Air TransportationThe current conditions of the Air Transport industry, as well as expectations for the future, are presented in sections covering the historical and present status of air transportation, regulation and administration of air transportation, air carrier aircraft (Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, Lockheed Martin, Airbus, and National Aero-space), and general aviation. The final legislation of the General Aviation Revitalization Act (1994) is presented in a new chapter. The included disk contains a DOS-based summary of the chapters. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
PART | 1 |
Mans Efforts to Fly | 27 |
Development of the Airplane | 41 |
The Beginning of Commercial | 91 |
REGULATION OF AIR TRANSPORTATION | 99 |
Department of Transportation | 143 |
The Federal Aviation Administration | 195 |
Aviation Safety and the National | 233 |
Aviation Industry Performance | 489 |
PART 4 | 506 |
Aircraft Performance | 513 |
The Boeing Company | 529 |
The McDonnell Douglas | 571 |
The Lockheed Martin Corporation | 595 |
Airbus Industrie | 607 |
Future Aircraft | 623 |
Aviation Accident Investigation | 257 |
Air Carrier Economic Regulations | 303 |
Air Carriers | 325 |
International Air Transportation | 359 |
International Air Transportation | 365 |
International Air Transportation | 377 |
Non U S Air Carriers | 407 |
ADMINISTRATION OF AIR TRANSPORTATION | 415 |
Air Carrier Marketing | 435 |
Air Carrier Accounting | 451 |
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