Noisy airplane flight
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talksthetorque said:
Used to fly Eastern from Southampton to Brussels.
As someone else said earplugs were handed round.
I SAID EARPLUGS WERE HANDED ROUND.
I think Eastern used to run the BA-liveried LCY-DUS route with an ATR. Pretty sure at least once or twice I was on an Eastern-liveried plane. As someone else said earplugs were handed round.
I SAID EARPLUGS WERE HANDED ROUND.
Edit: my mistake, it was a Saab 2000. Even smaller.
Edited by carl_w on Thursday 27th July 20:29
robinessex said:
lucido grigio said:
Yipper said:
Love Southend Airport. It's like the airport time forgot. Tucked away in a residential corner of London with a great rail link.
Since when has Southend ON SEA been in London ?......
Presumably "Robinessex" you know a bit about stuff that would like to be in London but really isn't.
robinessex said:
Last weekend, had my first flight on a plane with props. An ATR 72-600 flown by FlyBe, from Southend London airport. Impressed by it's performance, but it was dam noisy. Had seat 5F, right alongside the prop. An app on the mobile phone recorded 90db average noise level, with peak at 112db. The fight was just over 1hr. Personally. I found this to loud. At that sound level, in the engineering industry I worked in, ear defenders would be obligatory. Anyone have thoughts on this?
Airliners are noisy, I always bring earplugs with me.Hackney said:
robinessex said:
lucido grigio said:
Yipper said:
Love Southend Airport. It's like the airport time forgot. Tucked away in a residential corner of London with a great rail link.
Since when has Southend ON SEA been in London ?......Presumably "Robinessex" you know a bit about stuff that would like to be in London but really isn't.
Hackney said:
I see.
It annoys me, as do London Luton and London Stansted.
Does Gatwick annoy you? Luton is closer than Gatwick. I mean, Luton is a hole and a terrible airport by any measure, but it is closer.It annoys me, as do London Luton and London Stansted.
The problem IMO is not how far away from the city the airport is, but how good the transport links are. European cities manage great airports and slick transportation, we've got one WH Smith per 100 passengers I guess.
Prawo Jazdy said:
Hackney said:
I see.
It annoys me, as do London Luton and London Stansted.
Does Gatwick annoy you? Luton is closer than Gatwick. I mean, Luton is a hole and a terrible airport by any measure, but it is closer.It annoys me, as do London Luton and London Stansted.
The problem IMO is not how far away from the city the airport is, but how good the transport links are. European cities manage great airports and slick transportation, we've got one WH Smith per 100 passengers I guess.
But, "London Luton" is 32 miles from London, "London Gatwick" is only 26 miles from London
Would you refer to Gatwick or Heathrow as London Gatwick or London Heathrow? I wouldn't so the "London Gatwick" naming doesn't bother me as much. Maybe my threshold is 30 miles
In terms of Links, Gatwick is OK
Heathrow is shocking - the most expensive railway in the world on a per mile basis, or the Piccadilly Line
Luton - actually not that bad
In terms of building a dedicated line to any of the "London" airports, have you seen the problems HS2 has caused.
We can't do new infrastructure!
carl_w said:
Or about 30 mins by DLR. If you haven't flown LCY you've missed out. Arrive 20 mins before departure? No problem. On the way back, 10 mins after landing you're in your car or on the DLR, not traipsing miles round LHR T5.
LCY is my favourite of all the 'London' airports by far. I was lucky enough to do the JFK flight from there recently, that was wonderful.I've recently been on a few business trips to Ireland / N.Ireland.
First with FlyBe then Aer Lingus. Both prop planes.
FlyBe was like sitting on an old washing machine for an hour. Incredibly loud and felt like I left with a severe case of Vibration White Arse. Aer Lingus on the other hand smooth as silk with a subtle hum as the background noise. Night and Day. I suspect the FlyBe planes are on their legs.
First with FlyBe then Aer Lingus. Both prop planes.
FlyBe was like sitting on an old washing machine for an hour. Incredibly loud and felt like I left with a severe case of Vibration White Arse. Aer Lingus on the other hand smooth as silk with a subtle hum as the background noise. Night and Day. I suspect the FlyBe planes are on their legs.
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