Noise log, Jul. 12, 2009

This sample, recorded on July 12, is typical of what residents of Lower Fairfield County have experienced beginning in late 2007, due to phasing in of the F.A.A's so-called Airspace redesign. In the log below, you'll read about low-flying planes, often every 2-3 minutes. Since each plane's noise lasts for a good 2-3 minutes, that means the noise experienced was practically continuous.

While Sunday, July 5, and Monday, July 6, 2009, brought much more plane-noise overhead, I was too tied up with other matters to be able to log those numerous overhead flights. This "sample" from a non-holiday Sunday is typical."J" denotes jet, "sm" denotes a medium or small plane, not a large jet. "NE" means the plane was seen heading Northeast, "S" means South, and likewise for other headings such as W meaning west. "dns" means I did not see the plane, which sounded as though it was hidden behind trees, but am very certain I did hear a plane and not the echo of some loud ground-vehicle. If a question-mark appears after the heading, it means I'm pretty sure that's where I heard a plane heading, but did not see it.

Weather: There was a bit of haze overhead but as the hour wore on sky cleared.
19:07 (meaning 7:07 pm) J, S.
19:08 sm, loud, S?19:10 J, S.
19:12 J, S?
19:15 J, NE/E.
19:16 J, S.
19:18 J, NE.
19:19 J, S.
19:20 sm, E.
19:21 smallish jet, W/NW, very low.
19:22 J, S? could have been same plane as in previous entry. Too much noise filling the sky to tell for sure.
19:23 sm, dns.
19:25 J, S.
19:25 sm, N.
19:26 sm, W.
19:26 sm, S.
19:30 sm, E.
19:32 sm, W? loud but hidden behind trees.
19:32 J, NE.
19:34 N? NW? loud.
19:35 J, NE.
19:38 J, S.
19:42 J, NE
19:44 sm, dns
19:45 sm, NW, low.
19:49 J, descending whine, NW
19:49 J, NE.
19:51 J, descending whine, dns.
19:52 sm, W? NW?
19:53 J, NE.