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Appendix A: Additional Factors Influencing the Committee's Findings and Recommendations
Pages 17-22

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... In addition, as an employer, the combined aeronautics and space industry, which are inseparable in terms of fundamental disciplines, have significant research related employment in manufacturing, maintenance, and repair services throughout the United States.
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... Noise and noxious effluents from aircraft engines, along with the noise produced aeroacoustically by rotors, propellers, and the turbulence of landing gear wheel wells during takeoff and landing, are environmental aspects exacerbated by the exponential growth of aircraft operations taking place in the United States and worldwide. Adverse effects around airports have already been responsible for retiring certain older transport aircraft and requiring the re-engining of others.
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... . This consolidation of manufacturing companies appears to arouse congressional resistance to the use of government funds to support aeronautics R&T, which opponents sometimes label as "corporate welfare." In fact, the global competition in aircraft markets precludes any claim that the large commercial transport industry is monopolistic.
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From page 21...
... Like the pharmaceuticals industry, the top tier of firms in aeronautics is complemented by a very large number of smaller supplier firms, many of which are relatively recent entrants to the industry. In at least some supplier sectors, such as avionics, significant entry by new start-up firms has occurred and is bringing innovative vitality to the industry.
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... Air Force airlift missions during the 1999 Balkan Campaign. Source: Aviation Week and Space Technology, page 19, August 9, 1999.
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