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Sat 05 May 2009Sweden's green approach
Sweden wants to solve its major environmental problems so that the next generation doesn’t have to – just don’t panic when the engines go quiet as you’re landing at the airport
IMAGINE BEING on a passenger jet that has its engines idle as it glides through the air to land quietly on the runway. No dropping down in stages, no circling around in a holding pattern for half an hour, and no noisy reverse thrust when the aircraft lands, guided in safely by sophisticated computer systems.
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