Footings crossing boundary

[Grunff]

I know!! Man, tell me about it. It's like they like the look of our house 'cause it's a nice white marker.

[Andy Hall]

You could do a Norwegian modification and create a turf roof. That should work OK in the Devon climate.

.andy

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[Grunff]

Hmmm... there's a thought. I'd have to mow the roof. What did you do this weekend? I mowed the roof. Yes, I like that.

[Huge]

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You too, huh? I've been thinking of painting the house dark green (which would also solve the algae problem). Or buying an 35mm Oerlikon...

[stefek.zaba]

Seems like the next weekend d-i-y project for you is clear, Huge: you need to camoflauge the house, and put up a lightweight similacrum 800 yards away, and move the decoy house another 400 yards each weekend. Eventually you'll have the weekend wannabe pilots flying out to sea (and maybe running out of fuel ;-)

Should keep you busy for a few days...

Stefek

[Grunff]

[Steve Firth]

Pah, that's nothing. We get overflown from RAF Odiham, and they use the field at the back of the house to practice setting down and taking off.

When I was at work one day my wife complained to Odiham that a Chinook pilot had been too close to the house and got the usual guff that he couldnt' have been, strict separation rules, highly repsonsible people, blah, blah.

Then she gave them the name of the man standing in the door of the Chinook which she had read off his uniform.

[Zymurgy]

"Christian McArdle" wrote

Cheers,

Paul.

[Huge]

*laugh* You want one of those Oerlikon's, you do.

[Owain]

Stefek Zaba wrote | Seems like the next weekend d-i-y project for you is clear, Huge: | you need to camoflauge the house, and put up a lightweight | similacrum 800 yards away, and move the decoy house another 400 | yards each weekend. | Eventually you'll have the weekend wannabe pilots flying out to | sea (and maybe running out of fuel ;-) | Should keep you busy for a few days...

Should really confuse the council too when they look at the aerial photographs to spot new building work without planning permission.

Owain

[Owain]

"Zymurgy" wrote | "Christian McArdle" | > > Much better to sort these things out amicably. A friendly note | > > to the pilot saying "please do not fly here again or I'll let | > > your tyres down" left under the windscreen wiper should do it. | | > Many planes don't have windscreen wipers. |

So what do you think Post-It(tm) Notes were invented for?

Owain

[Steve Firth]

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Nah, I have access to better stuff at work. Radar controlled mini-gun would be nice. Wife's experience highlights the problem of having a three-storey house in a low flying area.

[Christian McArdle]

Where is your house in relation to the runway? You may find that an alternative circuit route may be practical that avoids your house. Most airfields have noise abatement circuit patterns that avoid sensitive areas. These usually get published so that even visting pilots know which houses/villages/farms to avoid.

Obviously, if you are right under final approach at 500ft, there's not much room for manoevure.

Christian.

[Grunff]

About 4 miles away!

But then I wouldn't have anything to moan about :-( It only happens pccasionally, maybe every 3 weeks or so. But when it happens, it goes on for what seems like an eternity.

[Christian McArdle]

Odd. Only a total incompetent would do circuit training four miles from the airfield. Pilots with circuits this wide are likely to be the subject of intense ridicule if discovered. The ATZ is only 2 nautical miles radius, so they're actually well outside the airfield's "airspace".

Christian.

[Grunff]

There will certainly be ridicule when I hit one of them with my next generation of spud gun.

[Huge]

We're 9 miles from Cranfield, and they sure as sh*t do circuits over us.

[Huge]

Tee-hee. That's exactly what I was thinking of. I even have a prototype in the shed...

[tpaul]

Could be they are being put into a holding pattern

Paul Mc Cann