Some locals would call in to complain about the noise of the planes. (These planes were music to my ears.) The answer they would inevitably get was, "That's the sound of freedom."
Perfect answer!
Just try buying a house in the Keys to discover how “devalued” real estate has become down there.
Trailer lots with absolutely nothing on them are going for stratospheric prices.
The keys.... Perfect place for a bombing range.Screw em
It’s called the sound of freedom, get over it and yourselves.
If you lived on the land before an air station was contructed you might have a beef. If you bought property near an air station you have lost your right to complain, no one forced you to buy a house there.
Offer to buy the house at market value. If they turn it down case closed. If they sell resell it with a rider in the contract that all future buyers purchase the home with the stipulation that there will be jet aircraft noise associated with the purchase.
So true. As a little kid, I remember hearing the awesome drone of B36's flying over my house. I thought it was neat.
Fighters? Bah. I spent eighth through twelfth grades at a school that was directly under the takeoff path for March Air Force Base. C-141s, C-5s, KC-135s, and B-52s rumbled overhead on a regular basis. An awesome thing to see, hear and occasionally feel, especially when they had alerts going on. These people are weenies.
There’s a NAS here in Marietta, GA. Several years back, an A-6 crashed into an apartment complex. The press tried to make a big deal out of it and asked if the station (along with Dobbins AFB) should be moved. The military replied that they were there first. They did not ask anyone to set up residential areas around the base.
As far as noise goes, it is much better today. One rarely hears the deafening A-6 in the air anymore. And the noisy F-14s have been replaced with the quieter F-18s.
Most bases, like Oceana, predate the complainers. They were an existing condition when the houses were built.
Some here look up as the jets fly over, with a sense of pride and awe. Others just complain.......”
When I was a kid on the farm in Wisconsin, the Air Force Base on the east side of Madison starting flying jets.
People whined constantly about the noise.
My Dad used to tell them:
“Those planes have USA marking on them. Be happy about that.”
AVIATION PING
90 miles from a commie country, they should be encouraging the flights!
Everyone should call and or write the navel base and tell them you like the noise. If you do they have to record the call and take tabulations.
At the commissioners meeting it would have to read XYZ so many complaints concerning jet noise.
Then they would HAVE to state how many compliments on the jet noise.
:-)
Just happened to be in an area a few days ago where an F-22 Raptor was taking off and flying over. Now THAT is a loud plane.
It might be stealthy but, in the field, every military person will know where an F-22 is in the sky. Everyone near the airstrip will need ear protection at take-off. My guess would be about 160db within 300 yards.
I remember as a kid going to my first Thunderbirds show. They were flying the F-86 and the show opener was a single ship breaking the sound barrier, and probably some windows besides.
Absolutely awesome. Todays show you have to keep sight of them or you are in for a surprise appearance, but in those days the appearance was almost gone when you heard the boom. Sound of freedom.
“The suit ended with a settlement and the Navy agreeing to pay $34 million to 2,100 homeowners, who claimed the 1998 arrival of the F/A-18 Hornets had devalued their homes and subjected them to substantially louder noise.”
That’s over $16,000 to each homeowner from us, the taxpayers just for griping about some noise. And I can pretty much guarantee the military was there first ... nobody made these homeowners buy and build there.
Do ya suppose these whiners would rest better if those were enemy jets flying over them?
I love the sound of our military planes, morning, noon or night and pray God’s blessings upon those brave and dedicated young American’s who fly them.