Aircraft

airline pilot. Often this kind of error happens when the plane is on the runway. Taking off and landing the aircraft are some of the more difficult maneuvers that a pilot must do. Failure to get enough speed to get the aircraft off the ground will result in the plane running out runway and crashing into barriers, like trees. When Pilots try to land the plane they must position the aircraft in a specific heading, and decrease in altitude at a certain rate. If they don’t, they can overshoot the…

Summary During the summer of 1997, a study of aircraft maintenance employee schedules was conducted at the flight department of Saudi Aramco (biggest oil company in the world) in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (Alfares, 1997) Objective was to calculate the current fixed-wing aircraft maintenance worker schedule and come out with solution to improve and to decide the optimum work schedule that fulfills increasing maintenance labor requirements with the lowest cost and highest efficiency. Flight department…

carry weapons on board the aircraft in which they control. Questions were asked from both sides of the debate in hopes of determining the safest options for passengers and the airline companies. One can only ponder the thought of “what could have been” if the pilots during the 9/11 attacks had weapons with them. At the same…

In the 1910’s there were many weapons used to fight in World War I The Colt M1911A1 is a semi-automatic pistol that started being used by the military in 1911. The pistol was created by John Browning. The Colt was used in World War I and World War II and in many other battles. The Colt was a standardized sidearm that was given to the American troops. “The Colt M1911A1 is regarded by many as the most successful semi-automatic pistol design of her time - seeing consistent action in a plethora of…

sell parts for engines or aircraft, not only do they have to be certified to produce parts, but the parts that they produce must be certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This process is governed by Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR). According to the FAA Design, Manufacturing, & Airworthiness Division, Electrical & Mechanical Equipment Branch, federal regulations that apply to the certification of specific products used in aircraft, aircraft engines and…

etc. Airport: The airport is a specific surface area on the surface of land or water, including the buildings, facilities and equipment dedicated in whole or in part, for the use of aircraft when they arrive or leave, or they move on the surface. Airport facilities: Runway / runway - corridor - the parking aircraft - Control Tower - Air Traffic Control Center -…

Catapults made a big impact in the history of aircraft carriers with the long process to launch. Catapults changed the way the US Navy launched fighter planes off carriers. Without the catapult technology, and the ground crew on aircraft carriers, The U.S would have not been able to launch planes off carriers because planes didn't have enough runway to go full speed to take off. One of the most important things before launching an aircraft is the ground crew. The ground crew gives the pilot…

driven by economics. The overall cost of purchasing and operating a flight simulator is a small fraction compared to operating the aircraft it replicates. Exercises such as an engine failure or stalling can be taught in the simulator. As a result the pilot and instructor as less susceptible to the dangers presented when performing such manoeuvres in a real aircraft (Lee, 2005). Additionally, they can be used to further develop or even fine tune the skills of flight instructors. This is known as…

operational efficiency through more efficient aircraft data and information management. With 50 years of experience working closely with civil and military operators worldwide, they have developed a range of products that fit together to provide total solutions and deliver greater benefits to our customers. The focus of Teledyne 's solutions is to help airlines collect, manage and deliver aircraft data more intelligently. Their solutions enable aircraft operators to wirelessly collect FDM/FOQA…

An airline’s business model is a description of the value the company delivers to targeted customers and of how it configures resources internally and externally to achieve this (Holloway (2012). Tretheway (2004) states that from 1945 to end of the 20th century, the world’s airline industry built a product that offers passengers to fly seamlessly to almost any other part of the world by purchasing a single ticket. However, to develop this product, airlines had to invest costly systems and…