Links
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Aerospace Companies
- Adam Aircraft
- AERO Vodochody (Czech Republic)
- Aerocomp, Inc. (various kit planes)
- AeroMockups (interior mockups & aviation film sets)
- Aeros (airship manufacturer)
- Aerosonde (UAV’s)
- AeroVironment
- Airbus Industrie
- Andrews Space
- Armadillo Aerospace (spacecraft development)
- ATK (Honeywell avionics + Hercules Aerospace + Thiokol Propulsion)
- Aurora Flight Sciences (UAVs)
- Beech Aircraft (part of Hawker-Beechcraft)
- Bell Helicopter
- Bell/Agusta Aerospace (Civil Tiltrotor)
- Blue Origin (spacecraft development)
- Boeing
- Bombardier Aircraft
- BAE Systems (British Aerospace)
- Bolly Products – Propellers
- Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)
- Cessna Aircraft
- Composite Engineering Inc.
- Composite Technoology Development (materials & tanks)
- Dara Aviation (joined wing UAV’s)
- Dassault Aviation
- Douglas Aircraft Company (part of Boeing)
- EADS -European Aeronautic Defense & Space Co.
- Embraer Aircraft
- Epic Aircraft
- Evergreen Aviation (aircraft modifications)
- Farnborough Aircraft (Kestrel business turboprop)
- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (Predator)
- General Electric
- Gevers Aircraft
- Glasair
- Gulfstream (Grumman)
- Hawker-Beechcraft (Beech Aircraft)
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (India)
- Honeywell (includes former Allied Signal Aerospace)
- Institute for Defense Analyses
- Israel Aircraft Industries
- Institute of Aviation (Warsaw, Poland)
- Kawasaki Aircraft Group
- Korean Aerospace Industries
- Lancair Aircraft
- La Roche Consulting (WingGrid)
- Lockheed Martin
- McDonnell Douglas (part of Boeing)
- Mojave Airport – the Civilian Flight Test Center
- Mooney Aircraft
- National Test Pilot School (NTPS)
- North American Aircraft (part of Boeing)
- Northrop Grumman
- Orbital Sciences Corp.
- Pioneer Rocketplane
- Pazmany Aircraft Corp. (homebuilts)
- Piper Aircraft
- Pratt & Whitney (part of United Technologies)
- RAND Corporation Project Air Force
- Rand Robinson Eng. (KR-1/2)
- Rocketplane-Kistler
- Rolls-Royce Aircraft Engines
- Rotorway International (kit-built helicopters)
- Rotax (small engines)
- Ryan Aeronautical (part of Northrop Grumman)
- Saab Aircraft (Sweden)
- Samsung Aerospace (Korea)
- Scaled Composites (E. Rutan)
- Schweizer Aircraft (more than gliders now)
- Schleicher Sailplanes
- Skunkworks (Lockheed-Martin)
- Skymax Aircraft Corporation
- SkyStar Aircraft (Kitfox)
- Slingsby Aviation (Firefly)
- Space Age Controls (transducers & air data sensors)
- Space Vector Corp
- SpaceX – Space Exploration Technologies (Falcon rocket)
- Teledyne Brown Engineering
- Turkish Aerospace Industries
- United Technologies
- