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Are the airplanes getting louder and lower?
No. And maybe. Objectively speaking, individual aircraft flyovers near Sea-Tac Airport are not getting lower or louder. (Before you click away in disgust, note that some of our members live as low as ‘760’, ie. when correcting for sea level less than 400 feet directly under the belly of an aircraft. No one is more -
2018-08-06
Categorical Exclusions, Metroplexes, and Aircraft Noise Complaints
August 6, 2018 IN10947 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has initiated changes to airspace and flight procedures to take advantage of new technologies deployed under NextGen, a comprehensive air traffic modernization initiative that relies on satellite-based navigation and tracking to improve efficiency and airspace capacity. In some neighborhoods, however, FAA’s changes have increased overflights triggering -
FQUROH: A Flight Demonstration Project for Airframe Noise Reduction Technology
FQUROH: A Flight Demonstration Project for Airframe Noise Reduction Technology – YouTube To make future aircraft quieter, JAXA has been developing airframe noise reduction technologies. The footage introduces JAXA’s FQUROH flight demonstration project for airframe noise reduction technology. (March 2018) (FQUROH stands for the “Flight Demonstration of Quiet Technology to Reduce Noise from High-lift Configurations”) -
2017-04-14
Burien fought the FAA over airplane noise and won, so far
Residents teamed up with the City of Burien to fight the FAA over airplane noise and won, at least so far. Neighbors noticed an increase in airplane noise last summer and say the FAA started diverting jet propeller planes from Sea-Tac to the west over Burien, when take-off was to the north. Residents complained about -
2007-04-02
Massachusetts v EPA, 549 U.S. 497 (2007)
Annotation Primary HoldingThe Clean Air Act allows the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouses gases because they qualify as air pollutants. Also, standing requires showing a concrete harm that can be traced to the defendant and remedied by the courts. Read More Syllabus SYLLABUS OCTOBER TERM, 2006 MASSACHUSETTS V. EPA SUPREME COURT OF THE -
Aircraft Noise: The Ailment And The Treatment
By Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Chair, Aircraft Noise Abatement Group of New York and New Jersey (ANAG) | Hearing Rehabilitation Quarterly – Special Edition (2001) THE NEW MEANING OF F.A.A. The summer of 2000 was marked by an unusually high number of aircraft delays, especially at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. These delays continued