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

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1990

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:

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. High-Speed Commercial Transports

Publisher Number:

CRS-1990-SPR-0032

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license