What was the councils basis for opposing development? Noise? With 2 billion people on planet earth in 1930, when many original airfields were gazetted, these fields were ‘in the countryside’. 8 billion people on earth now, with 2 billion projected to come over the next 20 years, means these airfields are now in urban or near urban areas. It is inevitable that ‘non air minded’ populations complain about noise and the chance of an aircraft in the kitchen. Electric propulsion might give a second life to inner urban airfields with less noise, but where do snarling V12s go? Their audience is still in the city. Maybe an old aircraft carrier docked in an old city port, facing the prevailing wind? Combined Air Force – Navy experience. Nice hangars, accomodation, restaurant space. Many waterways have no Local Government involvement, except for any land based infrastructure.
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