Transport Industries

In the decades leading up to the 1970s, passenger air transport was the preserve of the well-to-do who flew on airliners driven by propellers. Over...

From Catch Me if You Can to the Zambian attempt to join the Space Race using a 40-gallon oil drum, this amusing collection of stories seeks to pres...

Airlines are competitive and complex businesses and great airlines dont just happen. In British Airways case it has been a long journey in fact, i...

The 1920s were to flying what the 1960s were to space exploration - an age of adventure, excitement and of crossing new frontiers. And for a shor...

Unusually among Welsh narrow-gauge railways, the 2ft 6in gauge Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway was built to benefit agriculture, not mineral...

'Masterful' The Economist The Congo-Océan railroad stands as one of the deadliest construction projects in history. It was completed in 1934, when...

Meet the astronauts leading the way to a new world of space travel.'Masterly' New York Times'Riveting' Scott Kelly'Remarkable' The Times__When Rich...

Airline mergers do not always go as planned and/or realise their stated goals. The stockholders, employees, customers, and served communities often...

This book provides a snapshot of how well NASA is planning and executing its major acquisitions -- an area that been on the Government Accountabili...

Filling a critical gap in aviation engineering literature, this unique and timely resource provides professionals with a thorough introduction to a...

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), within the Department of Homeland Security, screens or oversees the screening of over 650 million...

To help manage airport congestion, airlines operating at four U.S. airports -- Washington''''s Reagan National and the three major New York City ar...

The space industry refers to economic activities related to the manufacture and delivery of components that go into Earth''''s orbit or beyond. The...

General aviation (GA) is a catch-all category that includes about 54% of all civilian aviation activity within the United States and encompasses a ...

How New York City subways signage evolved from a visual mess to a uniform system with Helvetica triumphant. For years, the signs in the New Yo...

The majority of Chinese steel has been used to meet domestic demand in China. However, as its steel production continues to grow, over-capacity is ...

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...

The book begins with a history of the industrial development of the Tondu Valleys, including the succession of great industrialists who led the way...

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...