sound barrier – Natural Building Blog

Domes beat the noise from the world’s busiest international airport

June 3, 2022May 1, 2013 by Owen Geiger

Hounslow Heath infants' school is directly under the flight path of Heathrow's southern runway and outside play for the children is interrupted every two minutes or so by landing aircraft passing over their heads. Photo: Reuters — Hounslow Heath infants’ school is directly under the flight path of Heathrow’s southern runway and outside play for the children is interrupted every two minutes or so by landing aircraft passing over their heads. Photo: Reuters

“Pupils at a London school so close to Heathrow airport that it sometimes seems descending planes might land in the playground have found a novel way to fight the roar of jet engines.