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.
Without question, modern airports face many demands. They must promote safety above all else, but airports are increasingly considered to be drivers of local economies, promoters of “green†energy production and other environmental initiatives, and, at times, sites for the conservation of rare species (Blackwell et al. 2009, DeVault et al. 2012). The demands confron…
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…
This book is intended for all those readers who are interested in the analysis and planning of airports. In particular, the book focuses on the most important aspects of analysis, such as congestion and delays of users, aircraft/flights or atm (air transport movements), passengers, air cargo shipments, demand, capacity, and the outcome from their dynamic interactions. With such scope, the book …
This book is titled ‘Airport Design and Operation’. However, the reader will not find chapters devoted exclusively to airport design or airport operation. Airport design and airport operation are closely related and influence each other. A poor design affects the airport operation and results in increased costs. On the other hand it is difficult to design the airp…
Expanding airport capacity is difficult in large urban areas. Expansion of existing airports is usually constrained by community agreements on noise and local air pollution and by a shortage of land. Finding sufficient land, at feasible prices, to develop or relocate major airports on green-field sites within a reasonable distance of city centres is often very difficult. Creating land for airpo…