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Commercial air travel began just over a century ago. In that time there have been groundbreaking civilian aircraft, such as flying boats, the first pressurized cabin aircraft, jet and supersonic aircraft, as well as immense changes in the capacity of a typical airliner: in the 1920s aircraft struggled to carry 20 passengers, today some models can carry up to 800 people.The book includes many types, from cargo transports and freighters, through flying...
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The Hayling Island Branch was one of Britain's most iconic sea side lines, connecting Havant with Hayling Island via Langston Harbour. Opening in 1865 for freight and 1867 to passenger traffic, it was after a few years of local control, managed and operated as part of the London Brighton & South Coast Railway, who were responsible for its upkeep until the railway grouping in 1923, when it became a part of the Southern Railway. The railway had a colorful...
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This is the second book by Martin Jenkins and Charles Roberts, about transport in the Isle of Man.The first volume covered the railway network, where as this new volume covers all other forms, road, rail, sea and air operations.The book is illustrated, using previously unpublished rare early color pictures, from the Online Transport Archive, which holds over a million transport images.Both the authors have managed to collect some truly interesting...
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Ranjo and his family loves to travel to places. This winter vacation is planned by his father to the high mountainous regions of Gasba. How does Ranjo plans for his great vacation? Who else accompany him on this avian adventure? Does everyone reach their destination on time? What happens on the flight? Well, if I answer these questions and many more emerald queries in this string which are awaiting your glance, you all will not be able to go raptures...
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By some margin the most successful British medium-range airliner ever produced, the world-beating Viscount was a sublime combination of Vickers state-of-the-art postwar design and Rolls-Royces cutting-edge power-plant technology, both companies being at the very peak of their powers during the types genesis and evolution.
Tracing its origins back to the wartime Brabazon Committee, the Viscount was one of several designs from various British aircraft...
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Aviation automation has been pushed to its limits, with pilots increasingly relying on it. Autopilot, autothrottle, autoland, flight management systems, air data systems, inertial guidance systems. All these systems are only as good as their inputs which, incredibly, can go rogue. Even the automation itself is subject to unpredictable failure.
And what of the pilots? They began flight training with their hands on the throttle and yoke, and feet on...
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Six months after its American introduction in 1985, the Yugo was a punch line; within a year, it was a staple of late-night comedy. By 2000, NPR's Car Talk declared it "the worst car of the millennium." And for most Americans that's where the story begins and ends. Hardly. The short, unhappy life of the car, the men who built it, the men who imported it, and the decade that embraced and discarded it is rollicking and astounding, and one of the greatest...
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TOURISM TRENDS:
• The lasting popularity of the television shows Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul continue to put New Mexico on fans' radars.
• Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, New Mexico saw a record 38 million visits in 2019, a number that rose for the 8th consecutive year. While 2020 saw tourism numbers go down, a record number of domestic visitors in 2021 and 2022 drove numbers up again. Almost 40 million people visited New Mexico in 2021.
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In the late 19th century, railroads played a crucial role in the development of Montana's economy. Robert A. Schalla examines early efforts to bring rail transport to the New World Mining District near the northeast corner of Yellowstone National Park and Red Lodge–Bear Creek Coal Field in south-central Montana. The saga began with a chance discovery in 1866 and follows the exploits of individuals who worked to bring rail transport to the mines...
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