ANR Lessons for Pilots: The Science and Application of Active Noise Reduction 

Section 3: Airplane Issues  Looking at actual cockpit noise profiles, and how well aviation headsets cope with it  In Section 2 of this series, you learned how engineers measure effectiveness of active noise canceling systemsRead more

Section 4: Ergonomic and Interface Issues  In this section, we’ll be looking at the comfort and human-factors issues associated with ANR headsets. The ergonomics of the human head demand a wide range of adjustments toRead more

Section 2: Acoustic Issues Understanding and comparing cancellation specifications Section 1 of this series dealt with the variables and complexity involved in canceling the repetitive and random aspects of airplane noise. It explained that althoughRead more

Section 1: The Basics of ANR  A good place to start is with one of the most-asked questions that we receive from pilots:  Don’t all active Pilot Headsets work the same way… or do theRead more

A Tutorial on Active Noise Reduction  by the technical staff of Lightspeed Aviation  This is a five-part series on Active Noise Reduction in General Aviation. It came about because hundreds and hundreds of you haveRead more