Saw this in the feature that Carl put out today. To me it looks like a silencer on a gun and doesn't do very well for the aesthetics of the aircraft. What do you guys think? http://www.jetforums.net/jet-reviews-special-features/580-hubbard-aviation-technologies-noise-suppressing-hushkit.html
I don't live near any of our exec airports, dunno how much of a problem noise is. This may be a solution looking for a problem?
Tom Serio took about a thousand shots at the static display, maybe one that shows the entire aircraft with the Hushkit installed. Personally, I thought it looked pretty good, but beauty is in the eye. In this case, it's in the ear.
Most executive or general aviation airports have noise regulations and require such hush kits in order to land. The Gulfstream II's and III's are older aircraft, some even from the late 60's, and they are pretty noisy without a hush kit. I think they these aircraft look funny with the Hubbard kit when compared with the sleek lines of Gulfstream's current models, but you have to keep the age of the design in perspective.
