Aircraft
Thomas G. De Petro, Texas A&M University, compiler
Aeronautical Information Manual: Official Guide to Basic Flight Information and ATC Procedures. Washington, DC: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); 1995. http://www.faa.gov/ATpubs/AIM/index.htm
Formerly titled the Airman's Information Manual.
Standard reference work on aircraft and flying. Available online through
the FAA.
AIAA Aerospace Design Engineers Guide. 4th ed., Reston, VA: American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1998.
Includes information supporting aircraft design
and construction. "Pocket" size format.
Anderson, David F. and Scott Eberhardt. Understanding Flight. New York: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing; 2000.
Technical information including design, propulsion,
performance, high-speed flight, and flight testing of aircraft.
Jane's Aircraft Upgrades. Coulsdon, Surrey UK; Alexandria VA: Jane's Information Group. Annual.
Identifies aircraft still in use that are no longer
produced., They are often retrofitted or upgraded., Supplements Jane's
All the World's Aircraft.
Jane's All the World's Aircraft. Coulsdon, Surrey UK; Alexandria VA: Jane's Information Group. Annual.
Published annually but dated consecutively with
2 years together. Also available online in a CD-ROM and in a web version.
Includes all aircraft currently in development or production and functions
as a directory with statistics and analyses.
Jane's Aero Engines. Coulsdon, Surrey UK; Alexandria VA: Jane's Information Group. Semi-annual.
Extensive information on all aircraft engines
in design or production, beyond the listings in All the World's Aicraft.
Also available on CD-ROM and on the web.
Mondey, David and Michael Taylor. New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft. Edison NJ: Chartwell Books; Revised and updated 2000.
Most recent of many single-volume illustrated
encyclopedias. An economical yet very minimal alternative to Jane's
All the World's Aircraft.
Reithmaier, Lawrence W. ("Larry"). Standard Aircraft Handbook for Mechanics and Technicians. 6th ed., New York: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing, 1999.
Provides a technical overview of aircraft design
and construction.
Rendall, David. Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide. 2nd ed., Glasgow UK: Harper Collins, 1999.
Paperback designed for identifying aircraft visually.
Also functions as a directory.
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Aerospace Facts and Figures. Washington, DC: Aerospace Industries Association, annual. Available from http://www.aia-aerospace.org; Internet.
Annual statistics publication; prior edition also
available on the website. Includes sales; shipments, production orders,
and backlog of aircraft, engines, and parts; U.S. civil and military
aircraft; space programs; world and U.S. aircraft fleet data; aerospace
R&D funding; U.S. aerospace trade; U.S. aerospace employment by state;
and aerospace profits, capital investment, and industry balance sheet.
General Aviation Manufacturers Association. Shipment and Billing Totals. Washington, DC: The Association. Annual. Available from http://www.generalaviation.org; Internet.
Extensive data in tables and charts on the GAMA
website.
General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA). Statistical Databook. Washington, DC: The Association. Annual. Available from http://www.generalaviation.org/pages/statistics.shtml; Internet.
Available in print or on the web for free at the
above GAMA site.
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Civil Helicopter Handbook. Buckinghamshire UK: The Shephard Group. Annual.
Formerly titled Helicopter Operators' and Buyers'
Handbook, published in association with Helicopter World. Lists fleets
and aircraft types, helicopter price values, specifications, and operator
companies.
Frawley, Gerard. International Directory of Military Aircraft 2000 - 2001. London, England: Aviation Studies International, 2000, Biennial.
Over 400 aircraft including trainers, helicopters
and special missions aircraft with a color photograph of each and country
of origin, powerplant (engine) and performance specs, armaments, key
dimensions, and operators, plus development, production and service
histories.
Frawley, Gerard. International Directory of Civil Aircraft : 2001 - 2002. Shrewsbury UK: Airlife/Swan Hill. Biennial.
Details origin, role, powerplant (engine), performance,
weights, dimensions, seating/freight capacity, number built, ordered
and in service and a concise history of each aircraft's development
and variants.
JP Airline-Fleets International. Zurich, Switzerland: Bucher & Co., annual, Publikationen.
Lists 6,350 airlines and their fleets listed,
54,700 aircraft, including air taxis, with registration and other information
for each.
[Shephard's] Military Helicopter Handbook. Buckinghamshire UK: The Shephard Group, annual.
Published in association with Defence Helicopter
magazine. Includes specifications of fighter helicopters; weapon specifications,
propulsion and platforms; sensor specifications, integrated helmet systems,
military rotorcraft; inventory of world forces; suppliers guide; a worldwide
directory of services and products; and exhibition & conference listings.
World Aviation Directory. New York: Aviation Week, McGraw-Hill. Semi-annual.
Provides contact information on over 23,000 aerospace
and aviation industry companies worldwide and 68,000 key executives
with phone, fax numbers, email and web addresses. Available in print
or online at http://www.aviationnow.com.
