Airbus Industrie, a consortium of European aircraft manufacturers which had provided the first serious competition to the US with its original widebody, twin-engined A-300, had quickly concluded that its success could only be attained with an expanded product line capable of fulfilling several payload and...
Aeronautical is one of the most challenging fields of engineering with a wide scope of growth. This field deals with the development of new technologies in the field of aviation, space exploration and defense system in all over to maintain national integrity.Aeronautical engineering deals with...
After a day of blogging, surfing and trawling the web, I find myself at Xiawu fandian (restaurant), the small eatery, barely a stone's throw from the compound where teachers' residences are located.The warm spring breeze that nature mercifully blessed us with on Valentine's Day is...
Robert Ringer wrote Winning Through Intimidation in 1973 and renamed and re-released it in 2002. The name change was a good move because winning through intimidation was never Robert's intention. How to survive in the jungle and overcome the intimidating tactics of its inhabitants is...
We've visited Disney World in Florida more times than I can count. After so many years of driving to Florida and visiting every theme park in Orlando, it was time for a change. Our bags and passports were ready to travel abroad.We knew we wanted...
Commercial aircraft are the result of the airline requirements which shape them, attempting to fulfill, as completely and cost-effectively as possible, the particular combination of mission goals. For airliner-type aircraft, these include two primary parameters: payload, comprised of passengers, baggage, cargo, and mail, and range,...
The radio spectrum, a scarce resortOne of the most basic activities in a cockpit is tuning the radio to the assigned frequency of whoever we want to talk to. Contacting ground control, the tower or one's own company is done by turning a few knobs...
Stand in line in a local store and glance at the person in front of you, then the person directly behind you. Statistically speaking, one of you is obese. A growing epidemic in the U.S., obesity rates are soaring not only in adults, but in...
US Airlines have signed an unprecedented agreement to purchase up to 1.5 million gallons per year of renewable synthetic diesel fuel for use in ground service equipment at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) beginning in late 2012. This is a sign of the times.Over time,...