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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Air Taxi"”.
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A Heuristic Approach to Solve Air Taxi Scheduling Problem
… in any one time period is insufficient to meet air travel demanded, it may be expected that some unfilled demand passengers will either delay their flight or will advance it, thus adding to the effective demand of the adjoining time periods.The obvious alternate means of travel is a rental car. …
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A vehicle design and optimization model for on-demand aviation
On-demand aviation refers to an envisaged air taxi service, using small, autonomous, vertical-takeoff-and-landing, battery-powered electric aircraft. A conceptual design and optimization tool for on-demand aviation is presented in this thesis. The tool uses Geometric Programming, a class of …
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Model Predictive Control for Autonomous Landing in Complex Scenarios
… of autonomous flight for intra-city travel with air taxi services and package delivery vehicles. Other companies are exploring the use of autonomous vehicles for military applications, such as Sikorsky with a next generation Black Hawk helicopter to ensure the safety of soldiers in high threat or …
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Current and historical trends in general aviation in the United States
… the United States. In 2011, general aviation and air taxi operations represented 63% of all towered operations in the United States, while commercial aviation was responsible for 34% of those operations. It is clear that GA is a considerable component of the national airspace and airport system, …
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Behavioral Traps in Flight Crew-Related 14 CFR Part 121 Airline Accidents
… behavioral traps in the multi-crew Part 121 air carrier environment. Behavioral traps are accident-inducing operational pitfalls aviators may encounter as a result of poor decision making. The traps studied were: Loss of Situational Awareness; Neglect of Flight Planning, Preflight Inspections …
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Modeling Intercity Mode Choice and Airport Choice in the United States
… the United States. A separate General Aviation airport choice model to estimates General Aviation person-trips and number of aircraft operations though more than 3000 airports was also developed. The combination of the General Aviation model and the logit models gives the capability to estimate …
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Navigating Perceptions: How Organizational Type and Message Source Affect Willingness to Fly in Automated Air Taxis
… and business is beginning to emerge. Advanced air mobility (AAM), which uses highly automated aircraft that transport passengers and cargo in the underutilized, low-altitude airspace above and around urban areas, is rapidly becoming a reality (FAA, 2023). These new companies will utilize air …
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Technicko-provozní porovnání letounů pro dopravu aerotaxi
… porovnanie lietadiel pre dopravu aerotaxi. Tému práce som si vybral vďaka spoločnosti SkyService, ktorá sa v budúcnosti plánuje zamerať práve na túto formu dopravy. V diplomovej práci sa venujem základným faktorom, ktoré sú potrebné pre výber vhodného lietadla a výpočet ekonomických a …
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Synergistic perception and control simplex for verifiable safe vertical landing
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2026-05-01