Overhead Planes

Does anyone have a problem with overhead planes?

I was playing golf with a friend earlier (trying to get some normality in life) and planes kept passing overhead.

These seemed loud to me, even with earplugs in. My friend was unaffected.

I am talking about normal overhead air traffic. Is this something to worry about. I was there for 3.5 hours. Now I’m scared and wonder whether I should have left.

Want some life!

 

No

 

thanks @GregCA

ears have spiked so much. terrified ive made things worse. could wind noise be responsible?

 

Maybe, although I'd only worry about it if the wind noise was loud and for a long time, which is a pretty rare occurrence I think.

 

sorry @spikedears I posted in the wrong thread - didnt mean to hijack yours!

 

it's ok @Elfin

anyone else with any advice. i am struggling

 

anyone?

 

No way that would do any damage with ear plugs in

 

thoughts on passing cars adjacent to the course? Passed by on several holes. and on the noise of hte golf carts on gravel etc (I did not have a cart but got passed by several)

 

You don't know loud until you hear figher jets flying over your house. I live in San Diego near Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar and the noise at times is deafening!

 

Were they fighter jets? I know from personal experience that an F-35 flying overhead is louder than any plane an existence (the military has said they project 121 decibels to the ground, and with afterburners lit, flying low attitude, it's much louder than that). If one of these bad boys is flying over, you will know it, cover your ears immediately. I have F-35s fly over my house frequently (they're doing some special training for them in my city), even inside the house it's DEAFENING when they come screaming by, you can feel it in your chest. If it's commercial aircraft only, the noise level should be a non-issue.

 

Playing golf with earplugs? Why?

 

You don't want to hear yourself cursing.

 

do not worry. you're just somatizing

 

For the environmental sounds. Birds chirping. Commercial planes and little private planes flying overhead and for the road noise of cars passing adjacent to a few holes. Also the loud ping sound of clubs hitting the ball, and to try and protect from wind noise.

Am I overdoing it?

 

Hi, joy fighter jets, just commercial craft and private little Cessna, etc. Worried about the spiking. They seemed loud or maybe louder with my anxiety abs focus on them. Who knows. Spiking bad

 

Thanks for getting in touch and for the reassurance, @fran dana

Hope you are right!

 

Possibly. Depends. How low and loud the planes are and how noisy is the road would be the only possible concerns. The club hitting the ball shouldn't be, although I haven't played for a long time. Birds and general environmental sounds on a golf course are likely fine, unless there's some ride on mower or such.
I've never found ear plugs are effective at protecting against wind noise, in fact, kind of make it more annoying.

 

I made a thread on this too and got the same answer but I'm still not sure about it. Everyone has planes flying overhead of them unless they live really far out into country. But I think it really depends on where one lives.

It's easy to say that these planes aren't harmful if you don't live in an area where they don't fly that low or aren't that frequent.

I live in the metropolitan area of one of the biggest cities in the United States and it just so happens to be an international airport nearby. I must live under a flight path too. Because it is different to hear the plane then look up to see it and to hear the plane then look up to see it flying directly above you.

In my hometown it was very different and not like this. When I try to go out for a walk there is constant air traffic. As soon as one plane leaves the horizon another one enters. It is constant.

I think at least for me, it's not so great to be around constant low-flying planes that are directly above me.

 

gave me spikes.

 

Hi @dpdx did the spikes settle?

 

Hi @Red thanks for the detailed and informative reply. Do you wear plugs when out and about to combat the overhead noise now? Did the planes give you any spikes? Didn’t these settle?

Man, hoping mine settle. Was one afternoon. Won’t be making the same mistake again. But these were commercial and small planes flying their set flight patterns. Not sure how I can avoid it, really

 

yes in a week

 

I do not like ear protection. If I'm in a situation where it is needed, I'd rather just avoid that situation than use ear protection. I will use earmuffs but only for a brief time as wearing ear protection can make me spike for days. When I go on walks, I go a different path than what I use to. However, since I live directly underneath where the airplanes fly, it is inevitable that I will have to use earmuffs a few times each walk, saving them only for the very loud planes.

If I owned a car I would drive somewhere else to walk entirely.
I haven't had problems with spikes doing this. But it is still somewhat stressful when I am trying to relax.

So, in your case I would golf somewhere else. You should not have to wear ear protection from simply being outside. If you have to then it means you're going to the wrong places. When you are outside golfing, your ears should be able to take in the natural sounds of the world around you and help give you a sense of calm. If all you are hearing is annoyingly loud planes and cars then I don't understand what you're getting out of it.