We instituted a noise measureement process in where members that show up when those of us with noise meters are present, do the measurements on the planes that they brough with them that say and send that to the club secretary. The reason is because we had a problem neighbor that, out of the clear blue, started to complain about the noise. Problem is, he is about a mile away from the flight line to the left and rear of where we fly.

I've been near his house and heard absolutely nothing when we were flying so a lot of this is simply harassment. But, he is a neighbor and has a right to complain. We are using this field by the good graces of the Forestry Service and don't want to lose the privileges because someone complains to a politician. So, we measure and document our noise levels, should it come to that. And, we try our best to limit the noise as well as the traffic by his house (see the Google Earth screen capture of the field and the neighborhood involved).

CGr.