CAV 100

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CAV 100

• Air Passenger Transportation

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Speed and time savings

• Aviations primary advantage is the reduction of
  non-productive time used in travel.
• 1958- 48 travel from city to city was by air.
• Today- 0ver 80
• International travel-Over 97 by air today.

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Comfort of Jets

• Little noise or vibration
• Fly above most weather- pressurized cabins
• Food and drink available

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Safety

• Major airlines have gone as long as a year
  without a major accident
• More likely to be hit by lightning

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Reliability

• Engines run for 20,000 hours before replacement
• Weather radar
• All weather landing systems

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Utility and accessibility

• Airports are usually close by

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Employment

• Airports are like small cities
• Airlines employ thousands, directly and indirectly

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Air Cargo transportation

• Allows broader area of distribution
• Reduced inventories
• Need less warehouse space
• Reduces theft
• Reduces shipping damage
• Less spoilage of perishables
• Lowers crating costs

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Effect of Aerospace on the economy

• Operations-55 million a year
• Over a billion passengers worldwide

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Primary Customers

• Dept. of Defense-55
• NASA and other Gov.23
• Non-government-22