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    Causes of Air Accidents

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    Air Accident An Air accident is the worst nightmare of every pilot or passenger that has ever ridden in an aircraft. Although air travel is one of the safest forms of transportations‚ accidents do happen with dramatic and terrifying results. The circumstance of Air accidents takes place by four causes: takeoff and landing‚ mechanical failures‚ pilot error‚ and bad weather. One cause of Air accidents take place is during takeoff and landing. Approximately 80 percent of all aviation

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    The company Air France

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    Page 7 The company Air France has been found in 1933 by the merger of several airlines which had already built extensive networks across Europe. By the end of the Second World War‚ Air France owned a fleet of 85 aircraft operating over 4 networks. After the war‚ on June‚ 26th‚ 1945‚ all of France’s air transport companies were nationalized; acquiring rights to all French airlines routes. Air France was set up on the 1st of January 1946. The merger of the two airlines Air France and Netherlands-based

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    European Air Travel

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    European Air Travel 19 March 2008 Introduction: The European air travel industry is now in a state of rapid transition and development. It is documented that there are now more than 130 airlines in operation catering to nearly 450 airports and to service increasing demands in this sector. It is seen that this industry has witnessed a three fold increase during the period 1980 – 2000 and is all set to double by the year 2020. (Fast Facts. The air transport industry in

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    air traffic controller

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    A A History of Air Traffic Control Founded in 1987‚ the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) represents more than 15‚000 aviation safety professionals throughout the United States‚ Puerto Rico‚ Guam and other U.S. territories. All share a common goal: protecting the safety of the flying public. These individuals are air traffic controllers‚ engineers‚ architects‚ nurses‚ health care professionals and financial and accounting professionals. In 1981‚ air traffic controllers

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    Amount Of Air In Soccer

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    is designed to benefit those who play the sport‚ especially those who participate in it professionally. Now‚ what we aimed to find out in our experiment‚ is whether or not the amount of air inputted into a soccer ball would affect the ball’s travel distance. Along with that‚ we hoped to learn which amount of air would deliver the furthest distance. And potentially with this knowledge‚ those who play the sport‚ will know to what amount they should fill their ball to‚ in order to gain the best performance

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    History Air Photograph

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    Aerial Photography Dark Room in a Hot-Air Balloon The first known aerial photograph was taken in 1858 by French photographer and balloonist‚ Gaspar Felix Tournachon‚ known as "Nadar". In 1855 he had patented the idea of using aerial photographs in mapmaking and surveying‚ but it took him 3 years of experimenting before he successfully produced the very first aerial photograph. It was a view of the French village of Petit-Becetre taken from a tethered hot-air balloon‚ 80 meters above the ground. This

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    History of Air Law

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    concerning International Air Navigation. The convention recognized that every state has complete and exclusive sovereignty over the airspace above its territory‚ and provided for the innocent passage of civil aircraft of other contracting states over that state’s territory. It was the recommendations made by this conference that established the need for an international body to regulate civil aviation and led to the formation of the International Commission for Air Navigation (ICAN). 1926 Ibero-American

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    Air Pollution - Summary

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    Air Pollution Summary Air pollution has adverse effects on almost everything. People‚ animals‚ the environment‚ and the economy are the main victims of air pollution. For people‚ animals and the environment the quality of the air taken in by all living things has to be clean. Unclean air can result in many illnesses to man‚ and can be especially harmful to those already suffering from asthma. Unclean air can also damage trees‚ crops‚ plants‚ lakes and all animals living on land or in the water

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    Electrical Equipment/ Refrigeration & AC Refrigeration & AC Refrigeration & Air Conditioning 1 Training Agenda: Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Refrigeration & AC Introduction Type of refrigeration Assessment of refrigeration and AC Energy efficiency opportunities 2 Introduction Refrigeration & AC How does it work? High Temperature Reservoir Heat Rejected R Work Input Heat Absorbed Low Temperature Reservoir 3 Introduction How does it work? Refrigeration & AC Thermal energy moves

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    Swot : Air Asia

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    SWOT : AIR ASIA Strengths 1. low cost operation 2. target mass customers 3. efficiency workforce 4. Staffs have multi skill to do their job. 5. single type fleet to service the customer‚ it easies to maintenance. 6. lowest fare more than others. 7. Sell the ticket direct to the customer. Weakness 1. Limited service to the customer. 2. charge every things except the ticket 3. A lot of competitor. 4. Brand positioning lower than other brand. 5

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