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Airport handling equipment

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 342-3383/02
Abbreviation LMT
Course title Airport handling equipment
Credits 4
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Robert Brázda, Ph.D.

Osnova předmětu

1. Classification of handling equipment.
2. Handling equipment for pulling, pushing and pushing aircraft.
3. Systems for preparing and filling aircraft with fuel, operating fluids, media and compressed gases.
4. Systems for launching and air conditioning aircraft.
5. Systems for de-icing aircraft and applying functional media to designated functional surfaces of the aircraft.
6. Systems for cabin service and catering.
7. Systems for boarding and disembarking passengers from aircraft.
8. Handling equipment for loading and unloading cargo from and into transport aircraft.
9. Crane equipment for handling aircraft.
10. Aircraft recovery equipment.
11. Equipment and means for inspecting aircraft.
12. Equipment and means for inspecting take-off, landing and taxiway runways.
13. Equipment and means for the maintenance of take-off, landing and taxiway runways.

E-learning

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Povinná literatura

1. ŽIHLA, Z., PLOCH, J., SZABO, S.: Letecká doprava. 1. vydání Collegium Humanum 2020, ISBN 978-83-952951-9-5 .
2. KAZDA, A., CAVES, R.E.: Airport design and operation. 3rd ed. Esmerald, 2015. ISBN 978-1-78441-870-0.
3. ASHFORD, N. J., MUMAYIZ, S., WRIGHT P. H.: Airport Engineering: Planning, Design, and Development of 21st Century Airports. 4th ed. John Wiley & Sons, 2011. ISBN 978-1-118-04824-5 .
4. NARAYANAN, S. S. Aircraft Ground Handling. Austin Macauley, 2019. ISBN 978-9-948-37371-1.
5. HORONJEFF, Robert, MCKELVEY, Francis X., SPRULES, Seth a YOUNG, William J. Planning and Design of Airports. 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2017. ISBN 978-1-259-64897-4 .
6. WELLS, Alexander T. a YOUNG, Seth B. Airport Planning and Management. 7th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2019. ISBN 978-1-260-14060-3 .

Doporučená literatura

1. SALIH, Chehab. International Aviation Law for Aerodrome Planning. Cham: Springer, 2021. ISBN 978-3-030-56841-2 .