§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the research projects sponsored by his Deapartment relating to aviation over the last five years.[19084]
§ Mr. NorrisThe research projects relating to aviation undertaken over the last five years in which the Department of Transport has had a financial involvement are as follows:
- Safety
- Explosion Hazard Research
- Signature Identification of Pressure Pulse Research
- Helicopter Safety Research
- Crash Impact Research
- Environmental
- Aeronox
- Aerotrace
- Polinat
- Ground Emissions Study
- Field Study into Aircraft Noise and Sleep Disturbance
- Measurement and Modelling of Helicopter Noise
- Social Survey Study of Attitudes to Helicopter Noise
- Research into Helicopter Noise Characteristics and Future Trends
- Review of Departure Noise Limits at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports
- Studies into Ground Noise at Night at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports and Arrival Noise at the same airports
- Transport Security
- Twenty-five research projects are being or have been carried out in the area of transport security, although not all are exclusive in the aviation field.