Talk:Myrtle Avenue, Hounslow

Direction and sound

"This makes it especially noisy when aircraft are landing or taking off from 27L" - if aircraft are landing at 27L then they pass alongside (on the right of) Myrtle Street and that will be very noisy, but if they're taking off from 27L aren't they travelling in the same direction but away from Myrtle Avenue? I think they'd have to be taking off from the opposite direction on the same runway (ie 9R) to pass Myrtle Avenue again (this time flying on the left hand side of Myrtle Ave)..?

Mind you I'm sure it's pretty noisy either way given its proximity to the airport. JoBrodie (talk) 11:34, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

• It can be worse when they are taking off. For example, Really hear those engines scream! Andrew🐉(talk) 12:32, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Fab video, thanks :) But I think they are taking off from 9R. If they were taking off from 27L (same runway, opposite directions^) I think they'd be pointing in the other direction and flying away from Myrtle Avenue - though I'd certainly agree that it's pretty noisy behind a jet engine anyway.

^ I suspect most people reading this page know this already but just in case - 27L means 270 degrees (ie, facing West) and L means it's the left of two runways which run in an East-West direction. When used in the opposite direction the same runway is called 9R (facing 90 degrees, ie East) but it's now the runway on the right hand side, a nice schematic shows that here http://www.photovation.net/Spotting/LHRFSet.htm

"27L/9R" refers to the same runway which is operated in two different directions. So I think what I'm suggesting is that "This makes it especially noisy when aircraft are landing or taking off from 27L" should be changed to "This makes it especially noisy when aircraft are landing at 27L or taking off from 9R" (perhaps with a clarifying note to explain that this refers to the same runway).

JoBrodie (talk) 13:30, 13 February 2021 (UTC)