The Last FlightThere is virtually no place to hide on this planet. Someone in some place is always watching, tracking and predicting. The worldwide web, high definition cameras, artificial intelligence, high speed computers and GPS tracking devices make it nearly impossible for any human to go missing. Now, how might ... Read More
Abstract Throughout the history of aviation, accidents have and will continue to occur. With the introduction of larger and more complex aircraft, the number of humans required to operate these complex machines has increased as well as, some say, the probability of human error. There are studies upon studies of ... Read More
1900-1950Years of Change for America The 50 years between 1900 and 1950 were somewhat of a change for the United States. With the mass-production techniques of Henry Ford, to the invention of the product we use every day, the television 1900-1910 The Boxer Rebellion breaks out in China. Nationalists attack ... Read More
Chuck Yeager is unquestionably the most famous test pilot of all time. He won a permanent place in the history of aviation as the first pilot ever to fly faster than the speed of sound, but that is only one of the remarkable feats this pilot performed in service to ... Read More
Many people have flown in an airplane or are going to at some point in their lifetime, but most people do not know how the airplane came about or about aviation history at all. Samuel P. Langley played a very big part in the history of aviation. Although Langley was ... Read More
Crew Resource ManagamentWARNING!!! This is for ERAU -- Wildinger's class. Don't even think of using this in his class!!! -strong message follows- Crew Resource Management 1Running Head CRM AND AVIATION SAFETYCrew Resource Management and Aviation SafetySteven B. McSwainEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityCrew Resource Management 2AbstractThroughout the history of aviation, accidents have and ... Read More
"A bird is an instrument working according to mathematical law... which it is withinThe Wright Brothers may have invented the first airplane, made the first successful flight, and gone down in history as aviation pioneers, but the theory of flight goes back far before those boys were born. As early ... Read More
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) Air Power will take a new form in the use of UAVs. They will change lives, save lives, and reduce costs. Airplanes have increasingly become a major part of humanities since the Great War (World War I), being able to go faster than the speed of ... Read More
Crew Resource Managament CRM AND AVIATION SAFETY Crew Resource Management and Aviation Safety Abstract Throughout the history of aviation, accidents have and will continue to occur. With the introduction of larger and more complex aircraft, the number of humans required to operate these complex machines has increased as well as, ... Read More
Aviation History As long ago as 1884 a machine weighing 8,000 pounds demonstrated its power both to lift itself from the ground and to maintain a speed of from 30 to 40 miles per hour, but failed of success owing to the inability to balance and steer it properly. Engineers ... Read More
Delta Airlines traces its roots back to 1924, when Huff Daland Dusters founded the worlds first aerial crop dusting organization. In 1928 the company became Delta Air Service and on June 17, 1929, Delta began its airline service with the first passenger flights over a route stretching from Dallas, Texas ... Read More