Weekend Flying

[Tom.]

Have the army decided to carry on at the weekend as if it was a weekday as i am writing this 1 apache 2 gazzeles and a lynx all flew over in formation and  their has been alot of chinook activity and a hercules or 2 have been going in and out
It is an exercise but is it reall nessacery to fly at weekends
Comments Please

[Tweek]

It is an exercise but is it reall nessacery to fly at weekends

You say it like that's a bad thing...

[Craig.]

you want to try living on an army base for a short time.
Especially in summer where flying is 24/7 quite often.
While aircraft are great to see during the day, we were getting woken up at 3am by some trainee needing night experience, is not so good:)
A little weekend work never hurt anyone though.

[Tom.]

Lol Trust me living 2 miles away from a military airbase has its downside
Eg: in the middle of the night having Planes and helicopters going on the approach just over the line of trees outside my bedroom window (rougly 100m away) its impossible to sleep

[Craig.]

Lol Trust me living 2 miles away from a military airbase has its downside
Eg: in the middle of the night having Planes and helicopters going on the approach just over the line of trees outside my bedroom window (rougly 100m away) its impossible to sleep

been there seen it did it for 14 years so I know your pain Add in living right under the approach path to bristol airport for another 6, its now strange to get some peace and quiet at night.

[Tom.]

Well i was  living under the heathrow flightpath then we moved to sunny suffolk to get more noise from the military

[Brett_Henderson]

I've noticed quite a lot of extra, military activity too. I took a c172 from KOSU to KMRT and while killing some time waiting on my turn at the pump... an Apache made two, low approaches.. a quick ston-and-go.. and then zoomed out of sight. I've also noticed the KC135s and what looks like F15s from Rickenabacker AFB (KLCK) are a lot more active in the MOA just south of Columbus, OH.

Hmmmm ?

[Rifleman]

[quote]Have the army decided to carry on at the weekend as if it was a weekday as i am writing this 1 apache 2 gazzeles and a lynx all flew over in formation and

[Fozzer]

It just goes to prove that aircraft activities are not everyones cup of tea... ...!

Most of my neighbours, and myself, love spotting the occasional Cessna 152/172 slowly and quietly chuffing overhead...
...but we all feel like throwing bricks at the many annoying military/civillian, low-flying helicopters which rattle our teeth at 500 feet AGL, and below!

I've got the words " Pi$$ Off! " mown on my lawn...
...but I fear that's encouraging them... ...!

LOL...!

Paul... ...!

[Mictheslik]

I quite like the jets from bristol and the GA from filton going over my house (quite low sometimes), what i really hate is the Police Helicopter >:( >:( >:( >:(

.Mic

[Tom.]

Well there are supposedly 60+ helicopter based just up the road from me  :P

[eno]

I quite like the jets from bristol and the GA from filton going over my house (quite low sometimes), what i really hate is the Police Helicopter >:( >:( >:( >:(

.Mic

Stop your criminal activities then  :P

[Hagar]

Well i was  living under the heathrow flightpath then we moved to sunny suffolk to get more noise from the military

Most military airfields have been there for a very long time. I imagine the base was there long before you moved in so there's not much point in complaining now.

Moral: Check on this sort of thing before moving into your dream home.

[C]

It is an exercise but is it reall nessacery to fly at weekends
Comments Please

As a rule, no, as people don't like working on weekends, just like civvies...

But it happens, if really necessary, and considering the extra forces that are reportedly off to Afghanistan...