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    History of Civil Aviation

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    aviation came about after World War one when pioneers explored new uses for aircraft‚ before that aircraft were only used for war purposes. In 1908 the British army developed aircraft‚ a few years before in 1904 J. E. Cooper‚ from the British war office‚ visited the Wright Brothers. His aim was to bring back information and skills on aircraft. This did not happen because the Wright brothers asked for $100‚000 for the method of aircraft and a further $100‚000 for the formulae and theoretical knowledge. The

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    economic feasibility. These exquisite aircrafts have twin Pratt & Whitney engines PW150A for quick and efficient short taking off and landing. The Bombardier Q400 origin comes from the de Havilland Canada Dash 8 or DHC- 8. It was initially built for short take off and landing aircrafts‚ suitable for operating in small city centre airports. Eventually Bombardier bought de Havilland Canada renaming and developing the Qseries to emphasize the quietness of the aircraft. The first Qseries was named the Q100

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    sections of the A.O. need to be waived‚ the organizer should ask himself certain questions. Questions that should be asked are: (a) What sort of routines will be staged? (b) Will there be demonstrations by small‚ slow speed aircraft only or will high performance aircraft be involved? (c) Will military

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    S. carrier. The new North-South Airline inherited both an aging fleet of Boeing 737—200 aircraft and Stephen Ruth. Ruth was a tough former secretary of the navy who stepped in as new president and chairman of the board.  Ruth’s first concern in creating a financially solid company was maintenance costs. It was commonly believed in the airline industry that maintenance costs rose with the age of the aircraft. Ruth quickly noticed that‚ historically‚ there has been a significant difference in reported

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    Air Safety

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    References: Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (2001). Safety Advisor – Operations and Proficiency No.5: Fuel Awareness Bureau of Air Safety Investigations (1987). Australian Aviation Occurrences Involving Fuel Starvation and Exhaustion 1969-1986 Bureau of Transport Economics (2000). Road Crash Costs in Australia. BTE‚ Canberra. Bureau of Transport Economics (1998). Cost of Civil Aviation Accidents and Incidents Ellis‚ G.‚ (1984). Air Crash Investigation of General Aviation Aircraft. Capstan Publications

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    Ethics and Airbus

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    1. In each of the cases who benefits and who suffers from the alleged ethical and legal lapses of Airbus? The case study shows that politics play a major role in ordering the aircrafts from the manufacturers. Kickbacks are encouraged not only by the politicians but the manufacturers as well. In the first case in Belgian where Sabena orders 17 Airbus planes and later increases the order to 34 which it did not need at all. It’s this move helped trigger airline’s collapse four years later its order

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    Timeline of airplanes

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    by Ludwig Prandtl German professor Ludwig Prandtl presents one of the most important papers in the history of aerodynamics‚ an eight-page document describing the concept of a fixed "boundary layer‚" the molecular layer of air on the surface of an aircraft wing. Over the next 20 years Prandtl and his graduate students pioneer theoretical aerodynamics. 1910 First take off from a ship Eugene Ely pilots a Curtiss biplane on the first flight to take off from a ship. In November he departs from the

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    Mel Usage

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    Name: Ramiro Rivera Date: 31 August 2013 Module 3 Aircraft Systems and Aircraft Maintenance LOB 8: Explain how an operator can fly an aircraft with inoperable instruments or equipment within the limits of an approved minimum equipment list (MEL). Web Support link: http://www.nbaa.org/ops/maint/inoperative-equipment/minimum-equipment-list.php Inoperable Equipment and Minimum Equipment List I have chose to use NBAA.org as a good resourceful tool for learning in general when

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    SOW MARSOC CCE ISR

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    to replicate a realistic live ISR fused collection management (requirements and operations) environment. 2.0. Intelligence‚ Surveillance‚ Reconnaissance (ISR). The contractor shall provide Intelligence‚ Surveillance‚ Reconnaissance (ISR) capable aircraft and qualified pilots in order to train Marines from Marine Special Operations Company India‚ 2d Marine Corps Special Operations Battalion in ISR integration. The training period of performance will be from 21-27 September at Camp Lejeune and Fort

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    Crew Resource Management

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    Rhandy Hurley Advanced Aircraft Systems Professor Ballard Barker October 25th ‚ 2010 Index Background 3 Definition 3 Cognitive Skills 4 Interpersonal Skills 5 Concept 6 Categories 7 CRM Training 11 Conclusions 13 References 14 BACKGROUND CRM was originally developed as a response to the finding of the causes of various aircraft accidents which were attained after the introduction of flight recorders and cockpit voice recorders into aircraft. The Information retrieved

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