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Exploring Specialty Air Transportation: Helicopters, Gliding, and Space Travel

Discover the world of specialty air transportation, including helicopters with various rotor configurations, gliding experiences, and innovative space travel options. Learn about their diverse uses in the tourism industry, ranging from taxi service to unique event offerings like weddings or heli-skiing. Additionally, delve into the evolving demand forecast for suborbital and orbital flights in the realm of space transportation.

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Exploring Specialty Air Transportation: Helicopters, Gliding, and Space Travel

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  1. Chapter 3 • Speciality Air Transportation

  2. Speciality Air Transportation Speciality air transportation Ballooning Gliding Airships Space transportation Helicopters

  3. Ballooning

  4. Airships

  5. = a type of rotorcraft that derives its lift and thrust from rotors • single rotor helicopter: one main and rear rotor • helicopter with coaxial rotors: two main rotors counter-rotating, one upon the other • helicopter with a tandem rotor: two tandem main rotors counter-rotating Use in tourism industry: • taxi service • part of a special event (e.g. weddings) • flight experience • sightseeing flight • heli-skiing • virtual 3D helicopter journey Helicopter

  6. Gliding

  7. Space Transportation

  8. Space Transportation Prognosis of Demand for Suborbital and Orbital Flights

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