Photo credit: Lennard Schubert by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Quiet Coalition blog readers, and those who are members of anti-aircraft noise groups will likely be...
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Fatigue, Aggravation and Anger: the state of aircraft noise
Photo credit: Pixabay by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies When I wrote the article “Aircraft Noise: The Ailment and the Treatment” in 2001, I suggested that residents who...
Flying airplanes lower may help climate change
Photo credit: Ömer Aydın by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition A recent report from CBS News discusses research showing that airplanes can reduce contrails* by flying lower. Some research indicates that contrails, the white plumes following high-flying jets,...
Conservation groups sue Air Force to protect wilderness
Photo credit: NASA/NASA Image and Video Library by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Military.com reports that conservation groups in Oregon, Nevada and Idaho are suing the U.S. Air Force to ban low-altitude F-15 flights over the Owyhee Wilderness Area. The...
Elon Musk thinks flying cars are dumb
Cult classic film "Back to the Future" features a flying, time-traveling car. Photo credit: Rebecca Roth/NASA Image and Video Library by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The SupercarBlondie automotive entertainment website reports that Elon Musk, CEO of...
Contrail studies need to look at noise pollution
Photo credit: Anton Kudryashov by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies While some people are familiar with the cloudy white lines that follow planes, I don’t know if everyone...
Reduced hours for NYC’s tourist helicopter tours
Photo credit: Chait Goli by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Stop the Chop NY/NJ, a nonprofit working to ban all nonessential helicopter flights over New York City, the...
How quiet is NASA’s new supersonic jet?
The X-59 team working on the aircraft’s wiring around the engine inlet prior to the engine being installed. Photo credit: Garry Tice/NASA by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition CNN recently reported on NASA’s new X-59 supersonic jet. Reporter Jacopo Prisco...
Upcoming noise symposium in California
Photo credit: Arlen, licensed under CC BY 2.0 DEED by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The final program has been announced for the annual UC Davis Aviation Noise & Emissions Symposium. In 2024, the symposium will take place in Palm Springs, California...