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Takeoff and landing are probably always going to be the noisiest part thrust-powered flight.

• jorleif 9y ago
  That is a good point... So now I'm back to the giant slingshot idea.
  • icebraining 9y ago
    What about a buried rail gun, as a less explosive version of the columbiad in Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon? You'd step on to a circular platform, get slowly lowered into the barrel, then shot into the sky, where the wings would open :)
    • Piskvorrr 9y ago
      Acceleration profile could be the issue here.
  • stcredzero 9y ago
    Scott Addams got there first. https://goo.gl/images/dsGSgv https://goo.gl/images/dsGSgv
• FabHK 9y ago
  Takeoff, in particular (as you have to build up kinetic and potential energy). For landing, you could glide in without thrust.