Aviation and the Environment

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 nat

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sting to note that while John Wayne has taken the ban noise-making business jets seriously, the people in and around Santa Monica airport in California have been thwarted in their attempts to curb what they called "high speed" business jets from landing. It seems obvious that as air travel, especially among private and business aircraft, grows and more and more residential neighborhoods are threatened with the noise of arriving and departing aircraft, some sort of noise pollution legislation is sure to force these aircraft and their manufacturers to step up noise abatement or face serious civil law suits. In addition to noise pollution, environmental problems with aviation also involve emissions. Aircraft emissions pollute the air and threaten by 2050 to become one of the largest contributors to global warming, British scientists have concluded. "David Travis, a climate science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, says aircraft emissions "are currently one of the fastest-growing contributors to global warming" ("Collision course" 2008 para. 3). This USA Today article also claims that jet engine technology to reduce emissions further is behind schedule. The article goes on to claim that, besides carb
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