“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
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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”
Getting the lead out — at long last
“The performance-enhancing additive prevents engine knock that can lead to sudden engine failure. But its toxicity has been known since the 1920s, when scientists and health experts warned the federal government in public hearings of the dangers of using it in gasoline fuel.”
Lead spews from some Southern California airports; cleaner fuel is coming
“She discovered lots of not great news, with studies showing higher instances of everything from asthma to heart disease to preterm births for those who live and work near airports. But one fact she found stopped her in her tracks. Shepler learned that, while leaded gas has been fully banned in automobiles due to health concerns sinceContinue reading “Lead spews from some Southern California airports; cleaner fuel is coming”
LA residents sue FAA over changed flight paths out of Burbank and Van Nuys airports
“We live in a home that we worked our entire lives for, and one day we woke up and were in a war zone in terms of the noise and the pollution and the chaos,” said Save Our Skies LA member and Sherman Oaks resident Chloe King. “I’m a writer who works at home andContinue reading “LA residents sue FAA over changed flight paths out of Burbank and Van Nuys airports”
Hawthorne Quiet Skies 