[CPEO-MEF] NOISE, ENCROACHMENT: White Sands (NM) test facility

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Fly-through testbed to help build quieter aircraft

Submitted by Layer 8
Network World
May 19, 2008

Research coming from a new a 3-dimensional aircraft noise measurement 
facility might some day make living at the end of a runway or very close 
to an airport more palatable.

The US Air Force Research Laboratory today said it has started the 
construction of a 3-dimensional measurement facility at White Sands 
Missile Range in New Mexico that will be used to test the noise levels 
of military and civilian aircraft. Ultimately the information gleaned 
from such a testbed will be used by manufacturers to design and build 
quieter aircraft. This facility, the Aeroacoustic Research Complex, will 
let aircraft fly through the array, collecting fully 3D acoustic data.

...

The benefits of quieter aircraft aren't limited to the battlefield; many 
airbases and airfields around the world are located near civilian 
populations. Encroachment of civilian communities and developments can 
result in noise complaints and limit training opportunities. Reducing 
the noise emitted by military aircraft will allow US military aircraft 
to operate and train near civilian populations while minimizing 
complaints, the Air Force stated.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/27937

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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