Browsing Flight Transportation Laboratory Reports by Title

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    • The U.S. aviation system to the year 2000 

      Ausrotas, Raymond A. (Cambridge : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1982], 1982)
      Introduction: 1.1 The Future of the Aviation System. It is nothing if not presumptuous to look ahead twenty years in any phase of human activity. This seems particularly true in civil aviation where the certificated airlines ...

    • Use of Loran-C for general aviation aircraft navigation 

      Natarajan, Krishnan (Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1981], 1981)
      This report describes an extensive evaluation of Loran-C for use by general aviation. Flight, ground, and antenna tests were done. Flight tests measured the accuracy and the ability to make approaches. Receiver reliability ...

    • User charges in international air transportation 

      Seagrave, Norman P. (Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1979], 1979)
      The charges dealt with here are those paid by international airline operators for the use of airports and airways. At airports, there are charges for landings and takeoffs and various fees or rentals for other facilities ...

    • The value of revenue management innovation in a competitive airline industry 

      Wilson, John L. (Cambridge, MA : [Massachusetts Institute of Technology], Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1995], 1995)
      The value of revenue management to the airlines has been amply demonstrated, both by industry experience and in simulation studies of the reservation process. However, there have been no attempts to determine if the benefits ...

    • Vehicle routing and scheduling for the ultra short haul transportation system 

      Smith, Barry C. (Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Flight Transportation Laboratory, 1979, 1979)
      A method of vehicle routing and scheduling for an air based intraurban transportation system is developed. The maximization of level of service to passengers in a system operating under time varying demand is considered ...

    • Weather conditions affecting VTOL airbus operations in the Northeast Corridor 

      Simpson, R. W. ([Cambridge, Mass.] : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1966], 1966)
      A detailed study of hourly weather observations in the Northeast Corridor during the periods 0600-2400 for a ten year period 1944-1958 was made to study the implications of weather affecting the operations of a VSTOL Airbus ...

    • Wide-body aircraft demand potential at metropolitan Washington airports 

      Ausrotas, Raymond A.; Taylor, Morais Anthony. (Cambridge, Mass. : Flight Transportation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [1976], 1976)
      Introduction: At present there is concern regarding the feasibility and future impact of allowing service by wide-body aircraft into National Airport in Washington. Some of the important issues are: (i) To what extent would ...