Cargando…

Gear Up, Mishaps down The Evolution of Naval Aviation Safety, 1950-2000.

"Less than five years after naval aviation had been in the forefront of the forces that defeated Imperial Japan, it found itself in serious trouble. One of the first steps to re-order priorities and save naval aviation was to solve the problem of increasing numbers of accidents. Over the next f...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: La Vergne : Naval Institute Press, 2017.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: A most remarkable story
  • Black as midnight
  • Difficult days: a soaring mishap rate
  • The competition: American aviation overall
  • Beginning to get it right
  • Naval aviation's transition to jets
  • Aircraft carriers: changes and modifications
  • Beyond jets and aircraft carriers
  • The catalyst for improvement: the Naval Safety Center
  • Six amazing years: RAGS, NATOPS, and more
  • The doc: aerospace medicine
  • flight surgeons and more
  • Discovering human factors
  • Naval aviation maintenance and supply
  • The underappreciated: aircraft, aircraft systems, and design safety
  • Making believe: simulators and synthetic trainers
  • On to the twenty-first century: ORM, CRM, and culture workshops
  • Success: Summary and conclusions
  • Afterword
  • Appendix 1: Marine aviation
  • Appendix 2: Naval Safety Center yearly major mishap statistics
  • Appendix 3: Navy and Marine accident reporting classifications
  • Appendix 4: Aviation-oriented safety center publications
  • Appendix 5: Principal carrier alterations
  • Appendix 6: Typical straight-deck carrier landing pattern
  • Chronology
  • Glossary.