Strict application of noise limits in sight Report from Bruxelles Air Libre Brussel (BALB) to the UECNA meeting  on 1 April 2017 Noise limits for aircraft flying over the Brussels Region were established in 1999 by the Brussels Region in order to protect its inhabitants. The noise limits distinguish between day and night: stricter limits […]

A summary of the 22nd Workshop, 6 September 2018 at NLR, Amsterdam by Wouter Looman 1.      Future aircraft design Engines on top will reduce aircraft noise enormously (no reflection on wings). Nice figures about the possible decrease of dB’s in the coming twenty years, like 51 dB below stage 4 in 2035. Happily at the […]

By John Stewart During my 20 years chairing HACAN, the organisation which gives a voice to residents under the Heathrow flight paths, I was always keen to look for solutions. Noise was by some distance the biggest problem residents faced. In this blog I outline 7 key measures to deal with aircraft noise. When aircraft […]

Pictures like these are becoming familiar. We are told drones and air taxis will soon become commonplace in our skies. We are told the problems of noise and security will be sorted out. We are told they will ease traffic congestion on our roads. We are told they are essential to delivering medicines in emergencies […]

Supersonic aircraft could be on their way back. The early push came from America. But now Europe is consulting on ways of regulating them. EASA (the European Aviation Safety Agency), which advises the European Union, has issued two public consultations, with comments invited by 25th July. There will be further rounds of consultation to come […]