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Hush kits are engine mufflers used to reduce noise and air pollution from outdated engines.
Concerned about increasing noise near airports, the European Parliament adopted new regulations last year banning aircraft with engines that do not meet new standards for noise or air pollution, including engines updated with hush kits. The ban takes effect April 1, 2002. The Parliament said the kits do not bring the engines up to European standards. We all want more quiet aircraft, but we are not going to let Europe set the standards unilaterally. If enforced, the European rule would cripple the market for U.S. made hush kits and reduce the market for older, noisier aircraft.