Includes a separate Buyer's Guide.
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AAHS Journal. Santa Ana, CA: American Aviation Historical Society. Quarterly.
Combines technical and historical details about
aircraft in its articles.
Air International. Stamford,UK: Key Publishing Ltd. Monthly.
"Britain's authoritative aviation magazine." Covers
the latest civil and military aircraft, airlines and aerospace companies,
future trends, and history.
Aircraft Design: An International Journal. Kidlington, UK: Pergamon, Elsevier Science Ltd. Monthly.
Covers both academic and industry applications
of aircraft design.
Airliners: the World's Airline Magazine. Miami, FL: World Transport Press. Monthly.
Primarily a magazine for enthusiasts, it also
covers both history and recent developments in passenger and cargo aircraft.
Airways A Global Review of Commercial Flight. Sandpoint, ID: Airways International Inc. Monthly.
Highly illustrated, very informative international
perspective on airline and air cargo operations.
American Helicopter Society Journal. Alexandria VA: USA. Publisher: American Helicopter Society. Monthly. http://www.vtol.org
Specialized society publication.
AOPA Pilot. Frederick, MD: Aircraft Owners and Pilot Association. Monthly. http://www.aopa.org/pilot
Extensive member organization magazine.
Aviation Week & Space Technology. New York: Aviation Week, McGraw-Hill. Weekly. http://www.aviationnow.com
The premier industry magazine for the entire aerospace
industry, especially aircraft. The website includes other periodicals
and provides partial access to Aviation Week. Print subscribers have
full access to it there.
Business & Commercial Aviation. Rye Brook, NY: Aviation Week, McGraw-Hill. Monthly. http://www.AviationNow.com/bca
Addresses a specialized aircraft market worldwide.
Website has select articles, news, and photos.
Flight International. Sutton, UK: Reed Business Information. Weekly. http://www.flightinternational.com
Covers aerospace, airframes, aircraft components,
equipment, operation, air transport, and commercial and general aviation.
Flying. New York, NY: Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, Inc. Monthly.
Magazine for pilots that includes extensive information
on aircraft.
Helicopter World. Burnham, Bucks, UK: The Shephard Group. Monthly. http://www.shephard.co.uk/pubs/helwrl/index.htm
Covers civil, commercial and public service helicopters.
Formerly titled Helicopter and Hovercraft World. Publisher also produces
aircraft annual handbooks.
Interavia: Business & Technology. Geneva, CH (Switzerland): Aerospace Media. Monthly. http://www.interaviabt.com
This international periodical had various past
subtitles. The online version (containing only excerpts) is part of..."aerospace
media, the gateway to aerospace online" site, which is dual lingual:
part French, part English.
Journal of Aircraft. New York, NY: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
Engineering society professional and academic
journal.
Plane and Pilot. Los Angeles, CA: Werner Publishing Corporation. Monthly. http://www.planeandpilotmag.com
For general aviation pilots with information on
piston engine aircraft.
Private Pilot. Orange, CA: Y Visionary Publications. Monthly. http://www.privatepilotmag.com
For pilots and owners of single and multi-engine
aircraft with evaluations.
Sport Aviation. Oshkosh, WS: Experimental Aircraft Association. Monthly
Only for members. Covers homebuilt aircraft, ultralights,
rotorcraft, vintage aircraft and warbirds (restored former military
aircraft), flight reports, technical and how-to articles, fly-in coverage,
new products, association news, air safety, regulatory, and aeromedical
information. Partially online at http://www.eaa.org
.
Vertiflite: The Official Publication of the American Helicopter Society. Alexandria VA: American Helicopter Society. Monthly.
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The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) publishes many conference proceedings, some of which deal with aircraft. The Finding Guide to AIAA [Meeting] Papers is issued annually by AIAA (New York: AIAA/TIS, annual) and lists all conference proceedings. The conference papers are indexed and abstracted in the International Aerospace Abstracts and in its online equivalent, the Aerospace Database. Available from http://www.csa.com; Internet.
Thomas G. De Petro, Texas A&M University, compiler
Aerospace Database and International Aerospace Abstracts (IAA). Bethesda, MD: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. Available from http://www.csa.com; Internet
Formerly published directly by the American Institute
of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), IAA indexes aerospace journal
articles and technical papers, including those on aircraft. It is also
available online from Cambridge Scientific Abstracts and other vendors
such as Dialog as the Aerospace Database.
Applied Science and Technology Index/Abstracts. New York: H.W. Wilson Co. Annual and with updates.
Available online from various vendors including
H.W. Wilson and in print. Covers some aircraft magazines and journals.
NASA Center for AeroSpace Information Technical Report Server (NASA CASI TRS). Available from http://www.sti.nasa.gov/RECONselect.html; Internet. Accessed July 2002.
