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US 2013/0092791 A1Published application
Method for a noise abatement procedure for an aircraft
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsMichael John Bakker, Joachim Karl Ulf Hochwarth, Sean Edward Flanary
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Abstract
A method of reducing noise from an aircraft in a noise abatement zone during flight of the aircraft includes determining where the flight path of the aircraft will intersect the noise abatement zone and then operating the aircraft in a quieter manner when the aircraft is within the noise abatement zone.
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A method of operating an aircraft capable of operating at a plurality of performance profiles having differing noise levels, the method comprising:
- flying the aircraft along a flight path;
- determining when the flight path intersects a noise abatement zone being two dimensional with both an altitude dimension and a ground path dimension;
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- operating the aircraft at a performance profile having a noise level acceptable for the noise abatement zone when the aircraft is flown within the noise abatement zone.
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