Air Transportation

17. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-79246-491-1
Verlag: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company

Sonstiges, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Other printed item

For forty-five years and sixteen editions, Air Transportation was the passion of Bob Kane. Now, Professors Steve Adams and Don Gallion have picked up and carried Kane's work into a new streamlined edition that takes a more holistic approach to air transportation. The 17th edition broadens the scope to focus on the operation of the industry and the interdependence of its components. We hope you find it to be an easy-to-read overview of the fundamentals of air transportation, including: - Regulatory processes
-  Aircraft, airports, and airmen
-  Airspace and air traffic control
- Aviation security
- Careers in aviation
-  Influence of aviation on the economy, people and culture, and the environment
The impact of aviation has been felt in all fields of human endeavors. Open up to examine the building blocks of this incredible industry that has so much changed the history of human civilization.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Chapter 1: Development of Air Transportation - Development of the Lighter-than-Airship
- Development of the Airplane
- The Birth of the Aviation Industry
- The Beginning of Commercial Air Transportation

- Chapter 2: The Air Carrier Industry and Federal Regulation - History of Federal Regulation
- Regulatory Agencies
- The Regulatory Process

- Chapter 3: International Aviation - General History of International Aviation
- International Deregulation
- International Air Transportation Organizations

- Chapter 4: Aviation Safety - Safety Regulation
- Safety Certificates
- Reinspection
- The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
- Aviation Accident Investigation and Safety Performance
- “Public Use” Aircraft
- Accident Category Changes
- Sources of Accident Information
- Aviation Accidents and Safety Performance

- Chapter 5: Aircraft and Airmen - Aircraft
- Airmen

- Chapter 6: Air Traffic Control - Introduction
- Airspace Designation
- Class A Airspace
- Class B Airspace (Around Busiest Airports)
- Class C Airspace (Around Mid-Sized Airports with Approach Controls)
- Class D Airspace (Operating Control Towers)
- Class E Airspace (General Controlled Airspace)
- Class G Airspace (Uncontrolled)
- Special Use Airspace
- Descriptions of the different types of SUAs
- Other Airspace
- ATC System and Next Gen
- Navigation
- NextGen
- International

- Chapter 7: Airports: The United States and International - Airports in the United States
- History of Airports
- Aids to Navigation (NAVAIDS)
- Terminal Buildings—History and Evolution
- Airport Legislation and Federal Funding
- Airport Organization & Administration
- Airport Financial Management
- Airport Environmental Impact
- Airport Capacity Estimates

- Chapter 8: Aviation Security - Hijacking or “Armed Interference”
- Explosives as a Weapon for Terror, Crime, or Suicide
- Airport Security Program Today
- General Aviation
- The Future

- Chapter 9: Careers in Aviation - The “Big Three”: Pilots, Mechanics, Cabin Crews
- Air Traffic Controllers and Other FAA Aviation Jobs
- Other Careers
- Space

- Chapter 10: Aerospace Companies - Manufacturers
- Air Carriers
- Airlines for America

- Chapter 11: Administration of Air Transportation Carriers - Air Carrier Management and Organization
- Principles of Air Carrier Management
- Characteristics of Air Carriers
- Air Carrier Organization
- Air Carrier Marketing
- Air Carrier Financial Management

- Chapter 12: Influence of Aviation - Economic Benefits
- Business and General Aviation
- The Social Impact of Aviation
- Aviation and the Environment

- Chapter 13: Recent Developments - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
- Commercial Spaceflight
- Commercial Space Today
- The New Supersonic “Boom”
- Electric Aircraft, Alternative Fuels
- NextGen