Aerospace & Air Transport Industries

This is a new title in the IBN Wings series, primarily intended for model makers and aviation enthusiasts. Douglas Aircraft developed the DC-9 i...

Flying, as everyone knows, is generally regarded as the safest means of transportation. Yet for that to be the case an enormous amount of testing i...

Anti-aircraft artillery was extensively used in combat in the First World War, though such weapons had made their debut in the Franco-Prussian War ...

Between 1939 and 1946 BOAC (the British Overseas Airways Corporation) was the nationalised airline of Great Britain - and between 1946 and 1974 a...

Now a major motion picture from Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanks-the inspirational autobiography by one of the most captivating American heroes o...

Air transport must evolve if it is to optimize its value in the 21st century. The mood in the aerospace industry is positive with regard to economi...

Flight delays have beset the U.S. national airspace system. In 2007, more than one-quarter of all flights either arrived late or were cancelled acr...

This book presents a comprehensive review of the strategies, operations and safety of the airline industry. Topics discussed herein include a finan...

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), aviation currently accounts for about 2 percent of human-generated global carbon...

Aviation congestion and delay is an issue of long standing. Statistically, there was a significant increase in congestion and delay throughout the ...

The use of over-the-counter (OTC), prescription, and illicit drugs is increasing in the U.S. population. The National Transportation Safety Board (...

Since the early 1990s, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have operated on a limited basis in the National Airspace System (NAS). Until recently, UAS ...

On 8 March 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 took off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport bound for Beijing. Less than an hour after take-off,...

Within the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Airway Transportation System Specialists ATSS) maintain and certify the equipment in the Nat...