25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-5.10.2 INVITED:

SUSTAINING AVIATION GROWTH- MEETING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES

C. Burleson
FAA, USA

Keywords: sustainable aviation

Commercial aviation has transformed the world over the last 100 years. It plays a key role in economic growth of the world today and has redefined the concept of “neighbor”. This success, however, has been accompanied by concerns about the adverse environmental by-products of aviation - primarily noise and emissions.

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