Southend Airport

[AndyT]

NFN, but one post in 8 years and it's the first letter of a word.

This could be a very long post we are waiting on here.

 

[Ricey]

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[MK Shrimper]

Is it anything to do with the Christmas quiz?

 

[The Big Dady]

Some pictures of Southend Airport through the ages.

 

[The Big Dady]

 

[The Big Dady]

 

[The Big Dady]

Some Film of Southend Airport through the ages

And you thought Southend Airport is noisy now, just take a look at these Boeing 707's from the 1990's

and Being 727's again from the 1990's

DC-8's from the 1990's

Now these were noisy.

 

[The Big Dady]

And a few more

Conroy CL-44

Here is the BAC 1-11 from the 1990's these were really noisy and made the ground shake, and they always had great big black smoke trails.

 

[The Big Dady]

Regarding noise levels and the residence of Wells Avenue, below I have posted up pics of Wells Avenue, Southend Airport, and its Charlie Taxiway.

If you look carefully at these you can see the yellow lines and traffic lights where planes stop and wait for clearance from Traffic Control in the Control Tower to proceed onto the main runway "06". These yellow stop/hold lines over the years have moved and in 2013 it moved round the bend closer to the main runway, which unfortunately meant that the planes are static with their engines running and their exhausts pointing straight at the gardens of Wells Avenue.

In 2018 they then moved it again back from the bend but this has now resulted in the planes being held much closer to their gardens. The airport should move the yellow holding lines and traffic lights back to their original position seen in the 1999 pic, which is a lot further away from the gardens in Wells Avenue which will alleviate the majority of their noise problems.

 

[The Big Dady]

 

[Southminster Shrimper]

Great pics, assume that Swedish Saab Tunnan was part of the airshow one year?

 

[KevinJH]

Great pics, assume that Swedish Saab Tunnan was part of the airshow one year?

May have gone into the museum I think.....

 

[davewebbsbrain]

I would love to see a plane at the end of my garden every couple of hours.

 

[MK Shrimper]

I would love to see a plane at the end of my garden every couple of hours.

Really? I can just about hear cars racing up the A5 when the wind blows in the right direction. I'd hate to live anywhere near an airport - the noise must be horrendous.

 

[Southminster Shrimper]

May have gone into the museum I think.....

Ah interesting, many thanks for the reply.

 

[davewebbsbrain]

Really? I can just about hear cars racing up the A5 when the wind blows in the right direction. I'd hate to live anywhere near an airport - the noise must be horrendous.

I hear and see them taking off morning noon and night and it really doesn't bother me. I'd happily have them at the end of my garden, love seeing them take off and land

 

[KevinJH]

@Althorne Shrimper : here's a link that I found in an old 'favourites' folder about the airport's history - a very informative site but this'll take you straight to the a/c in question

http://saadonline.uk/archives/category/ham-aircraft/page/2

 

[AndyT]

I guess you get used to the noise, though aircraft are different to road noise.

I live next to the railway line and during the summer, with the windows open, you can hear the trains and some days the announcer on the local station just down the road, but you kind of get used to it and it's almost a re-assuring sound in some ways when they go past.

 

[Ricey]

I hear and see them taking off morning noon and night and it really doesn't bother me. I'd happily have them at the end of my garden, love seeing them take off and land

Having lived next to both Brize Norton and Marham you become used to the noise. I’m a aviation geek so I will always love seeing and hearing aircraft. I’m on the Stansted flight path and do enjoy looking out at what’s flying over. It’s not to everyone’s taste!

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

We live in the flight path over Leigh. Guaranteed most mornings when about 5.40am the Ryan Air one flies over, the noisy bugger wakes us up.
No problem with any East Jet ones throughout the day/evenings.