Essays on Airplane

The Tenerife Crash was an event between two airplanes of the same model, Boeing 747 from two different companies: KLM and Pan-Am. Both planes had the same destination; the Gran Canarias Airport, but, a bomb explosion and a threat of a second bomb in the airport obliged the airport authorities to shut down the airport and divert all the air traffic to a smaller airport in Tenerife North, called Los Rodeos Airport. The accident consisted in a crash between the two airplanes in the air. Both airplanes received the same instruction from Control Tower causing the crash between the ...

Liability Waiver

The Reno Air Race is an annual event celebrated each year in the Reno Stead Airport in the north location of Reno, Nevada, United States of America. During the 2011 edition, one airplane crashed with the surface having a result of the death of the pilot Jimmy Leeward and ten spectators and 70 people injured. The airplane under consideration was the Galloping Ghost, a P-51D-15-NA Mustang manufactured by North American Aviation in 1944 to the United States Air Force to be used against Germany and its allies in the World War II. The war suddenly ends, and the airplane ...

Introduction

In the wake of multiple aircraft disappearances and accidents, the aviation safety remains a great challenge within the aviation industry today. Human roles on the flight deck, maintenance and inspection are seen to be the leading contributors of most aircraft related accidents. Aviation maintenance and inspection procedures are part of a complex organization where most individuals undertake varied tasks in an environment characterized by time pressures, insignificant and sparse feedback as well as difficult ambient conditions such as poor lighting, long day and night shifts. These situational characteristics and other human erring tendencies have resulted in varied forms of ...

BUSINESS

Several airplane crashes have become a part of aviation history but this one that took place about four decades ago is still regarded as one of the most horrifying air plane crash in which more than six hundred people lost their lives. The crash took place at the Tenerife airport which is located in the region of Atlantic. It has never been a popular place before this plane crash of history. Tenerife is governed by the Spanish government and it is situated some hundred or more miles from the Moroccan coast. The airport is a small one and is ...

A 10-Step Hypothetical Outbreak Investigation and Response Model

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Managing Communicable Disease and Risk

After a suspected outbreak of a new strain of influenza virus among workers at the nation’s largest airport, a series of steps must be completed in order to confirm and manage the situation. Advice from the CDC in 2012 should be taken into consideration during this process; message mapping, priority communication, accuracy, credibility, empathy, providing action steps and, overall, a show of respect is vital to the process (CDC, 2012). Referring to the H1N1 pandemic response in ...

Air cargo systems could be summarized as the elements that enhance air transport. Apparently, air cargo systems could be divided into two main classes: passenger and cargo systems. The two systems are further subdivided into other subsystems with the aim of ensuring that specific air cargo is effectively and conveniently moved from one location to the other (Totamane, Dasgupta, & Rao, 2014). In fact, air transport is a complex and safety-sensitive niche thus every system for the transportation of air cargo ought to be understood and utilized correctly to ensure that the expected standards are met. The current paper defines ...

The crash of Air France 447 is considered the biggest disaster ever to hit Air France and Airbus since the beginning of their venture into this industry. All of the 228 passengers and crew of the flight were killed in this accident (Palmer, 2013). Due to the delay in the recovery of the black box from the ocean bed, the investigations and final report, published by BEA, took nearly three years for completion (Jonathan, 2011). The final investigation revealed that the accident occurred due to the inconsistent data indicated by the FMC (Flight Management Computer System) regarding the fluid ...

Aviation terrorism is the act of unleashing violence on airliners with the aim to harm or intimidate the victims. The occurrence of terrorism has increased with the rise of aviation as a mode of transport. The first known incident of air terrorism was carried out in 1930 by Peruvian insurgents who hijacked an airplane to scatter propaganda leaflets. This practice subsided in the subsequent two decades due to the effect of global factors such as world war two. Modern terrorism started in 1968 when three Palestinian gunmen hijacked a passenger airline of the Israeli Airline El Al on a ...

