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Covering the beginnings of commercial aviation, aircraft design and certification, manufacturing and testing, airline operation, maintenance and safety, among other topics, The World of Civil Aerospace shows the reader the fundamental (yet almost invisible) aspects of how the planes and airports we use every day actually function.
Chapter 1. Introduction: what we don⁰́₉t see -- The evolution of civil aerospace: sometimes crazy but true -- Chapter 3. Designing the aircraft: pushing the envelope -- Chapter 4. The planemakers: manufacturing the products -- Chapter 5. Testing: what works and what doesn⁰́₉t -- Chapter 6. The journey of certification: safety Is paramount -- Chapter 7. Operators: what makes airlines (well) airlines -- Chapter 8. Maintenance: a necessary evil? -- Chapter 9. Safety: culturally embedded -- Chapter 10. The environment: emissions by consensus -- Chapter 11. Standards: bedrock to build on -- Chapter 12. The future of civil aerospace: onward andupward.
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