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Aviation and the Environment

The environmental factors of aviation, including noise and the dangers of noxious emissions, began with the increased use of jet aircraft, urbanization which moved residential areas closer to what once were outlying airports, and the increase in the number of flights. As to restrictions on noise levels, our lectures cautioned, "a noise standard neither reflects the noise performance of the best available aircraft in current

production, nor provides a reference for future aircraft" ("Airport Noise rules" 2008 14).

Noise issues are becoming increasingly important in the aviation industry for aircraft manufacturers, airlines, and airport operators. It seems clear from a number of studies mentioned in the lectures that European airports are doing a better job of finding the means for noise abatement.

However, there seem to be concerns that noise abatement can and sometimes does conflict with air safety. The conflict between noise and safety concerns is spreading. The greatest problems seem to lie not with the huge international airports but with the local and regional ones, located in far denser populated areas that serve both private and corporate planes. So, while municipalities and some airport managements are enacting noise abatement legislation, pilots and the America's FAA are concerned: "'It is the greatest single air safety problem in the U.S.,' said Richard Deeds, a veteran commercial pilot and chairman of the noise abatement committee of the national Air Line Pilots Assn. 'Flying airplanes isn't political compromise. It's physics and safety... Everyone who flies thinks these (noise abatement) techniques are crazy'" (Weikel 1991 1). Not enogh has changed since this was written to change the minds of those who fly.

There is another problem concerning noise abatemenet; Money. Research is costly. For instance, "NASA has awarded a $500,000, two-year contract to Virginia-based Techsburg to resea...

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