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The author examines the use of hush kits for noise control on twine engine jets. Topics include current noise standards for jets, contents and use of hush kits, and effects on the aircraft use of such kits has.

Martin Adams, the managing director of Lochard, has managed to turn his enterprise into an international success in 13 years.

SAN ANTONIO -- City leaders are concerned San Antonio's $4 billion tourism industry could be negatively affected if the city doesn't soon put in place a coordinated plan to effectively [...]

Cranston mayor joins Warwick executive in seeking answers Michael G. Cheston is probably expecting to hear from Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian, soon after he steps into his new office as [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C) 1997-9 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD British Airways unvieled an aircraft painted with a poppy on its tail and the words 'I Pause to remember' to commemorate those who [...]

The roar of jets does not have to mean an accompanying roar from airport neighbors. In Madison, Wis., the Dane County Regional Airport (DCRA) found a unique way to overcome [...]

Republic Airport is thinking of ways of diverting the jet landings and takeoffs from residential neighborhoods to solve the problem of noise complaints from the local residents within the area. Long Island MacArthur Airport has begun its program of soundproofing 218 homes within its noise contour. Passenger traffic has risen at Long Island MacArthur Airport with an average of 1.9M passengers since 1987. The increased air traffic to Florida resulted in an increased passenger traffic of 1.24M., Receiving noise complaints at an airport may be routine business, but how airports address those complaints and appease local communities is anything but. At Republic Airport (Farmingdale), that concern has [...]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) may rescind its plans to expand East Coast air routes in response to complaints of high levels of aircraft noise in New Jersey. The FAA initially expanded air routes in 22 states to service the congested New York metropolitan area in its Expanded East Coast Plan started in 1987. However, the FAA announced in its draft environmental impact statement that returning to air routes in place in 1986 may lower the noise impact for about 450,000 New Jersey residents.

WASHINGTON -- A combination of bureaucracy and politics will keep airports from levying the new passenger facility charge and issuing bonds in conjunction with it until next year, a Federal [...]