The F-16 Fighting Falcon Lockheed Martin, the first multirole fighter of the US Air Force, is the most useful fighter jet in the world with more than two thousand units in service with the United States Air Force and two thousand operative aircraft in more than twenty-five countries. Entering service in 1978 became the first fighter purposely built to withstand twists 9-gravity force. The last of the 2,231 F-16s, the Air Force of the United States, was delivered in the first quarter of 2005, while the first dual-seat version, called F-16D, was approved by the United States of ...

Performance Measurement

Asset Utilization Revenue generation by each employee is perceived to be better for Boeing at $595,501.86, which may be due to a better employee retention policy. This was concurred by Boeing’s annual report where it revealed that the management has good relations with its employees since 38% are represented by unions (Boeing, 2016, p.20) with Lockheed at 18% (Lockheed, 2016, p.18). Due to the better employee retention, Boeing was able to generate a higher amount of sales based on its investor’s capital or equity at 15.02 but Lockheed was not lagging far behind at 14.90. The ...

The piper arrow airplane is commonly termed as ‘the arrow’ due to its resemblance to an arrow that has the propelling wings. Despite its simple structure from the outer appearance, it is considered to be the only complex trainer aircraft that has a single engine I existence today. It is considered one of the easiest transition airplanes for most of the students to the complex aircraft due to the fact that it is made up of controls and handling features which are similar to those which are found in other piper trainers. It has a 200hp Lycoming engine which ...

Delta Airlines Inc. is a household brand not only the United States but also in 64 other countries around the world. The company was founded on May 30, 1924, marking a 91 years reign since it first opened doors as a crop dusting operation, Huff Daland Dusters, in Macon, Georgia. Delta started providing passenger services on June 17, 1929, making it one of the oldest airlines in the world. In 2013, Delta Airlines Inc. was reported to be the world's largest airline based on the number of scheduled passengers. The company was the second largest concerning the revenue passenger ...

The Boeing Corporation is the leader in the industry of aerospace. Moreover, it is known for the manufacture of military and commercial airplanes as well as satellites, missile defense, and launch systems. Therefore, it is the biggest manufacturer of both commercial and military planes. The corporation has five major divisions: Global services, military, business services and capital Corporation, network and space systems. However, its primary objective is to lead the industry continuously while creating new innovative aircraft to fulfill the growing needs of the customers. On the other hand, the Lockheed Martin Corporation is known for its ability in ...

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is the movie adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play. It was a box office hit in 1958. The movie stars Paul Newman as Brick Pollitt. Brick is married to Maggie, portrayed by Elizabeth Taylor. Brick and Maggie take a trip to visit Brick’s family’s plantation in Mississippi, where Big Daddy has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, a truth that is unbeknownst to him. He has been given a year to live. This movie chronicles the events of a Southern family whose wealth drives a wedge between their relationships. Brick’s brother, ...

BERNOULLI’S EXPERIMENT

INTRODUCTION This experiment aims to verify Bernoulli’s equation that relates the pressure and the velocity of a fluid. The aims of the experiment are: A venturi meter is a device used in fluid measurements. It uses a converging section of a pipe in order to change fluid velocity or pressure. The venturi meter in this experiment is used several times to estimate flow rates and measure piezometric head values at different points along the venturi meter. The fluid used in this experiment is water. Bernoulli’s equation is a mathematical model for ideal fluids. Because of this, the ...

One of the heartbreaking truths about World War 1 was that millions of innocent men needlessly died because civilian and military leaders were slow in changing their war strategies and effectively employing new technologies. Thus, the war typified a fight between an inefficient nineteenth century warfare which witnessed lot of casualties on both sides, and a twentieth century technology-driven battle in which many decisive technologies were tested. As for America, the trend of industrialism and mass production of machineries and war equipments had begun fifty years prior to the onset of the war during the American Civil War. With ...

Today’s airports are getting overcrowded as the airplane travel is becoming extremely popular these days. The business of aviation is ever changing. With the advancement in technology, the aviation business is also going hi-tech and the passengers expect everything to be in tune at the airports. The waiting times, the pedestrian flows, process times, baggage services, flight times are some of the most important tasks of every airport. While developing the infrastructure of an airport, the designers and architectures face major challenges as everything should provide sufficient capacity to the passengers. In addition, all the safety requirements must ...

