lack of random warbirds, but we DO have an airship now that flies out of Moffett Field in the south bay. It's no USS Los Angeles, but it's still notably larger than the Goodyear blimp.
The bay has a severe lack of random warbirds, but we DO have an airship now that flies out of Moffett Field in the south bay. It's no USS Los Angeles, but it's still notably larger than the Goodyear blimp.
Eh, Lycomonsters are quiet compared to other offerings on the market. I'm much happier when the learjets land up here, or the occasional rare King Air...
I usually feel bad for the poor C172 students lately, we've had some pretty insane weather, including some painfully fast cells that have built up - usually right when the poor guy's about to take off, and can't see the massive clouds building to the west, and rapidly bearing down (I've seen storms move in in less than five minutes, from outside city limits to downtown in that time).
I usually feel bad for the poor C172 students lately, we've had some pretty insane weather, including some painfully fast cells that have built up - usually right when the poor guy's about to take off, and can't see the massive clouds building to the west, and rapidly bearing down (I've seen storms move in in less than five minutes, from outside city limits to downtown in that time).
Reminds me years back when I lived in Huntsville Alabama. My apartment complex was directly across the road from runway 32W at the Huntsville airport, and at night the approaching jetliners landing lights wuld actually illuminate my bedroom as they flew overhead, rattling the stuff on my shelves.
My house/barn, the mega Cult Church across the way; is a land mark for the landing approach for Rickenbacker Air Base. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricken.....nal_Guard_Base
I regularly see the 135's and usually 2-4 C17's fly over each day.
The worse is when it was being used for Fed Ex, those jets would like to use the "Ground Effect" and fly under the radar... When you can count rivets...
I regularly see the 135's and usually 2-4 C17's fly over each day.
The worse is when it was being used for Fed Ex, those jets would like to use the "Ground Effect" and fly under the radar... When you can count rivets...
When i lived in El Paso Texas on the base there my ALARM CLOCK was the F117 Nighthawk or the stray F15 that was out for morning practice as always. The one i remember the best was waking up and hitting the top bunk waking my younger brother up (Had to put them back together after a pipe broke in his room SUCKED BIG TIME) and we went out back to find of all things right behind our house a BLACKHAWK HELICOPTER had done an emergancy landing after sucking a flock of birds down the right engine and that was also the one day that i will never forget. One of the WORST days was when some IDIOT F15 Pilot screamed in low at FULL POWER and tried to spook us and they soon found out I WAS OUTSIDE PLAYING WITH MY OLD FAST TRAXX. I have never stood so still in my life and that guy pulled up so fast the entire area soon called it in and i don't know what happened but GOOD LORD that was a little close. They quit doing that after they finally found a different way in and Fort Bliss is one place i will NEVER FORGET FOR THAT.
Sadly, No. I lived over in Chino Hills for a little shy of three and a half months, of which the last two were spent running around back and forth from the desert, to the hills. I might have rubbed shoulders with him late in May at the "Fur-B-Que' over in Irvine park, but I'm not familiar with his name. Watch for the perfect "Di mata saka mi!" moment when I read his badge at the next furcon I go to.
Had a chance to stop by here yet? http://www.planesoffame.org/
I was there just recently with a good friend of mine that lives in Chino Hills.
I was there just recently with a good friend of mine that lives in Chino Hills.
Yeah! The Planes of Fame, Yank's air museum and the Chino historic aircraft restoration facility (And Flo's Cafe... Yum!) were darn near within walking distance to the Chino Hills house. It wasn't unusual to hear and see the old prop planes buzzing overhead, and during one air show in the early Spring, the window to the bedroom where I was staying gave me almost a "Front row seat" to the action. During the early 1990s I was a member of an IPMS group who'd meet there once a month, and we got to tour the facilities, and see aircraft in the process of restoration. It was really a thrill to get to go "Beyond the ropes" and take pictures of engine and cockpit details that one couldn't quite get out of a book.
Alas! That wonderful place is now 400 miles away, but I hear tell that there are loads of museums up here in the Bay area. With luck I might be able to do some Volunteer gigs on the USS Hornet, or perhaps the Jeremiyah O' Brian Liberty Ship, which my mythical S.S. Athena is based on.
Alas! That wonderful place is now 400 miles away, but I hear tell that there are loads of museums up here in the Bay area. With luck I might be able to do some Volunteer gigs on the USS Hornet, or perhaps the Jeremiyah O' Brian Liberty Ship, which my mythical S.S. Athena is based on.
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