Hey, Colorado Springs guys.....

[zteknik]

i dont get it?
complaining about the sound of helicopters from the base-mmmkay
thats like the people from queens in ny complaining about airtrafic from laguardia-senseless!!
beats the sound of gang thugs and there noise!!

[BigBear]

I would prefer to hear the ground rumbling from a brigade of tanks on excercise.... but, heli's and birds definitely come in a close second!

I think Hosers remark was right on the money. If you don't like it, move.

[patrick0685]

I don't have a lot of sympathy (Okay, none) for idiots who move in near a military base or airport and then piss and moan about noise. In almost every instance, the installation was there long before they were. In the case of DIA, look how those idiot developers built up subdivisions not far from it after it opened. And if they plus up a base, those idiots ought to be ecstatic about the extra $$$ that will bring to the area. That's a lot of $ that helps everyone in the area, even if it's indirectly.

Those folks should be counting their blessings that they're hearing those helos, or jets, or anything else coming and going from those places. But ignorance does have a habit of making people do stupid things.

+1, we get complaints all the time for plane traffic especially from castle rock, when our airport there was nothing anywhere close now these ppl bitch bc of the airplane noise, well don't move close to an airport dumb ass

[68Charger]

I would prefer to hear the ground rumbling from a brigade of tanks on excercise.... but, heli's and birds definitely come in a close second!

I think Hosers remark was right on the money. If you don't like it, move.

I'm around a mile from the South end of Ft. Carson- not quite close enough to hear tanks, but I can hear light machine gun fire- the 25 or 30mm, and the howitzers really stand out...

What I found amusing was on Saturday my dogs started barking at something (I couldn't hear anything- maybe they smelled something)... they eventually calmed down- and then the neighbor had about a half dozen guys over and they started pistol practice... no reaction from the dogs... screeching kids in the yard and gunfire at the neighbor's don't set them off, apparently

[Hoosier]

I'm around a mile from the South end of Ft. Carson- not quite close enough to hear tanks, but I can hear light machine gun fire- the 25 or 30mm, and the howitzers really stand out...

What I found amusing was on Saturday my dogs started barking at something (I couldn't hear anything- maybe they smelled something)... they eventually calmed down- and then the neighbor had about a half dozen guys over and they started pistol practice... no reaction from the dogs... screeching kids in the yard and gunfire at the neighbor's don't set them off, apparently

We must be in the same neighborhood. Indoors, the only thing I hear is the artillery rounds landing. When I'm outside I can occasionally hear things I'm guessing are 25 to 30mm rounds. Sometimes I can hear things that I think are small-caliber from the PWSA range. Occasionally see military helo's, but much more common are the C-130's.

There was talk of adding a gate to Ft. Carson, one of the base commanders came down to Pueblo West to discuss it. The gate would be near exit 110 on I-25. It was related to the new Air unit moving in and the new rail-road spur into the base coming off the coal plant on I-25 near Pikes Peak Raceway.

The additional helo unit would probably benefit me by raising house values in the area. Plus I love spotting and ID'ing aircraft of all types. I imagine if I lived in an area where they were taking off/landing frequently, I would have a different opinion.

H.