The crucial need for aviation development was emphasized again by ICAO’s third annual World Aviation Forum in November 2017, due to its overall positive impact and economic benefits. The industry’s success in terms of healthy growth rates, however, is a burden at the same time. Addressing the resulting air navigation and airport infrastructure requirements enta…
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The GARS workshops and the Hamburg Aviation Conference, which is the predecessor of the European Aviation Conference, created a network of academics, regulators, industry managers and consultants who were fascinated by aviation and who shared a desire for a forum that would allow serious discussions of airport issues. This group further expanded, which explains why our list of acknowledgements …
I’m grateful for the assistance and guidance of my two editors, Peter Bruce and John King, Greg Fordham, Principal of AirBiz, for making the initial introductions, Kerr Lammie and Martin Lephoron of AirBiz too for their suggestions, Mike Webber for his helpful comments on the cargo chapter and Paul Cheng from the Airport Authority of Hong Kong for his help on understanding the …
Chapter One summarizes research on the seismic performance of air traffic control (ATC) towers, discusses their shortcomings and puts forward recommendations for future studies. Chapter Two covers the construction of an airport for the capital of Germany that has an erratic history dating back to the early nineties. During the long planning period, the employment impacts of a major airport play…
The applications of the traditional asphalt pavement materials and technologies in road and airport engineering have been known for many years. However, some recent innovations in new materials and evaluation technologies have effectively provided the practical knowledge and experiences for the pavement engineers and researchers and will potentially result in much durable and safer highway and …
The Aircraft Weight and Balance Handbook has been prepared in recognition of the importance of weight and balance technology in conducting safe and efficient flight. The objective of this handbook is twofold: to provide the airframe and powerplant mechanic (A&P) with the method of determining the empty weight and empty weight center of gravity (EWCG) of an aircraft and to furnish the flight cre…
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has published the Remote Pilot – Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) Study Guide to communicate the knowledge areas you need to study to prepare to take the Remote Pilot Certificate with an sUAS rating airman knowledge test.