INTERNET LINKS to USEFUL INFORMATION
Last updated: 27/12/01
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Aviat Aircraft - the Pitts and Husky.
CAP Aviation.
Citabria Owner's Group.
Cessna 150/152 Club.
Extra Flugzeugbau.
Yaks.
Zivko Aeronautics.
ACE Lomcevak's Hangar, a Compendium of Aviation, Science Fiction, Philosophical Insights, and Photos.
AAC - Australian Aerobatic Club.
BAeA - British Aerobatic Association.
Aerobatics Server - lots of information from Dr. Günther Eichhorn.
FAI - CIVA, International Aerobatics Commission.
Greg Poe Airshows.
IAC - International Aerobatic Club.
IAC Chapter 38 - really organised website.
ICAS - International Council of Air Shows.
Muscle Biplane - a wealth of information for biplane nuts and serious aerobatic pilots.
Official Pitts and Eagle Club.
Rich Stowell's Aviation Learning Center - Rich is the first master aerobatic certified flight instructor.
The Skydancer Website by Rob Dorsey, IAC President.
CFD Online - an online center for Computational Fluid Dynamics.
Desktop Aero - aerodynamics software - samples online.
NACA Report 868 - Summary of lateral-control research.
NASA's Beginner's Guide to Aerodynamics.
Aircraft Spruce and Specialty Company.
Aeroelectric Connection - aircraft electrical information.
The ASSIST-Online is a robust, comprehensive web site providing access to current information associated with military and federal specifications and standards in the management of the Defense Standardization Program (DSP). Managed by the DoD Single Stock Point (DoDSSP), Philadelphia, ASSIST-Online provides public access to standardization documents over the Internet. ASSIST-Online includes many powerful reporting features and an exhaustive collection of both digital and warehouse documents. ASSIST is the official source of DoD specifications and standards.
ASSIST-Online provides direct, online access to over 60,000 digital document images in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) which may be downloaded to users' local workstations. All ASSIST documents are now available to users free of charge! Click here for more information.
Australian Virtual Engineering Library is a subject gateway for engineering and information technology resources.
Air Transport Association - data on the airline industry, technical specifications and guidelines.
ASCC - Air Standardization Co-ordinating Committee (Australia, Canada, NZ, UK and USA) - standards and advisory publications. eg Air Std 85/1M Glossary of Terms and Definitions. Also has a convertor so that you can read Word 97 documents in earlier versions of Word.
BAD-Web (Basic Aircraft Design Web) is an informational and educational service created by the Systems Analysis Branch of NASA Ames Research Center. "We operate BAD-Web to give some rudimentary insight into the art and science of aircraft design. While we have purposely limited the scope of BAD-Web to ensure quick results, it should demonstrate the kind of trade-offs and decisions that aircraft designers face on a daily basis. These types of studies and analyses are just one facet of what we do in our Branch."
CASA - Civil Aviation Safety Authority in the post Dick Smith era. Press releases, Airworthiness Directives, Civil Aviation Safety Regulations, Civil Aviation Orders, etc.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - www virtual library.
Engineering Software Database - from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Fedworld - Complete source of USA Government documents. Well, almost - the FAA information has now been moved, see below.
Federal Aviation Administration - Aircraft certification homepage. The FAA reference page is the best source of information - eg historical FAR's, AC's TCDS's and then there are the links to the DOT website (where'll you'll get even more AC's including the full text of AC23-8A) and the special collection (including CAM 4).
IHS - local office of Information Handling Services. Supplier of documents and data.
NASA reports - index of reports - many available for download.
NASA technology - current activities.
NTIS - National Technical Information Service. Best directory of USA MIL Specs and Stds, well it was until recently but it no longer handles them - go to ASSIST-Online above.
SAE - Society of Automotive Engineers. Despite the name - data and events related to the aviation industry - "one-stop resource for technical information and expertise used in designing, building, maintaining, and operating self-propelled vehicles for use on land or sea, in air or space."
SAWE - Society of Allied Weights Engineers. Guidelines, data and information on aircraft mass and cg control.
UK DEFSTAN - UK MOD website with "official electronic versions of Defence Standards in high quality PDF".
US Dept of Transport - access to library catalogues, online digital special collections (Civil Aeronautics Manuals, Civil Air Regulations and Advisory Circulars) and general reference links.
Virginia Tech - bibliography of aircraft design data.
Volo View Express – from Autodesk – a free viewer for DWG, DWF, and DXF™ file formats—download it
Aerodynamics Theory - from NASA's Aero Design Team Online.
Fly Safe - the FAA safety website.
See How it Flies - perceptions, procedures and principles of flight by Dr John S Denker.
Australian Department of Defence - from the Minister to Victoria Barracks.
Australian Defence Community - Australia's defence related industry.
BAeA - British Aerospace Australia public site.
DSTO Airframes & Engines Division - at Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratories, Fishermens Bend, Melbourne.
HEADSUP - Asia Pacific Aerospace and Defence newsletter and magazine type articles.
MOD UK DEFCON & DEFFORM - UK Ministry of Defence contract conditions and forms.
NEWS - Aerospace and Defense - the latest news from a variety of sources. A full time job to keep up with this one.
RAAF - Royal Australian Air Force homepage.
Aviation Trader - Australian general aviation trade and used aircraft newspaper - online ads.
Aviation Week & Space Technology - the well known weekly magazine - limited industry news.
AVWEB - free email newsletter and magazine type articles.
LANDINGS - the biggest aviation hub in cyberspace - news, events, databases. Many links.
American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Society of Automotive Engineers
Cranfield - College of Aeronautics, Wharley End, Beds, UK.
Fatigue Concepts - travelling roadshow courses in fatigue and damage tolerance.
University of Kansas - aerospace short courses.
The BAe Moth - Company Technical News Sheets for the Moth series of aircraft, just historical out of interest.
Eurofighter - unofficial information.
Travelocity - link to on-line bookings, flight schedules, airline fares and travel information.
Airservices Weather & NOTAMS - for Australian aviators.
Bureau of Meteorology - Australian weather data.
Melbourne Weather - with Australian satellite photos.
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