Originally Posted by
Bjauck
Back to the future. Concorde was a beauty. Americans initially tried to stop it landing in New York, ostensibly because it was so noisy when taking off and landing and ascending. However a major reason was probably probably because British Airways (and not an American airline) was operating it. NZ is not so concerned about airline noise impinging on residents. There are plenty of nighttime flights over Auckland already. Population growth means flight paths are now over residential areas.