On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:00:15 GMT, "Dave Stadt"
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"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 03:58:03 GMT, "Dave Stadt"
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As long as there is a demand for air travel, there will be someone to
supply it. I guess I'm missing some implied point.

You need to read the news a little more often Larry.

I was hoping you might enlighten me.

Again here are a couple of questions for you:



On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 21:58:24 GMT, "Dave Stadt"
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The way the airlines are running their businesses now days I suspect we
will
be seeing quite a large number of "quiet airliners" in much less that 20
years.

How are airlines running their businesses now days?

Based on the number that are out of busines or currently in severe financial
trouble (word is Delta will soon be filing for chapter 11 protection) I
would have to say the majority have not developed a very good business
model.

I would have to agree. These air carriers are a product of the period
when our government regulated them. Perhaps it's time for them to get
more competitive, or failing their ability to successfully transition,
they should fail. That way they could shrug off their debt and
crippling employment contracts, and start afresh.

The trend toward quieter aircraft is welcome by all. Helos are
substantially quieter than they were in the '70s, and today's airliner
compared with 4-engined B-707s of that era are too.

Of course getting somewhere in them might be a challenge.

What makes you say that, the extent to which security measures will
have escalated by the time these aircraft are in production? Or are
you concerned by the necessary tradeoff between reducing dB and
performance?

My concern is many airliners will be sitting out in the desert somewhere
which I guess is one way of reducing noise.

I would guess that much of the inefficient airline fleet would not be
competitive in tomorrow's airline industry, and should be relegated to
the junkyards. How else will tomorrows airlines be able to be
competitive?

You've got to break eggs to make omelets.

I have little doubt that airliners of the future will be quieter and
more fuel efficient. Change is inevitable.