Questions tagged [cargo]
Question regarding transport of goods using aircraft.
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Cargo fire risk
If there is a fire due to a lithium battery in the cargo hold, can modern day technology in passenger planes; fire proof panels, Warning system, oxygen starvation, compartmentalisation, fire ...
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Why does the USAF still use the C-17 Globemaster III?
The C-17 had to overcome flight-control problems, wings that were unable to carry their designed maximum load, automation growing pains, and a crew size reduced to just two pilots and a loadmaster so ...
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Use of Type V platform for regular Air Cargo Transportation with MB-1 chain set
As background, military air transportation is regulated by Technical Orders, Field Manuals, etc. In this case, TO 13C7-1-5 is the one that regulates Platform Delivery System, used for cargo airdrop. ...
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What is the name of the area, controls and instruments where a loadmaster sits?
In a HLA (such as an Antonov, C5M, or C17 Globemaster III), what is the name of the area where the loadmaster sits?
Also, what are the names of the controls and instruments that the loadmaster uses ...
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Is there any estimate of the number of cargo aircraft which can be handled and accommodated per hour at Chitral Airport in northern Pakistan?
I am working on a modeling case study in which I am using a realistic disaster response operation situation after a major earthquake in Chitral, Pakistan.
In this regard, I am using Chitral Airport as ...
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How practical is mid-air cargo transfer?
Mid-air refueling is now commonplace and I have even heard that passenger transfer in mid-air has been possible for stunts. What is the practicality of mid-air cargo transfer?
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Why do windowless cargo Metroliners still have overwing-exit hatches?
One of the variants of the Metroliner, the SA227-AT Expediter, is a dedicated cargo aircraft with strengthened floors, an increased MTOW, and a windowless cabin.
However, despite being a cargo ...
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Are there any aircraft that are capable (or can be modified) to be bush planes for cargo
Are there any STOL planes that are cargo carrying bush planes? (or can be modified to be bush planes for carrying cargo out of remote areas?).
I have clarified my question, based on feedback from the ...
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PC-24 has a cargo capacity of only 400 pounds?
I went to book a PC-24 with 3 passengers weighing a total of 450 pounds and 700 pounds of luggage for a total of 1,150 pounds. I thought this was doable because the payload capacity of a PC-24 is ...
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What's the maximum size of cargo that fits into the Chinese Y-20 cargo plane?
Somewhat related to this Skeptics question, what's the maximum size object that fits through the door into a Y-20 cargo plane?
Would an 18 x 4 meter cylindrical item fit in? I can find the maximum ...
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Why large freighter planes still do not use intermodal (ship) containers given that size and shape are not problems?
Recently I found this article this article about the concept of directly sit on a pile of intermodal containers and lock them in place. Whether it is plausible to open such a huge opening ventral of ...
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Why was the C-5 considered the largest plane possible?
We started to build the C-5 and wanted to build the biggest thing we could
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_C-5_Galaxy
The An-225 is 50% larger and has a shorter life.
Did they mean the C-5 was ...
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When did FedEx acquire it's current callsign and airline ID's?
FedEx currently uses the callsign "FedEx" and has the IATA and ICAO ID's of FX and FDX respectively.
Back in the 1990's they used the callsign "Express" and the IATA code was FM. (...
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Tracking freighter and charter planes between two specified airports [duplicate]
Is there a way to find the historical data of the freighter and charter planes between two airports
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Would it be practical that nuclear-powered seaplane (only flying low over the sea) or hovercraft can be an alternative to cargo plane or ship? [duplicate]
Would it be feasible that nuclear-powered seaplane (only flying very low over the sea) or nuclear-powered hovercraft can be an alternative to cargo planes or ships? The aircraft speed can reach 200 mi/...
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