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Books > Sport & Leisure > Transport: general interest > Aircraft: general interest
As with other transportation methods, safety issues in aircraft can
result in a total loss of life. Recently, the air transport
industry has come under immense scrutiny after several deaths
occurred due to aircraft design and airlines that allowed
improperly inspected aircraft to fly. Spacecraft too have found
errors in system software that could lead to catastrophic failure.
It is imperative that the aviation and aerospace industries
continue to revise and refine safety protocols from the
construction and design of aircraft, to secure and improve aviation
systems, and to test and inspect aircraft. The Research Anthology
on Reliability and Safety in Aviation Systems, Spacecraft, and Air
Transport is a vital reference source that examines the latest
scholarly material on the use of adaptive and assistive
technologies in aviation to establish clear guidelines for the
design and implementation of such technologies to better serve the
needs of both military and civilian pilots. It also covers new
information technology use in aviation systems to streamline the
cybersecurity, decision making, planning, and design processes
within the aviation industry. Highlighting a range of topics such
as air navigation systems, computer simulation, and airline
operations, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for pilots,
scientists, engineers, aviation operators, air traffic controllers,
air crash investigators, teachers, academicians, researchers, and
students.
Cardiff Airport began life as wartime satellite airfield RAF
Rhoose, officially opening on 7 April 1942, and has grown to become
one of the UK's major civil airports. Home of Cambrian Airways and
used by a varied mix of international airlines, the airport has
been continually upgraded since civilian flying began in 1952.
Aircraft maintenance has always been a vital part of the airport's
activity and BAMC is one of the largest buildings in South Wales
and can accommodate four Boeing 747 'jumbo jets' at one time. It is
not only aircraft that comprise this airport's lively history; many
people have shaped it including workers, travellers and even rugby
celebrities. The supporters' 'air lifts' to and from matches are
legendary. 2012 was the 70th anniversary of the first operations at
this sleepy Vale of Glamorgan airfield. Little did those wartime
pilots realise that one day their 'satellite airfield' would
resound to the sounds of Concorde, Jumbo Jets and every
contemporary aircraft imaginable.
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