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Mayberry, Charles R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The United States Air Force (USAF) trains C-130H Loadmaster students at Little Rock Air Force Base (AFB) through a civilian contract. The Aircrew Training System (ATS) contractor utilizes a Fuselage Trainer (FuT) to provide scenarios for the Loadmaster students to practice loading and unloading a simulated aircraft. The problem was the USAF does…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Air Transportation, Drills (Practice), Computer Simulation
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Violino, Bob – Community College Journal, 2011
Few industries are as critical to the U.S. economy as transportation. Skilled automotive, railroad, and airline technicians shuttle the goods and people that drive every aspect of domestic and international commerce. The transportation sector offers some of the most exciting opportunities for workers to address critical issues of this time:…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Air Transportation, Climate, Vocational Education
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Clark, Patti J. – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2010
Today there are over 1,500 public-use airports in the United States. Each of these airports provides a service to the surrounding community, whether in the form of a general aviation or commercial air service facility. An airport is dependent on many facets of the local government infrastructure for support services. Also, the airports have ties…
Descriptors: Air Transportation, Armed Forces, Shared Facilities, Shared Resources and Services