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Message: [Acro] Re: noise complaints
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From: "Brent Rogers" <1brogers at rogers.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 16:01:27 UTC
Hi Kathy,
Living in a big urban area like Toronto I have lots of experience with this sort of thing.
Not so much on the aerobatics side since we fly for 15 or 20 minutes to a rural area way outside of Toronto to practice (mixed blessing of living in a city blanketed with Class B airspace) but more on the general traffic in and out of the GA airports on the ever expanding fringes of the city.
I religiously adhere to and practice any noise abatement procedures that there are, sometimes adding my own to the published ones. I am also very sensitive to being a "good neighbour". For instances if I am practising simulated forced approaches over farm country, I never do more than one before moving several miles to a different location.
For aerobatics, higher is generally better in terms of noise as perceived on the ground. Practice areas/boxes often dictate staying in one area so maybe adjusting times if you can (i.e. weekdays rather than weekends) can help.
At the end of the day, people in general don't have much tolerance for anything that irritates them unless they are involved in it.
Polite and earnest empathy and projecting a sensitivity about people's concerns sometimes will go a long way. Not much may have changed but their perception that you are trying to be considerate. This mixed with some efforts to educate people helps. In many cases here, it ISN'T really the noise that is an issue. The fear is that an airplane approaching the airport will "fall out of the sky" and the noise is just a talking point for that fear. They feel they can't protest the flight path but the noise thing works so they use that.
AOPA has plenty of experience assisting people with these sorts of issues and may be able to advise you further.
Trust you are still having fun with your Zlin?
Best
Brent
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Brent Rogers | CPL, ASELS, IA
Toronto, Ontario | COPA # 134213
Canada | AOPA # 772585 7
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----- Original Message -----
From: <Ithirtz at aol.com>
To: <acro at gf24.de>
Cc: <HVYATH at aol.com>
Sent: July 25, 2002 11:18 AM
Subject: [Acro] noise complaints
> I have been receiving a lot of flack in the media due to a few people
> "complwhining" about noise from my Pitts S2-B when I perform aerobatics. The
> area I fly in is rural, and totally legal. I fly high at 2500 - 4000 feet,
> but do like to tumble.
>
> I am wondering if anybody else gets complaints and if so how do you deal with
> it.
>
> I call back all complainers who leave their number. The FAA has investigated
> my flying and tell me I'm completely legal, however, still call me everytime
> someone calls with a complaint. It has gotten so bad that now I get called
> for every plane complaint and blamed even when it's not my plane!
>
> Help!
> Kathy
>
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