The National Aeronautic and Space Administration
sponsors research on all aspects of aircraft in the tradition of its
predecessor NACA, the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics. The
NASA CASI TRS database identifies all the NASA and NACA technical report
literature and offers a document delivery service.
NASA Technical Reports Server. Available from http://techreports.larc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/NTRS. Internet. Accessed July 2002.
This database can search and list NASA technical
reports done at the local center level.
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Demaison, Henri. Complete Multilingual Dictionary of Aviation and Aeronautical Terminology: English, French, Spanish. Lincolnwood, IL: Passport Books, 1984.
Kotik, M.G. Dictionary of Aerospace Engineering in Three Languages. Amsterdam, Netherlands; New York: Elsevier Science, 1986.
Includes Russian, English, and German.
SAE Dictionary of Aerospace Engineering. 2nd ed., Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers, 1998.
The Society of Automotive Engineers includes aerospace
as one of its areas of interest and addresses aircraft design and construction.
Cambridge Air and Space Dictionary. Cambridge, UK; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
"Air" as used here includes aeronautics and airplanes
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Aeronautics and Space Flight Collections. New York: Haworth Press, 1985.
Edited by Catherine Scott, (former librarian at
the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum library).
De Petro, Thomas and Naylor, Ted. Selective Guide to Literature on Aerospace Engineering. Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education, 1997.
Number 24 of a series on engineering information
sources from ASEE.
Guide to Federal Aviation Administration Publications. Washington, DC: Federal Aviation Administration, [n.d].
Now available only online at http://www.faa.gov/APA/PI3pubGyd.htm.
Serves as a checklist for all FAA documents and series, most of which
are in print and online at http://www.faa.gov/APA/PI2pubsOL.htm.
Lord, Charles. Guide to Information Sources in Engineering. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2000.
Contains an aerospace section.
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Aerospace Industries Association (AIA).
http://www.aia-aerospace.org
Trade association representing manufacturers of
commercial, military, and business aircraft, helicopters, aircraft engines,
missiles, spacecraft, materials, and related components and equipment.
Includes AIA statistics and links to government and commercial sites.
Aerospace Media.
http://www.interaviabt.com
Extensive international site in French and English
that includes Interavia magazine.
American Helicopter Society.
http://www.vtol.org
Publisher of Vertiflite.
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
http://www.aiaa.org
Professional engineering society involved in aircraft
design, and testing. Publishes books, periodicals, and proceedings.
Aviation Now. Aviation Week Group.
http://www.aviationnow.com
Provides online subscription access to Aviation
Week Group publications plus extensive open links to business, career,
and reference sites for aircraft.
AOPA Online. Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.
http://www.aopa.org
Extensive site with some information accessible
only to members.
Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA).
http://www.eaa.org
Large, popular organization relevant to professionals
and amateurs.
Federal Aviation Administration.
http://www.faa.gov
All services and documents such as Federal Aviation
Regulations (FARS), and organizations of the FAA are included.
General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA).
http://www.generalaviation.org
A trade association for fixed-wing aircraft and
non-commercial, non-military, i.e., general aviation including fixed-base
operators (FBOs). Site includes statistical publications in PDF.
Jane's Online. Coulsdon, Surrey UK; Alexandria VA, Jane's Information Group: Jane's Information Group. (A Thomson Company)
http://www.janes.com
The Jane's site lists all transport and military
products and services including those for aircraft. The fee-based web
sections include electronic versions of Jane's books, directories, magazines,
newsletters, defense, information sources, reports, news briefs, and
archives of them.
National Transportation Safety Board. Aviation Section.
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/aviation.htm
The National Transportation Safety Board is an
independent Federal agency that investigates every civil aviation accident
in the United States and significant accidents in the other modes of
transportation. It conducts special investigations and safety studies,
and issues safety recommendations to prevent future accidents. Publications
and statistics are available on the site.
Smithsonian Institution.
http://www.si.edu
The National Air and Space Museum Archives, a
Division of the Smithsonian, contain sources on aircraft and flight.
NASA. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the U.S. Government. Scientific and Technical Information.
http://www.nasa.gov/techinfo.html
NASA and its precursor NACA (National Advisory
Committee on Aeronautics) have many publication series that include
aircraft and flight topics.
The Shephard Group. The Shephard Group, Burnham, Bucks, UK.
http://www.shephard.co.uk
Publishes six magazines and handbooks: Helicopter
World, Defence Helicopter, Unmanned
Vehicles, Regional Airline World,
Inflight, and Air
Ambulance magazines with corresponding websites for each; annual
handbooks: Civil Helicopters, Military
Helicopters, Unmanned Vehicles,
Electronic Warfare, Air
Ambulance, Police Aviation,
Regional Aviation, Inflight
Entertainment, and European Helicopter.
Also publishes aircraft wall chart posters and custom profile reports.
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