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Southwest's New Planes Are 73 % Quieter Than the 37 200 Series
southwest is celebrating the purchase of three brand new, state of the art bowing seven 33 hundred jets. Take offs and landings at love have more than tripled just since 19 74. Many of the takeoffs that produce the most noise come from runway 13 l at d f w. But on august third, 19 81, the noisy skies over dallas fall quiet. More than 12 thousand air traffic controllers go strike across the country. Seven thousand flights are cancelled. In washington, president regan issues an ultimatum.