Essays on Landing Gear

Chapter Nine Questions

Question one The federal government has the vicarious liability for negligence of state employees engaged in forms of unintentional torts. This implies that the government is responsible for the negligence committed by its employees in the scope of their employment. However, for the employees in the private sector, most liability for negligence is bestowed on them meaning that the staff are personally responsible for their negligence.

Question two

Personal liability of those involved in federal activities are born by the government such that staff do not face the risk of consequences for unintentional tort. This is a major benefit for federal ...

I. Introduction Human activities are causing the world to warm and the global average temperature is predicted to increase by 1.8-4.0C (3.2-7.2F) by the end of the century. (Griffin, 2009) These numbers might not seem that large but when you factor in the rate at which they are increasing, it almost becomes obvious that human contributed greenhouse gases are a huge contributing factor. Since the climate will continue to change for natural and humans activity reasons, it critical to understand the adaptations humans need to do as soon as possible. For certain, if oil production and oil consumption ...

PEOPLE:

Amelia Earhart Amelia Earhart was born July 24, 1897, to a lawyer's family. Her love for aircraft came during the World War I. Amelia was a nurse in the hospital next to the airfield. Not long before the round the world flight Earhart wrote that her two biggest desires were: to be the first woman in transatlantic flight (at least as a passenger) and the first woman-pilot to cross the Atlantic. Both her wishes came true. In June 1928, she flew from the U.S. to England, as passenger. And then four years later, May 20, 1932, she has repeated the same ...

MEMORANDUM

Good afternoon, As requested, attached is my recommendation report aviation investigation report A09C0028. Sincerely (First name, last name)

Transportation Safety Board of Canada

Introduction A gear up landing takes place when the aircraft makes a landing without the ecompletrel extension of the landing gear. The term gear- up details that the underside of the aircraft is applied in order to land. Conventionally, there are occurrences where gear up is referenced by the events where a mechanical error deters the pilot from extending the landing gear. In the event of a gear- up landing, there is normally substantial damage that is incurred to the ...

Mechanism of hydraulic systems in aircrafts

Hydraulic system in aircrafts consists of a system in which liquid under pressure is utilized to transmit energy. The power from the engine is converted by the hydraulic systems to hydraulic power. Several hydraulic systems existing in an aircraft include the landing gear, brakes doors and control boosters. According to Roskam (2000), some of the components that are part of the hydraulic system include hydraulic fluid reservoir, accumulators, hydraulic pumps, valves, and lines for distribution and controls located in the cockpit to operate the different functions of the hydraulic system. The hydraulic system has an actuating cylinder that functions ...

Training and Simulation for the Colgan Air Flight 3407, Buffalo, NY

Pilot Training There were two pilots who facilitated Colgan Air Flight 3407, first was the captain, Marvin Renslow, was 47-years-old at the time of his death, lived in Lutz, Florida that had been with Colgan in September 9, 2005 and Rebecca Lynne Shaw, 24-years-old at the time of death, from Maple Valley, Washington that joined Colgan on January 16, 2008 Investigators' results on February's airplane incident in Buffalo, N.Y., increased issues about whether the pilot's proficiency and training may have been an aspect in the incident. The National Transportation Safety Board began a three-day hearing to learn more ...

The united airlines flight 173 crash could have been evaded with a few simple steps. The airplane was approaching Portland, Ore from JFk airport New York on December 28th 1978 when the pilot realized that there was a predicament with the landing gear. He immediately ordered for the emergency safe landing of the 189 passengers on board. He circled the plane for more than twenty minutes while trying to communicate with the air controllers on the possible approach strategies to apply. The airplane had a scheduled stop at Denver airport before it arrives to its final destination Portland airport. It took off ...

Every commercial aircraft is fundamentally designed for safety, passenger acceptance, fuel efficiency and airport compatibility among other important features. Numerous challenges face all current passenger aircrafts, for instance the conventional wing consists of a number of moving parts which increase the weight of the plane and are difficult to adjust and maintain. The current control surfaces also increase turbulence and drag since the smooth flow of air is disrupted, and the aircraft cannot adapt to different flight stages and conditions. Design architectures such as the vertical and horizontal stabilizer surfaces increase the overall drag of the plane, for example, the ...