Introduction

Passengers aged over fifty years often develop Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)during prolonged flights. The development of DVT among passengers is well documented but is not often experienced by pilots flying commercial aircraft; however, there are a few cases where pilots have developed DVT in the course of duty.The potential liability of airlines is much more expounded with respect to claims arising from injuries caused to passengers without any sort of monetary limitation. In order to address the problem and help balance the liability to a proper proportion, the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International ...

Introduction

Mobile TV technology enables viewing of TV channels on hand-held devices so that people may watch their favorite programs, wherever they are; outdoors or inside speeding vehicles. On one hand the fixed TVs inside homes have evolved into home theaters with large LED screens and quality sound systems. The idea of having visual entertainment inside one’s pocket is appealing. A home television requires a consensus among the viewers on what program should be watched at any particular point in time, a mobile TV enabled viewing of favorite channels without competition. There are two ways of delivering this invention, ...

People have dreamed of flying since ancient times. The Legend about Daedalus and Icarus, images of Egyptian, Roman, and Assyrian gods, and extant writings about different experiments and scientific thoughts reflect the desire of humans to become closer to the sky. In the United States, history of aviation starts with the day when brothers Wright built a plane and made in it the first flight ever. That happened at the beginning of the twentieth century, and since then, the American aviation had undergone significant changes and had become one of the most developed in the world. How did the ...

Overrun Accident of The American Airlines Flight 1420

Abstract The American Airlines accident Flight 1420 is identified as a runway overrun accident. The National Transportation Safety Board conducted an investigation to find the cause. This project is primarily focused on the human factor issue that might have caused the accident. The project explored the Human Factor Analysis and Classification System and used the Swiss Cheese Model to link the chain of events to determine the cause of the accident. The Human Factor Analysis and Classification System was used by the National Transportation Safety Board to analyze the human factors issues within American Airlines Flight 1420. This system ...

Introduction

Mobile TV technology enables viewing of TV channels on hand-held devices so that people may watch their favorite programs, wherever they are; outdoors or inside speeding vehicles. On one hand the fixed TVs inside homes have evolved into home theatres with large LED screens and quality sound systems and on the other hand the convenience of having visual entertainment inside one’s pocket is appealing. While the big TV required a consensus among the viewers as to what program should be watched at any particular point of time, the mobile TV enabled viewing of favorite channels without competition. There ...

The Wright brothers were the first inventors who come up with an airplane design that incorporated a simple control system whereby a pilot could balance the craft in the air in the same manner a cyclist controls a bicycle on the road. At the beginning of the 20th century, the brothers started working on aircraft designs that were propelled by a gasoline engine (Wright Brothers Organization par 10). Design after design they worked on the configuration, propellers, engines and controls until they finally could fly a plane for over an hour. Their design became the first controllable airplane with ...

Plane boarding policies vary among airlines. However, the one common goal for all airlines is boarding passengers as fast as practicable and save time while achieving the delicate balance of satisfying all the passengers. Most airlines attempt to appreciate elite members by allowing them to settle in early.

The event

United Airlines new family boarding policy allows relationships with the kids aged two and below to board the planes before other passengers even the first class and elite status passengers (Giraldo, et al 45-54).

The new policies take effect Feb, 15.

The pre-boarding policy for families gives the parents a chance to stow their bags and get the ...

Introduction

“Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay” is a 2008 comedy film directed by Hurwitz and Schlossberg. The movie presents different ideas about the Asian and American relationships after the 9/11 attacks. It is a captivating comedy with content suitable for adults only. In this paper, the movie is chosen since it presents an opportunity to execute autonomous, creative ideological review that reveals intended messages and structures of a film. It is also suitable due to the concept of “popular cinema.” This review explores the film’s ideology in terms of concepts of negotiated reading, underlying structures, and national ...

Kazimir Malevich's Suprematism Works

Kazimir Severinovich Malevich spent his childhood in villages of Ukraine1 and knew nothing about professional art, although he was exposed to peasant art as a child. Later he moved to Moscow and got his education in art in Moscow. His work was influenced by avant-garde painters of the time and he responded that art did not need the artists and can advance on its own.Thesis -The aim of the essay is to provide a broad overview of Malevich’s artistic practices and the Suprematism of his work. The paper discusses the reasoning and meaning behind his work and why ...

