Winglets are near-vertical extensions of the wing tips used to increase the performance of an aircraft by reducing wingtip vortices and increasing the lift-to-drag ratio. Winglets were first studied by Richard Whitcomb in the late 1970’s to improve upon aircraft efficiency at a time when fuel conservation was necessary to save on costs with the rising fuel prices. Whitcomb found that winglets could offer an improvement in the lift-to-drag ration over planar wingtip extensions at the same level of
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Frank Luke. He was ranked 2nd of all American fighter pilots in WWI with his official number of defeated enemy aircraft being eighteen. His specialty in taking out German observation balloons was considered especially heroic because of the balloons protection from gunmen on the ground. Luke’s death was at the end of his gallant streak of airborne victories; eighteen defeated enemy aircraft in only ten days. A U.S. Air Force base is named after him. Like many aces in the war‚ Luke’s death was the cause
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Its original designation‚ HU-1‚ gave rise to the nickname “Huey”. The official designation changed to UH-1‚ however the nickname stayed. The huey first saw mass production in 1958. The aircraft was powered by a single Pratt& Whitney T-400-CP-400(ultimate special forces) (American warplanes) Over 7‚000 Hueys were used during the war. (historyhuey) The huey was capable of a wide variety of configurations‚ including: troop transport‚ search
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NAVAIR 01-110H1-0 TECHNICAL MANUAL TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION LIST HELICOPTER MODELS AH-1Z / UH-1Y N00019-04-C-0001 DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT C. Distribution authorized to U.S. Government agencies only and their contractors to protect publications required for official use or for administrative or operational purposes‚ determined on 1 December 2008. Other requests for this document shall be referred to Commander‚ Naval Air Systems Command (PMA-276)‚ 47123 Buse Rd‚ Bldg 2272‚ Patuxent River
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frequent services Supplier Power Supplier power is high. There are three major supplers in aviation industry‚ aircrafts supplier‚ fuel supplier and Labor. According to the financial reports of air new zealand‚ the company spend nearly one thrid their total expenses on fuel. Aviation fuel also called jet fuel‚ is a speialized type of petroleum-based fuel used to power aircraft. The suppliers are the oil mining and extraction firms. because OPEC(organization of petroleum exporting countries)
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1. What problems does Air Canada hope that Maintenix will solve? Air Canada hopes Maintenix will solve the problem that the systems Air Canada have‚ are unable to interact and communicate with one another‚ specifically the systems were un able to interact with the finance and inventory systems. 2. How does Maintenix improve operational efficiency and decision-making? Maintenix provides a system platform that is accessible via the Web and easy to deploy to all stations around the world. MXI
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Obviously JetBlue is an exception as a company that began service in February 2000‚ but it is pursuing a low-fare‚ point-to-point niche that is far less crowded. Assuming a potential entrant can arrange financing‚ lease a fleet of safe and reliable aircraft‚ negotiate reasonable gate access and landing fees‚ and survive high labor and fuel costs‚ the operating records of the overwhelming majority of airlines indicate high probability that a new entrant will be a money loser. So the question is not
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com/english_global/pressrelease.page?pr_id=pressrelease_pressrelease_20130109) These words came from a man who had taken Qatar airways from a fleet of 4 aircrafts in 1997 to one of the fastest growing airlines in the world. In 2011 it reached 2 milestones‚ one of expanding its fleet to 100 aircrafts and secondly reaching 100 destinations across the globe. By 2015 they plan to expand to 170 aircrafts with access to over 170 destinations.(http://www.qatarairways.com/iwov-resources/temp-docs/press-kit/The%20Story%20of%20Qatar%20Airways
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trying travels by means of their airplanes. Due to an increase in the demand for flying over holidays‚ finding a cheap flight will be harder to come by. For instance‚ US Airways has a total of 357 mainline jet aircrafts and 352 regional jet aircrafts within its fleet. Those 709 aircrafts will fill quicker since more people will be trying to fly on holidays. So‚ some people might not be able to find a flight at all if they wait too long to book one. Some people may be given the chance to pay extra
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regulatory distinction based on whether aircraft are flown for hire like: * Commercial aviation includes most or all flying done for hire‚ particularly scheduled service on airlines; and * Private aviation includes pilots flying for their own purposes (recreation‚ business meetings‚ etc.) without receiving any kind of remuneration. All scheduled air transport is commercial‚ but general aviation can be either commercial or private. Normally‚ the pilot‚ aircraft‚ and operator must all be authorized
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