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High-Speed Commercial Transports : Environmental Issues and NASA's High Speed Research Program.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aircraft carriers.
- Airplanes--Noise.
- Airplanes.
- Transportation--Research.
- Transportation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (19 pages) : digital, PDF file
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1990.
- System Details:
- System requirements: PDF reader software.
- text file
- Summary:
- Describes the High Speed Research Program that was initiated to determine whether the environmental barriers to a new generation of high-speed commercial transports (HSCTs) can be overcome and to develop a technical basis for establishing environmental standards. Considers HSCT atmospheric and global climate effects, current airport and community noise standards, and the feasibility of developing low sonic boom configurations to permit flight over land.
- Notes:
- CRS Report.
- Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
- Other Format:
- Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. High-Speed Commercial Transports
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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