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Transportation
Transport or Transportation is a movement of humans, animals, and goods. From one location to another location.Using a vehicle with the help of either humans, animals, or machine.
There are 3 main concept of transportation. Those are Trip, Origin, and Destination.
Modes of Transport:
- Air
- Road
- Rail
- Water
- Pipeline
Air Transportation
Air Transportation is Transport system has controlling the movement of goods and humans by air transportation such as airplane or helicopter with all fasilities.
Advantages
a.Fast and efficient system
b.Suitable for important and sensitive things, easily rotting things, and expensive things
c.Can reach the difficult area
d.Enabling free movements
Disadvantages
a.Expensive
b.Totally depens on : Weather and easily bothered by other particles in air
c.High cost in airport maintenance
d.Big sizes plane cannot land in a small sized airport
e.Loud noises and pollution can be occured
History of Air Transportation
Based on the use of pigeons as transporting information between regions, even between continents, is sufficient to overcome the need for speed of movement of information but is limited to the capacity of goods transport. Learning from the natural ability, the development of automotive technology, electronics, mechanics in the business of the embodiment of a technology that quickly and comfortably move passengers and goods in greater numbers to distant places. Aircraft, helicopters, hydrofoil and other types of air transport.
Heavier airplane flying from the air was first flown by the Wright Brothers (Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright) using its own design plane called the Flyer, which was launched in 1903 in the United States.
The Type of Aircraft
1.Airliner
Civilian passenger aircraft (UK: airliner) is an aircraft or aircraft used to carry civilian passengers along with luggage and cargo (with a certain capacity).
2. Seaplane
This aircraft can land in the medium of beach, rive lake and sea. This aircraft only has a capacity of 2 - 6 passengers so that the aircraft is usually used for personal or natural conservation activities
3. Biplane
When looking at this plane we will remember the early manufacture of the plane by the wright brothers, which were used on many aircraft in the early years of flight. So the plane is a classic aircraft with a capacity of 2 people and is used for private ownership.
4. Glider
This aircraft has a distinctive characteristic that is different from the other is longer wing, the same as seaplane and biplane this plane is a plane of private ownership.
5. Helicopter
Aircraft that use propellers and do not have wings is called helicopter with a capacity of 2 - 5 people and commonly used for media activities, military etc.
6. Cargo plane
Freight plane or cargo plane is an aircraft used for the transport of goods or other commodities
Business Air Transportation
The main component of the airline business is the airline. The airline is an organization that provides aviation services for passengers or goods. The airline company rent or owns an aircraft to provide transportation services.
