More flights of fancy – noise from planes approaching Gatwick

The perennial problem of aircraft noise has been highlighted by people in Surrey/Kent who live under the westerly flight path approach to Gatwick Airport expansion is always a contentious issue, and here in Surrey we are faced with the appalling prospect of a third runway at Heathrow leading to yet more aircraft over-flying our county. BAA, which currently owns and manages both Heathrow and Gatwick, recently cited a low-emission “green jumbo” to help clinch its environmental case for a third runway – but its argument was shattered when it was discovered that neither Airbus nor Boeing, the...