tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post5927012518792704209..comments2024-03-13T10:32:22.656+00:00Comments on thanetonline: Manston Night Flights decision dayMichael Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-53633315459341470042009-02-13T20:40:00.000+00:002009-02-13T20:40:00.000+00:00Manston has been an airfield since 1916 with well ...Manston has been an airfield since 1916 with well documented heavy usage. I doubt anyone has purchased a house locally without noticing there is an airfield nearby. It's also not unreasonable to assume that aircraft will use it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-57615841889318522682009-02-13T12:58:00.000+00:002009-02-13T12:58:00.000+00:00The old story of the Elephant in the room. When bu...The old story of the Elephant in the room. When buying a house people obviously say, 'Oh lets move to Thanet, then we can spen our retirement whinging about the airport having 'planes landing, instead of getting the life we so obviously lost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-6816388824904404552009-02-13T08:13:00.000+00:002009-02-13T08:13:00.000+00:00Terrible isn't it, aircraft flying in and out of a...Terrible isn't it, aircraft flying in and out of an airfield! Why not move to the countryside - but then you may encounter cows making a noise, and mud on the roads.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-46322957235456358872009-02-12T16:02:00.000+00:002009-02-12T16:02:00.000+00:00Stargazer I also noticed the flights and concluded...Stargazer I also noticed the flights and concluded that even if 5.30 landing was an emergency something I am quite happy to accept, flying training flights over Ramsgate this morning with the council decision tonight suggests an attitude at the airport that is just plain stupid.<BR/><BR/>With so little wind today I wouldn’t have thought it would be necessary to either land or takeoff from this end of the runway, so the flight were probably contrary to the 106 agreement.Michael Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-11088161429391355972009-02-12T15:06:00.000+00:002009-02-12T15:06:00.000+00:00I thought the flying curfew had been abolished!.I...I thought the flying curfew had been abolished!.<BR/>I was woken up at 0530hrs this very morning when voting will decide to extend flying hours,by a large noisy very low aircraft that shook my house,so much for any agreements Infratill do as they like and our councill let them,just like the pilot training that has gone on all this morning crosing my home every eight mins,this has been happening for months and yet our councillors do nothing and never will.<BR/>Stargazer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com