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Introduction

Technology advancements are changing the shape of every industry. Demand for better, enhanced and safe technology has been the driving force behind every innovation in any industry, and the aviation industry is no different. More Electric Aircraft (MEA) is a trend catching up fast in the aviation sector. The trend is to replace pneumatic and hydraulic systems with electrical systems providing better monitoring and comfort. MEA means an increased use of electric power to drive aircraft that have traditionally been driven by mechanical and hydraulic systems. The ...

AS-387

Crew Resource Management Paper Due Date Abstract Communication is a two way process which is the most crucial aspect of flight deck performance. A flight situation requires effective communication mechanism wherein the human aspect is taken care of through effective crew resource management training. Communication can be critical to the flight deck situations as it might result in positive or negative outcomes with respect to a potential fatality. Human error is known to be the greatest factor responsible for fatalities in aviation. Communication processes can help minimize and mitigate human errors to a great extent. The present study based ...

Vista Aerospace case

In most general terms, risk assessment can be defined as an examination of factors that can harm people in course of one’s activities. Most important issues to be considered in terms of choosing supplier include the suppliers’ capacity and their experience in producing electronic equipment in general and aviation equipment in particular. These factors can particularly influence supplier’s capacity to produce quality equipment and, in turn, passengers’ security and safety. In case of Essilor (Brazilian supplier), an important risk deals with the fact that an extent to which the company is experienced in producing electronic equipment. Furthermore, ...

Introduction

Almost all of the commercial airplane accidents that have been reported in the past are caused by human error which accounts for approximately 70% of the accidents (Griffin et al., 2015). Hence, it is important to appreciate the fact that human error is recently becoming a principal concern not only to flight operations but in the maintenance practices as well as air traffic control. The above concern has made the major airlines to employ human factor professionals who work closely with the engineers and pilots to embrace innovation on human performance as well as the airplanes to help enhance ...

Introduction

The GSA is an independent body of the United States government; it came into existence in 1949 with the objective of facilitating proper functioning of the federal agencies as explained by Miller (2010). For instance, the agency provides products and services encompassing transportation and communication as well as devising policies pertinent to cost minimizations among other management strategies. As such, the essay entails the description of the General Service Administration Schedule solicitation of the United States concerning a service-disabled veteran. Additionally, there is the analysis of subsequent security measures alongside advantages of using electronic submission process in comparison to ...

Please provide a statement that addresses your reason for transferring and the objectives you hope to achieve. (361 words)

While I do not like to think of myself as better than anyone else, I know that I am a highly ambitious person. I want to transfer in order to feed this need to achieve and excel. What I need is the best education that I can strive to get, and to be one of the best experts in my major and field. I already know that I have achieved so much in my life already, having moved across the globe to study in a language that I am not proficient in. I have made the Dean’s List ...

Lubrication is an important function that sustains the life of an engine. Lubricants help in reducing friction and wear of the parts of the engine. Lack of lubrication can lead to corrosion and formation of rust on the engine of an airplane. All engines require lubrication regardless of the frequency of their use. Airplanes that are frequently used can have issues of rust formation and corrosion (EAI, 2015). The idle airplanes have a higher risk of rust formation and corrosion compared to the airplanes that are frequently used. It is easier to lubricate and maintain airplanes that are on ...

Introduction

All aircraft are constructed with the identical simple elements: wings for lifting, engine to enhance drive power, a fuselage to carry load and controls, and a tail assembly which typically regulates the bearing of flight. The fuselage or body of the airplane clutches all the fragments together. The pilots sit at the front of the cockpit at the fuselage. Travelers and cargo stay in the rear of the fuselage. Some aircraft carry fuel in the fuselage; others aircrafts have engines in the wings. The wings lift the weight of the aircraft itself, the fuel, the travelers, and the cargo. ...

