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NASA Has Helped Hush Aircraft Engine Noise for Decades

Learn more about NASA's endeavors in silencing loud jet engines throughout the years. NASA's Glenn Research Center has been an integral part of the nation's mission to reduce aircraft engine noise for over 70 years.

The Clinton Administration's initiative to implement most of the recommendations of the 1993 National Commission to Ensure a Strong Competitive Airline Industry is generally welcome, and will both strengthen the airline industry and improve the air traffic control system. The initiative would, among other positive steps, extend the multilateral rules of international trade to air services, restructure the air traffic control system as an independent corporation, and rein in federal regulators. Unfortunately, the initiative also would increase govern- ment subsidies to commercial aeronauti...