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DATE: ,OVE,BER 21, 1988 ~ I
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
~'TATUS REPORT' dOHN WAYNE AIRPORT (al4A) NOISE MONITORING
PROGRAM, COALITION FOR A RESPOMSIBLE AIRPORT $OLUTIOM (CRAS),
AIRPORT SIT1E CO~J. ITIOM (ASC). I
RECI~ENDATION
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Receive and fi 1 e.
DISCUSSION
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JWA - No new information is currently available. Staff has attached a copy of a
re~ent article published in the Orange County Register regarding the Ultra High
Bypass engine, considered by some as one of "the" aircraft engines of the
future. It offers up to 45% greater fuel efficieney as well as quieter
operating noise levels. At a recent airport noise sy~osium attended by staff,
discussions about this engine noted that it should definitely be quieter in
take-offs, but may not be much quieter than conventional turbo-fan engines on
landings.
CRAS - Staff contacted the City of Irvine to find out what was happening with
~ group. We were informed that there are Board of Directors meetings .held on
the fourth Monday of the month at 6:00 p.m. at which time the Board strategizes
on airport issues, membership and advertizing. These meetings are open to the
public. There is presently a vacancy on the Board, if the Council is interested
in recommending one of its members to fill this vacancy, staff will inform City
of Irvine staff.
General membership meetings will be held on an annual or semi-annual basis. The
next one is scheduled for shortly after the new year. These meetings will be
used as another forum to publicize CRAS and will have guest speakers.
ASC - A meeting was held on Saturday, November 19, 1988. Staff will report on
th~ activities of that meeting in our.next status report.
St&ve' Rubin
Senior Planner
Christine A. S~tngletom/
Director of Community Development
SR' CAS' ts
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Attachment' Newspaper article of 11/3/88
GE, e ultra.high bypiM engine featufa4 a iMtM of prope#Ml ~ ~ ~a ~ ~ ~ to 46 pm'oM~ while Itl# cutting notle.
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Will bypass enginefly i h?
Douglas is"tOuting
efficient n°w system,.
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In February of t~s year, a strange
lookin~ airplane lifted off from Loog
The modified MD~ ~ranspon, on
soar pa~ i~s competition, had a smooth,
cruised al about ~ mph and rook a
handful of passengers out for a look at
~11~:~ C~tslins and San Clemeate islands.
Wha~'made ~e Pi~h~_ remarkable were
the differences between the ~WO
On the right hun~ a conventiOnal Prat~
& Whimey turbo, fan -- ~ kind of enl~ue
revolutionary GE-~ Unducted Fan en-
~ina, with a pair of concenl~ic propellers.
high bypass, or UI-IB, engine- is no~ only
quieter than mo~ jet engines in use to-
day, bu~ i~ uses up ~o 4~ percen~ less fuel.
If noise levels live up ~o expec~atioas, ~he
engines could enable an entire new class
· of aircraf~ to _l_a_n_d_ al Orange County's
John Wayne Airport, which has some of
the toughest noise restrictions of any air-
airplane arm of McDonnell Douglas, and
General Electric Aircraft Engines Co. are
banking that the new engine will give
ahem a growing share of the jetliner mar-
ket by the late 1990s.
"If the industry accepts it, McDonnell
Douglas would be in a very strong posi-
tion,'' said Bill Whitlow, an aerospace an-
nlyst with Dain Bosworth in Seattle. "It
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