In order to be a successful pilot, several personal attributes and abilities are required of the aviation trainee. Other than the prerequisite academic qualifications, pilots are chosen based on their unique pilot persona. My personal traits, abilities and passion make me well suited for a career as a pilot . The first ability that draws me to aviation is my great eyesight. It is an essential requirement that every pilot needs to have good vision in order to operate a plane. Anything less than normal vision is not allowed of any practicing pilot. Good eyesight is important in that the ...

Below is the chart for the balance scorecard which shows the aims and objective of evolution engines. In this scorecard the segments included are shareholders value from the financial perspective; customer’s value perspective, internal value perspective and learning and growth perspective (Marr and Adams, 2004; Niven, 2005; Papalexandris et al., 2005) of the organization evolution engines. Evolution Engines is an engine manufacturer planning to initiate its business in the China. The balance scorecard is emphasizing on one particular segment which is manufacturing of the airplane engines. Elaborate details of division of segments and measure for enhancing the value ...

In his description of himself, Baer acknowledges that he wasn’t born a patriot whose intention was to work for the CIA. He describes himself as a struggling student who had personal agendas (Baer, 2002). The book gives several accounts of what Baer describes as frustrations and mistakes he made while posted in Lebanon and India. The book also discusses the failings of the CIA. Baer gives the reasons for a failing CIA as: replacement of human intelligence with computer and satellite technology; a risk aversion approach by the agency that promoted bureaucratic practices and undermined intelligence gathering; and the prioritization of interests ...

List each company and describe the business that each is in

DHL Company Overview DHL is an international market leader in international express delivery, airfreight, and overland transport. The firm is the world leader in contract logistics and ocean freight. DHL’s international network links more than 220 territories and countries. The firm has a team of approximately 285,000 employees dedicated to providing fast and reliable services that exceed customer’s expectation in 120,000 locations worldwide.

Boeing Company Overview

Boeing is the second largest manufacturer of large commercial planes behind Airbus and the second largest defense contractor behind Lockheed Martin. In addition to commercial jets the company also manufacturer military airplane. ...

Hume and Bergeson were philosophical scientists who are remembered for their contributions on humanity nature. Bergerson’s philosophy advocated for the fact that a person has a free will, which is conceived within their hearts. The basis of their decision is therefore based on what they feel rather than what they see. The imaginative nature of humanity is responsible for all creative that is seen in the world. Hume on the other hand emphasized the fact that desire was the main inspiration aspect that comprise of a human. The driving force behind human action is derived from their desire to see them ...

This essay compares the aircraft hydraulic systems between Embraer 145 and Boeing 737. It is first of all pertinent to note that the hydraulic system of an aircraft is useful in both primary and secondary control of a flight. This hydraulic system moves the ailerons, rudder and elevator in primary flight control, and the flaps, slats and spoilers in secondary flight control. The other aircraft systems controlled using the hydraulic system include utility system parts such as lancing gears, gear steering breaks, passenger stairs and cargo stairs. This work focuses on the primary flight control systems of Embraer 145 and ...

The glider designs of George Cayley and Otto Lilienthal were a far cry from the technological sophistication of space flight, and 19th-century designs established basic principles still present in the design of the space shuttle. Mechanization, which started with the Wright brothers, powered flight, giving substance to the age-old human dream of manned flight. War and the onset of commercial flight produced massive improvements in aeronautical design and logistical advances. In the modern era, the very concept of flight has taken mankind into space and inspired plans for manned space travel.

The Arc of Progress: Flight and the Evolution of Aeronautical Technology

In 1810, British inventor George Cayley published a paper that ...

Boeing Industries: Management and Leadership

Boeing Industries was ranked Number 36 in May, 2011 in the Fortune 500 rankings for businesses. Boeing has become a global giant and it is the biggest aerospace company worldwide. Boeing’s two biggest rivals are Airbus and Lockheed Martin. Airbus holds the Number 1 place for making large commercial jets while Boeing is Number 2. Lockheed Martin is the Number 1 defense contractor and Boeing is Number 2. The reported number of employees in 2011 was 171,700. The reported number of executives was three hundred and seventy nine. (Hoovers.com, para. 1-3)

The public releases from Boeing media most ...

