U-tail Business Jet Shows Noise Benefits In Clean Sky Tests

Credit: Falcon 7X: Dassault
Europe is wrapping up tests of a tail design that would reduce the airport noise generated by future business jets, and potentially advanced narrowbody airliners. The U-shaped tail mitigates acoustic emissions by shielding engine jet noise and reflecting it upward away from the ground underneath and...

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