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In 1997 33 Squadron flying Puma helicopters moved to RAF Benson and soon after in 2001 28 Squadron flying Merlin helicopters also moved there. The number of helicopters flying from the base has increased dramatically. This now results in a huge amount of noise nuisance to the neighbouring area. Because of the policy of avoiding built up areas the local villages take the brunt of the noise nuisance. One such village is Compton in nearby Berkshire. The majority of the flights from RAF Benson are training flights and the nature of these flights exasperates the noise problem. Compton suffers badly from many of theses flights which operate non stop through out |
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This section about the appauling noise nuisance generated by these obscene machines is currently being editted. RAF Benson is responsible for a excessive amount of noise pollution in the surrounding villages and causes huge distress to many residents. |
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day light hours. The flight patterns normally contain many hours of hovering overhead or circling endlessly round and round or back and forth. Local residents now suffer many hours of stress and annoyance caused by the noise which can lead to problems such as head aches. Activities such as talking to someone in the street have become impossible because of |
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Revision as of 12:32, 10 January 2008
RAF Benson | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Benson | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 226 ft / 69 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°36′59″N 001°05′45″W / 51.61639°N 1.09583°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.raf.mod.uk/rafbenson | ||||||||||
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- BEX redirects here. For the airline Business Express that operated under that name from 1984-2000, see Business Express Airlines.
RAF Benson (IATA: BEX, ICAO: EGUB) is a Royal Air Force station near Benson in Oxfordshire, England. It is home to the Royal Air Force's medium transport helicopters, the Puma and Merlin.
Benson is currently home to 28 Sqn and 33 Sqn and also to Oxford UAS and 6 AEF. It has now also formed 78 Sqn as a Merlin Squadron (previously a Sea King/Chinook Squadron based at Mount Pleasant Airfield, Falkland Islands). Previous units once based there include the Queen's Flight.
The Thames Valley Police helicopter (a Eurocopter EC135) and the Chiltern air ambulance helicopter (a Bölkow 105,call sign Helimed24 ) are both based at Benson.
The airfield is a well-known frost hollow.
Environmental impact
In 1997 33 Squadron flying Puma helicopters moved to RAF Benson and soon after in 2001 28 Squadron flying Merlin helicopters also moved there. The number of helicopters flying from the base has increased dramatically. This now results in a huge amount of noise nuisance to the neighbouring area. Because of the policy of avoiding built up areas the local villages take the brunt of the noise nuisance. One such village is Compton in nearby Berkshire. The majority of the flights from RAF Benson are training flights and the nature of these flights exasperates the noise problem. Compton suffers badly from many of theses flights which operate non stop through out day light hours. The flight patterns normally contain many hours of hovering overhead or circling endlessly round and round or back and forth. Local residents now suffer many hours of stress and annoyance caused by the noise which can lead to problems such as head aches. Activities such as talking to someone in the street have become impossible because of the noise levels.
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