Undergraduate Dissertation

Consumer Decision Making, in Relation to Brand Image in Today’s Airline Industry Presented for (Business management) This dissertation is entirely the original work of student registration number 1210025. Where material is obtained from published or unpublished works, this has been fully acknowledged by citation

Abstract

Marketing research studies reveal that companies have gone beyond offering functional attributes of a product when considering their competitive advantages in the market. Rather, companies are developing corporate brands that are associated with their products and services in the marketplace. The rationale is that companies can create special image that consumers can associate ...

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Avionics, in common parlance, stands for aviation electronics. It is the development and production of electronic instruments for use in aviation and astronautics and such electronic instruments themselves. Avionic systems include control, monitoring, communications and the display and management of multiple systems that are fitted to aircraft to perform individual functions. Such systems majorly include control apparatus performance instruments communication instruments navigation system collision avoidance system black box Avionics are the electronic systems used on aircraft, artificial satellites, and spacecraft. My ...

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The jet engine was one of the most important inventions of the 20th century. It brought a complete change in aviation and flight.

Jet engines can be classified into 5 types, namely : the turbofan, turboprop and the turbojet.

This paper compares the efficiency of turboprop engines and turbojet engines. Before going into the details, we should discuss the basic difference between the two. A turboprop (short for Turbo Propeller) engine uses a gas turbine core to run a propeller. The main source of thrust from the engine is the large mass of air that propeller pushes. This accounts for about 80% of ...

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Abstract This report delves into John Fitzgerald Kennedy Airport (JFK). It provides a brief history as well as the old and new structure of the airport. As well, it gives a panoramic view of the old and the new structural features of the Airport for the future needs.

John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) Airport: An Introduction

JFK is run by the Port Authority of New York as well as New Jersey, under a charter ratified in 1947. It is amongst the leading passenger-volume airports all over the USA, as well as the busiest international air passenger entrance, managing more air ...

The black box is a flight or aircraft data recorder. It mainly collects and gathers the flight parameters information and stores them as evidence in the case of a plane crash. It is a technology that each and every corporate jet or commercial airplane should be equipped with.

Origin of the Technology.

The technology was discovered in Australia by Dr. David Warren. The technology began in 1952. Warren worked on the information and built up of the black box in Aeronautical research laboratories, in Melbourne. He argued that it was necessary for recording all the aircraft crew discussion. His view was to help trace the cause ...

J.J. Abrams’ serialized television drama LOST follows the stories of a group of survivors of a violent airplane crash on a deserted island, stuck without any hope of rescue and beholden to the mysterious forces that govern their new home. In its pilot episode, the filmmakers of LOST firmly establish the recurring theme of good vs. evil that establishes the characters’ journeys in their island setting. This is done through a combination of visual motifs, symbolism, and character moments juxtaposed through flashbacks and editing. Throughout the course of the pilot, the flaws, alignments and attitudes of the characters are weighed against a sense of ...

In spite of the fact that significant milestones have been made in airline technology, cases of many commercial airlines landing on the wrong airports continue to be on the rise. Although cases of commercial aircraft landing on the wrong airfield are not very common, this does not imply that they are unheard of in the United States. Commercial flights in the United States landed or began to land erroneously in other airports several times in the last two decades. However, the actual figures could be higher than the ones reported by the media and the relevant authorities. There are ...

Consumption of foods with high calories leads to increase in weight. This means that consumption of calories is a function of the increase in weight. For each extra calorie consumed, there is an extra weight to be gained. It is important for people to know how to balance their calorie intake. It is important for people to have the proper body weight to ensure overall good health and improved quality of life. The calories taken in should be equal to the calories lost so as to ensure maintenance of body weight. If the calories consumed do not equal the calories ...

JetBlue is a relatively new airline in the United States. JetBlue has produced impressive financial results at a time when the other airlines were suffering from losses. The company instead of targeting the masses selected to target a niche market and specialize in the underserviced airline routes. It currently stations its planes in secondary airports to avoid competition and get better treatment from the airports, and has been promptly acquiring new aircrafts in response to its growing popularity and increasing number of passengers.

SWOT Analysis

Strengths: - Balances cost cutting well with high levels of customer service - The company does not ...

Introduction

Faster travel time, a feat of human imagination and a masterpiece of engineering. These are but some of the things that airplanes embody in the world. While there have been many records and variations throughout history of emulating flight, it was the Wright Brothers that finally made modern aircrafts possible back in 1903 . Since then the “aeroplane” has been used in many situations of human history. Such situations include public transportation, combat and even entertainment. This invention did not come without a price however; just as when dynamite was used in manners that were against the wishes of Alfred Nobel (leading ...

A glider is defined as heavier than air aircraft supported in the air by dynamic air reactions against its lifting surfaces. Normally, its free flight does not depend on an engine. Most of the gliders do not have engine, though the motor gliders have engines meant for extending their flight when requires and some are powerful allowing them to take off. Because of their specialized use, gliders are quite different from powered airplanes. This is made obvious by several characteristics. One is the completely different arrangement of the landing gear, a result of the lightweight of the aircraft and the ...

Man has long desired to conquer the skies due to his incapacity to take flight like birds and reach unimaginable speeds possible while in flight. This desire had led man to creating machines that mimicked flight, leading to the development of aviation and air transportation. With human flight now made possible through aviation, the desire to reach the speed that exceeds the speed of sound had fueled research even further to understand how it could be attained through aircrafts, automobiles and artillery. For years, several attempts have been done to reach this speed of sound or break the so-called “ ...

Porter’s Five-Force analysis is an examination that helps a company or an individual in determining whether to invest in a certain industry. The analysis examines the level of competition that exists in an industry, the potential of new entrants, the possibility of introducing substitute products, and the bargaining power of buyers and sellers in the industry (Truxal 54). These factors when combined inform an investor about the profitability of investing in an industry. Therefore, it means that the porter’s framework acts like a SWOT analysis because it identifies the strengths and weaknesses that exist in a market. An analysis of the ...

People have been using lift for already more than a hundred years. Lift – is a component of the aerodynamic force which is perpendicular to the vector of the velocity of the motion of an object in the steam of liquid or of a gas which results from asymmetry of the body flow by a stream. It occurs at the motion of any object in the air, if the object has a shape conducive to this (the wing, for example). Air flow around the wing is divided into two streams: over the wing and under it. Lower flow steams in a normal manner having no ...

Modern warfare as we know it today began to take shape during the 19th century, with the rise of nation states came patriotic fervor and the need to express this through a strong, varied and most importantly competent military force. For the first time in history, armies became institutions and nations took pride in training and equipping their regiments. This change coincided with the industrial revolution which brought wide ranging changes to manufacturing processes. The production line allowed weapons and other instruments of warfare to be produced in mass numbers never before seen. More advanced manufacturing techniques meant more secure ammunition, ...

Introduction

People around the globe are distinguishable because of tradition, culture, appearance, and color. Hundreds or thousands of years ago, people are divided with these distinguishes. However, exploration leads to discovery and many people from different parts of the world started to travel from one place to another. This then leads to mixing from one race to another but people often have different distinctions that gave them difficulties in mingling to another group. Pilgrimage made a nation so powerful like the United States of America but it also gave grief and pain to those subjects of slavery back then. Amendments after ...

Heeding to the calls of clients is always the calling of many professions. Meeting the demands and satisfactions desires of customers is a daunting task, but one that I cannot evade as a customer service representative for a US aircraft manufacturer plant in Sunrise, Fl. Stemming from our products, our new plane the fabulous 300 posit s2 problems that customers are complaining about. They are the baggage compartment door that opens in flight and the brakes that becomes very spongy after a very hard rain. The plant laid off union employees that were in the maintenance department that worked in the second shift. ...

Introduction

It may have been just a cluster of words printed nicely in an almost card board like glossy paper. Numbers were written all over the face of the paper, accompanied by what seems like a cluster of vertical lines, a picture of an aircraft, and your name on it. Without that piece of paper, it is impossible for one to get his way to explore the clouds. What is being described here is the boarding pass. As simple as it is, boarding pass tickets holds a lot of stories of struggle and joy. The face of the boarding pass tells stories no one ...