New fuel and propulsion technologies are being proposed to ﬠnd suitable alternatives to fossil fuels and new green energy production methods, such as batterypowered and hydrogen-powered aircraft, hybrid systems, and synthetic fuels. Various processes can produce hydrogen, but achieving a low maximum take-off mass is the biggest challenge. Fuel cell aircraft have a low power-to-weigh…
The book selectively represents the chemmotological aspects of sustainable transport development and providing environmental safety of modern aviation. It is devoted to the relevant problems of rational use of conventional and alternative fuels, lubricants, and other operation materials, as well as environmental and economic aspects of road and air transport exploitation. This book, Sustainable…
Especially after the second half of the 90s, the Internet became widespread, and the developments in computer and software technologies were accepted as the beginning of a new era with the introduction of Industry 4.0 in 2011. The aviation industry, which has used edge technologies the most since World War II, is experiencing a significant transformation with Industry 4.0 technologies. Automati…
This textbook is about aviation operations: the organizations and infrastructure in which commercial aircraft operate between airports, providing connections to society with the aim to earn profits. It is about rules, markets, suppliers, airports, airlines, money, people, politics and the aircraft itself. Aviation operations is a sector in which commercial aircraft are operated, deployed, assig…
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…
Plane Sense introduces aircraft owners and operators, or prospective aircraft owners and operators, to basic information about the requirements involved in acquiring, owning, operating, and maintaining a private aircraft.This handbook can be a valuable reference tool for anyone who would like to review the “nuts and bolts†of aircraft ownership. Aircraft owners and…