Robin Whirlybird
On Her Rotorcraft Adventures

Rotorcraft in the city

"Why would you want to know how loud a helicopter is?" Robin asked.

"Good question," her mother answered. "Some helicopters will be used to fly in and
out of airports and vertiports. They will fly over cities. We don't want them to be so
noisy that they bother the people living in the city. The NASA flight test team will fly
three different landing approaches to learn which approach is the quietest."

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