A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to establish mandatory operating procedures to reduce noise, conserve fuel, and improve the degree of safety in the operation of civil turbojet powered aircraft in the United States.

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Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish mandatory operating procedures to reduce noise, conserve fuel, and improve the operational safety of civil turbojet aircraft operating within the United States. Specifies certain operating procedures for aircraft which shall be included in such regulations. Directs the Secretary to study the advisability of requiring the use of new flight instruments in the landing operations of civil turbojet powered aircraft to reduce noise and increase the safety of landing operations and to report the results of such study to Congress. Stipulates that no two-or three-engine civil turbojet powered aircraft having an engine bypass ratio of less than 1.5 shall be subject to any standard or regulation prescribed under any provision of law which permits the acoustic retrofit of such aircraft after a specified date.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 20 April 1977

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