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Many people don’t really understand what it is to leave under a flight path, with the noise of planes overhead.

We are suggesting you make a short video of what it is like. It can be done on your phone. Best to make it no more than 2 minutes. (Twitter, for example only takes videos of no more than 2 minutes, 20 seconds). Ideally upload it to twitter or other social media sites but, if you email it to us (johnstewart2@btconnect.com) we can do it for you. We will also put it on this website.

We are also suggesting you write a short account - no more than 150 words - of what it is like to live under the flight path. Again, the ideal would be for you to put it on soicial media yourself but we can do it for you iof you email it to us.

In the first video Jackie who lives in North Thamesmead tells what it is like to get both departures and arrivals

Residents in Waltham Forest, London’s 3rd most overflown borough, in North East London tell what it is like to live under Heasthrow flights paths and the concentrated London City flight paths: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAnKUlxg7EY

In this video residents tell of the noise impact of London City when it first opened in the late 1980s and of what it is like to under it concentrated flight paths today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dMy7cGUVo4

DID YOU KNOW

• LCY already have permission for 111,000 flights per year; up to 592 flights per weekday

• LCY have 5 noise monitors close to the airport and 1 in SE28; the only monitor south of the river. You can access these monitors to see the noise measurement an aircraft from ANY airport creates as it flies over. https://webtrak.emsbk.com/lcy

• London is the most overflown city in the world, with 6 London airports (LCY, Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, Southend). We also hear long haul planes that overfly the UK

• Home buyers can research if your home is under a concentrated flight path, which could jeopardise your house sale

• A concentrated flight path (first introduced in 2016) means all aircraft follow the same route; like a motorway. It means there is no escape if you live under it. The routes will be reviewed in 2025. If you want your views heard, keep following HACAN East

• 16 London boroughs live under the concentrated flight paths of LCY

• LCY does not communicate with all those under their flight paths when they want to make changes that affect us, so our views often go unheard

In the UK there are over 50 campaign groups against airport noise, pollution and expansion. Every major country also have campaign groups. We are not alone.

• International studies have identified how aircraft noise and pollution impacts health; sleep deprivation, stress, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, dementia, etc

• LCY is in the London Borough of Newham, who have approved all previous expansion planning applications. However, Newham Council have rejected the latest application for more early morning flights and flights till 7:30pm on a Saturday

• There are several free apps you can download to monitor all the aircraft in your area. FlightRadar24 shows you which operator, height, time, date, etc. you’ll realise that not all noisy aircraft relate to LCY

• There is a free app you can download called Explane. It measures the decibels of one aircraft overhead. It also records which operator, height, time, date, etc. you can submit the information to an international database.

• Although you may record 75-80 decibels of noise from a single aircraft, the Civil Aviation Authority allows airports to average out the sound over 16 hours (7am-11pm) so it reduces the appearance of the impact on Londoners

• LCY suggest that when new generation aircraft finally come to the airport, they will be 5 decibels quieter. Scientists have proved that the human ear will not be able to detect any decrease in noise

• Your voice can be heard at the quarterly LCY Consultative Committee attended by HACAN East