“ NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility mission is developing design tools that manufacturers can use to reduce noise impacts. The Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) project and Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology project work together to conduct testing with industry partners. The data NASA collects and analyzes from these tests with electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOLs) will ensure that the agency’s aircraftContinue reading “NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility Mission Researches Noise”
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Airport Noise and Its Discontents
By Bloomberg… “Airport noise is a global issue, though the Netherlands may be a special case given that it’s one of the world’s most densely populated countries. Neighbors of Schiphol have recently found that their years of complaints finally paid off: the airport recently announced a series of measures that it hopes will lead toContinue reading “Airport Noise and Its Discontents”
Living Near an Airport Affects Your Sleep, New Study Shows
From CNET “ While it may be obvious to the people it affects most, research now confirms that living next to an airport can seriously curtail how much sleep you get. Researchers at the Boston University School of Public Health and Oregon State University published a study last month linking increased airplane noise with gettingContinue reading “Living Near an Airport Affects Your Sleep, New Study Shows”
Guest Commentary: Now is your time to comment as FAA evaluates jet noise standards and mitigation
“Dispersing jet noise and particle emissions is an acknowledged antidote to concentration and is defined as “the process of introducing track variability by changing aircraft lateral position enough to spread out repetitive and intrusive noise events experienced by people living under highly concentrated flight paths” (UC Davis Aviation Noise and Emissions Symposium, February 2021).” https://www.lajollalight.com/news/opinion/story/2023-05-15/guest-commentary-now-is-your-time-to-comment-as-faa-evaluates-jet-noise-standards-and-mitigation
Quiet skies: Universities to research way to reduce aviation noise
FAA PRESS RELEASE Highlights… Noise and Advance Air Mobility Aircraft, Drones and Rotorcraft Develop noise models for different types of Advanced Air Mobility vehicles:$315,000 to Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Develop acoustic modeling for Urban Air Mobility vehicles with low noise operations:$280,000 to Pennsylvania State University. Evaluate the noise exposure that could result from large numbersContinue reading “Quiet skies: Universities to research way to reduce aviation noise”
City Council Votes To Close Santa Monica Airport
From Flying magazine… “The airport’s closure is set to begin by 2028.”
‘My kids are being poisoned’: How aviators escaped America’s war on lead
By Politico… “Lead was removed from gasoline decades ago. So why is aviation fuel still laced with the metal — a neurotoxin tied to developmental problems in children? …. Today, toddlers in East San Jose have concentrations of lead in their blood on par with children tested at the height of the drinking water crisisContinue reading “‘My kids are being poisoned’: How aviators escaped America’s war on lead”
Attorney General Bonta Leads Multistate Comment Letter Supporting EPA Finding on Leaded Aviation Gas
By the State Attorney General’s Office Wednesday, January 18, 2023 Contact: (916) 210-6000, agpressoffice@doj.ca.gov OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta, leading a multistate coalition of 12 attorneys general, today submitted a comment letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) supporting its proposed finding that emissions from the combustion of leaded aviation gasoline (avgas) in piston-engine planes cause orContinue reading “Attorney General Bonta Leads Multistate Comment Letter Supporting EPA Finding on Leaded Aviation Gas”
EPA knows what it must do: End the use of leaded aviation fuels
From Seattle Times op-ed… By Nathan DonleySpecial to The Times “Even small amounts of lead pollution can cause nervous system damage, reduced intelligence, behavioral changes and developmental harms that are often irreversible, especially in children. Given those well-documented risks, the millions of Americans who live or work in neighborhoods bumping up against the nation’s airstripsContinue reading “EPA knows what it must do: End the use of leaded aviation fuels”
EPA Releases Proposed Finding on Leaded AvGas
From Flying magazine… “The aviation community was expecting the announcement and points to progress on unleaded fuel in the market. On Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its proposed finding on leaded aviation fuel, triggering a response from the consortium of general aviation associations that have been working on the removal of lead fromContinue reading “EPA Releases Proposed Finding on Leaded AvGas”