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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811707703321

Titolo

Securing the future of U.S. air transportation : a system in peril / / Committee on Aeronautics Research and Technology for Vision 2050, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Studies and Information Services, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2003

ISBN

0-309-18259-X

1-280-20898-8

9786610208982

0-309-59426-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (88 p.)

Disciplina

387.7/0973

Soggetti

Aeronautics, Commercial - United States - Finance

Aeronautics, Commercial - United States - Forecasting

Airlines - United States - Finance

Airlines - United States - Cost of operation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

FrontMatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Executive Summary -- 1 Foundation for Change -- 2 Improving the Air Transportation System -- 3 System Modeling and Simulation -- 4 Improving Aircraft Performance -- 5 Process for Change -- Findings, Recommendations, and the Big Question -- Appendixes -- A Statement of Task and Study Approach -- B Comparative Assessment of Goals and Visions -- C Biographies of Committee Members -- D Propulsion Taxonomy: Comments on Propulsion Fundamentals -- E Four Levels of Models -- F Acronyms and Abbreviations.