OBSERVATIONS OF TEST FLIGHTS FROM ORMOND BEACH AIRPORT
OVER TOMOKA ESTATES DONE 7-14-09 BY EMBRY RIDDLE & THE
ORMOND BEACH NOISE ABATEMENT TASK FORCE

THE FLIGHTS STARTED A FEW MINUTES BEFORE 6 PM THAT I HAVE COMMENTED ON BELOW.
THIS INFORMATION IS FOR TOMOKA ESTATES, EAST OF THE AIRPORT ONLY.

THE GREEN INDICATES THE APPROX PATHS THE FLIGHTS I NOTED TOOK.
I ALSO HAVE VIDEOS OF THE FLIGHTS
THE PLANES I SAW HAD TAIL NUMBERS: N437ER AND N25564

5:58 PM FLIGHT WENT EAST THEN NORTH NO NOISE OVER HOMES GOOD ALTITUDE
6:02 PM POSSIBLY SAME FLIGHT AS ABOVE RETURNING NORTH OF HOMES NO NOISE NOTICED
6:04 PM CUT IN, FLEW DIRECTLY OVER MY HOME ALTITUDE WAS GOOD, BUT COULD HAVE WENT FARTHER AROUND LIKE FIRST ONE
6:14 PM FLEW FARTHER EAST LIKE FIRST FLIGHT NO NOISE AT ALL
6:18 PM TWIN ENGINE CAME FROM EAST TO WEST OVER MY HOME, DID NOT SEE HIM TAKE OFF
6:20 PM APPEARED TO BE TWIN ENGINE PLANE STAYED EAST, DID NOT GO OVER HOMES NO SIGNIFICANT NOISE
6:22 PM SINGLE ENGINE CUT TURN SHORT, FLEW OVER MY HOME NOISY
6:24 PM TWIN ENGINE TAKE OFF WAS GOOD, WAS CLOSE TO GOING OVER HOMES ON RETURN WEST AND HAD NOTICEABLE NOISE
6:25 PM SINGLE ENGINE FLEW JUST INSIDE THE PATH AS HE HEADED NORTH TO MAKE HIS TURN WEST SOME NOISE, SEEMED LOWER THAN SOME OF THE OTHER PLANES
6:27 PM SINGLE ENGINE GOOD PATTERN, STAYED EAST NO NOISE
6:28 PM TWIN ENGINE STAYED EAST ON TAKEOFF BEFORE TURNING NORTH, DID NOT FLY OVER HOUSES NO NOISE
6:32 PM SINGLE ENGINE ONE OF THE MORE NOISY OBSERVED
6:33 PM SINGLE ENGINE CLIMBED QUICK, DID SHARP TURN NORTH NOISY, IF WINDOWS WERE OPEN IN HOUSE IT WOULD SOUND LIKE HE WAS DIRECTLY OVERHEAD
6:34 PM TWIN ENGINE WAS SLIGHTLY NOISY ON TAKE OFF, WAS CLOSER TO THE HOMES THAN BEFORE..NO NOISE ON RETURN WEST NORTH OF HOMES
6:36 PM SINGLE ENGINE SOME NOISE BUT NOT BAD, STAYED MORE NORTH ON RETURN WEST
6:38 PM GOOD FLIGHT, NO WHERE NEAR HOMES, FLEW MORE EAST, HIGH ALTITUDE BEFORE BANKING NORTH SAME TIME, TWIN ENGINE BELOW WAS HEARD TAKING OFF BEFORE SEEN
6:39 TWIN ENGINE TOOK OFF, TURNED NORTH EARLIER THAN NORMAL BUT THEN BANKED BACK SOUTH NOISY FOR THE DISTANCE THE PLANE WAS FROM THE HOMES
6:40 PM SINGLE ENGINE FLYING EAST TO WEST BACK TOWARDS THE AIRPORT, NOT SURE WHEN IT TOOK OFF

MY OPINION:
If the planes flew the correct path or even a little more to the east after taking off, they avoid creating any noise over the homes in Tomoka Estates.  Sharp turns north earlier than shown on the airport's map is what causes noise over the homes.  The areas to the right of the red (Ormond Lakes and Tomoka Estates) is mostly Tomoka State Park and has no homes over it.  The planes could still make a turn north before going over the ocean and stay in that zone between homes and Ormond by the Sea. 
It appears that Ormond Beach Noise Abatement Task Force member, Dr. Ayers, representing Embry Riddle University, is making a good effort to make conditions better for neighbors of the airport.  If other flight schools, including some in Daytona Beach who use this airport for practice, would make the same effort things would be better than it has been for years.