How busy is the airport in Thruxton?

[Hammerhead]

Merlin noises overhead you say? Yes please! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf3UtmHLKUU

[edo]

:-)

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&a...

House is in Fyfield. A lot more house for the money than Surrey, although my wife's commute gets a bit longer (excuse to buy a luxo barge).

Does make me laugh that people move to an area and complain about something that has been there for years. Jonathan Palmer has to put up with this at Bedford - despite the site previously being an airfield!

[Busa_Rush]

edo said:

Looking at a house that is only a mile or so from the circuit - how busy is the airport??

If you're even asking the question it's probably the wrong place for you to look for a home.

[Busa_Rush]

edo said:

:-)

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&a...

House is in Fyfield. A lot more house for the money than Surrey, although my wife's commute gets a bit longer (excuse to buy a luxo barge).

Does make me laugh that people move to an area and complain about something that has been there for years. Jonathan Palmer has to put up with this at Bedford - despite the site previously being an airfield!

Even if you think the noise is OK now, imagine 3 years down the road when your wife is still moaning about another track day, or another plane. If there is any risk of you turning into the people JP has to fight then just look elsewhere because regardless of what it does to the circuit, it'll ruin your life for the time you live there.

[y2blade]

Busa_Rush said:

edo said:

:-)

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&a...

House is in Fyfield. A lot more house for the money than Surrey, although my wife's commute gets a bit longer (excuse to buy a luxo barge).

Does make me laugh that people move to an area and complain about something that has been there for years. Jonathan Palmer has to put up with this at Bedford - despite the site previously being an airfield!

Even if you think the noise is OK now, imagine 3 years down the road when your wife is still moaning about another track day, or another plane. If there is any risk of you turning into the people JP has to fight then just look elsewhere because regardless of what it does to the circuit, it'll ruin your life for the time you live there.

that is the point..there are only two car trackdays per year at Thruxton thanks to the NEW people living there

the two Trackdays are VERY strictly policed to normal road silenced cars only...the standing joke is "use your wifes car or a hire car for Thruxton"

[carlosfandango]

they are bound to only 12 days racing a year - and that includes practice days. So by the time they've hosted BTCC abd BSB there isn't much left. I'd have thought traffic noise from the A303 would be a bigger issue...

[parakitaMol.]

Thruxton is very strictly a 90db circuit - if there are problems during race events which delay races then they always cancel rather than let them run on. It's not a new thing though - I can remember it being like this in 1999 with the Speed Triple Challenge - noise restricitons, scrutineering and closing times was always very tight.

[tuffer]

Fyfield, you will have more complaints about the clippety-clop of horses walking past your house than aircraft or car racing.......Jeeze, sleepy hollow. Nice village.

[edo]

Cool, ta.

[tuffer]

Let me know when you move in, you can take me for a spin in your Porker and then I will buy you a pint in Kimpton.

[edo]

Done!

[Busa_Rush]

Sorry, didn't realise Thruxton had been bullied down to just that per year . . . that's terrible. Neither my bikes or the weekend car would get through 90dB, not a chance.

If that's the case then a house nearby seems a reasonable consideration

[parakitaMol.]

Busa_Rush said:

Sorry, didn't realise Thruxton had been bullied down to just that per year . . . that's terrible. Neither my bikes or the weekend car would get through 90dB, not a chance.

If that's the case then a house nearby seems a reasonable consideration

I've got a feeling that is the static limit, I stand to be corrected but I think the drive by might be even be lower than that, but I don't think it's changed for years though. I seem to recall this coming in about 98/99 as we used to do Motorcycle track days there and then they stopped. For comparison IIRC Brands is either 105 or 120.

I know Thruxton officials were always really strict on ending race days at 6pm because our races were 2nd last on the events and always got cancelled when other races over-ran.

I wouldn't have a problem with buying a house nearby but it might put some people potential purchasers off when selling a house - that's probably the main issue.

Anyway, what I don't understand is how aircraft get away with it? surely they are louder than bikes and cars?

[normalbloke]

parakitaMol. said:

Busa_Rush said:

Sorry, didn't realise Thruxton had been bullied down to just that per year . . . that's terrible. Neither my bikes or the weekend car would get through 90dB, not a chance.

If that's the case then a house nearby seems a reasonable consideration

I've got a feeling that is the static limit, I stand to be corrected but I think the drive by might be even be lower than that, but I don't think it's changed for years though. I seem to recall this coming in about 98/99 as we used to do Motorcycle track days there and then they stopped. For comparison IIRC Brands is either 105 or 120.

I know Thruxton officials were always really strict on ending race days at 6pm because our races were 2nd last on the events and always got cancelled when other races over-ran.

I wouldn't have a problem with buying a house nearby but it might put some people potential purchasers off when selling a house - that's probably the main issue.

Anyway, what I don't understand is how aircraft get away with it? surely they are louder than bikes and cars?

They get away with it because usually they start up and p@ss off,circuits excepted.Generally, they were also there first!I also truly believe that joe average doesn't make the association that most G/A aircraft are toys.They may well be the next target for the hemp weavers/yoghurt knitters/lentilists.

[Robatr0n]

eharding said:

edo said:

bit of car noise doesn't bother me. heavy plane traffic would.

Define "heavy".

There is a historic aviation restoration outfit down there - the occasional Harvard, and maybe something with a Merlin. The Harvard will probably be the noisiest thing you'd hear.

I'd love to hear that glorious 9 cylinder radial engine or the V12 Merlin overhead as opposed to the host of boring passenger liners I currently have to deal with.