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  2. Environmental impact of aviation - Wikipedia

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    A short-range aircraft (< 2,000 km, 1,100 nmi) with hybrid Fuel cell/Turbines could reduce climate impact by 70–80% for a 20–30% additional cost, a medium-range airliner with H 2 turbines could have a 50–60% reduced climate impact for a 30–40% overcost, and a long-range aircraft (> 7,000 km, 3,800 nmi) also with H 2 turbines could ...

  3. Aircraft noise pollution - Wikipedia

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    Noise-generating aircraft propeller. Aircraft noise is noise pollution produced by an aircraft or its components, whether on the ground while parked such as auxiliary power units, while taxiing, on run-up from propeller and jet exhaust, during takeoff, underneath and lateral to departure and arrival paths, over-flying while en route, or during landing.

  4. Planes are made to handle bad weather, so why is your ... - AOL

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    Airplanes can structurally handle much more than Mother Nature is ever likely to throw at them, but that’s just one aspect of the “go” or “no-go” decision for a flight.

  5. Risk of falling space junk impacting planes is growing ... - AOL

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    The study authors, all affiliated with Canada's University of British Columbia, said that the probability of space debris hitting an airplane is small, but the risk is rising due to increases in ...

  6. Environmental impact of aviation in the United Kingdom

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    London Heathrow Airport. The environmental impact of aviation in the United Kingdom are increasing due to the increasing demand for air travel in the country. In the past 25 years [when?] the UK air transport industry has seen sustained growth, and the demand for passenger air travel in particular is forecast to increase more than twofold, to 465 million passengers, by 2030.

  7. Health hazards of air travel - Wikipedia

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    On an airplane, people sit in a confined space for extended periods of time, which increases the risk of transmission of airborne infections. [1] [2] For this reason, airlines place restrictions on the travel of passengers with known airborne contagious diseases (e.g. tuberculosis).

  8. Foreign object damage - Wikipedia

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    The negative effects from FOD can be reduced or eliminated by introducing compressive residual stresses in critical fatigue areas into the part during the manufacturing process. These beneficial stresses are induced into the part through cold working the part with peening processes: shot peening, or laser peening. The deeper the compressive ...

  9. Swept wing - Wikipedia

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    The significant negative effects of compressibility made it a prime issue with aeronautical engineers. Sweep theory helps mitigate the effects of compressibility in transonic and supersonic aircraft because of the reduced pressures. This allows the mach number of an aircraft to be higher than that actually experienced by the wing.