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Faster and Greener-- Pocket Airports - CAFE Foundation

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2 <strong>Faster</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Greener</strong>--<strong>Pocket</strong> <strong>Airports</strong>TABLE OF CONTENTSPAGEINTRODUCTION 3NASA GOES GREEN 6THE IDEAL TECHNOLOGY PRIZE 7“SPEED IS WHAT SELLS AIRPLANES” 9GQ V/ESTOL BEATS CTOL 10WHAT ABOUT FLYING CARS? 13WHY NOT ANOTHER CTOL PRIZE? 14HISTORICAL V/ESTOL SHORT-COMINGS 14FIXED WING VERSUS POWERED LIFT V/ESTOLs 17STABILITY AND CONTROL REQUIREMENTS 17SURFACE GRIDLOCK: BOUND TO GET WORSE 17THE POCKET AIRPORT CONCEPT 20MAKING POCKET AIRPORTS SAFE 26THE SONOMA-MARIN COUNTY COMMUTE MODEL 27GREEN FIELD AIRPORTS 30SOCIETAL BENEFITS 31GFC II: PROPOSED REQUIREMENTS 32GFC II POSSIBLE DESIGNS 33OTHER AERONAUTICAL CHALLENGES 34POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS 34CONCLUSION 35ABOUT THE <strong>CAFE</strong> FOUNDATION 35APPENDIX: CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES 35FAA NOISE CRITERIA 50GENERAL AVIATION IN MAJOR DECLINE 51REFERENCES 54

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