Respondents rated jet noise as much louder than other common sources of noise, like roadway traffic and commercial aviation; ...

A touchy subject in aviation circles is the effect of jet engine noise on human nerves and bodies. Some of the airmen hate to mention it; they fear that people who live near jet bases will blame all ...

FOR a long time the hearing of personnel in the Services has been endangered by the noise of gunfire and its deafening effects are well known. Next to gunfire, the modern turbo-jet engine is probably ...