Two factors have made reducing airplane noise more than an engineering curiosity.

One answer to growing airplane noise may be technological: getting planes higher faster.

I couldn't hear a word he said for the airplane noise.

I couldn't even hear anything with the stethoscope because of the airplane noise.

On a recent afternoon, airplane noise was not noticeable here.

In some areas of Nassau, airplane noise is not the only concern.

He couldn't interest any of them in airplane noise.

It was enough racket to make airplane noise seem like a whisper.

"The airplane noise gives you a sense that technology and the metropolitan area are encroaching on the environment."

Some measures have already been taken to reduce the effects of airplane noise.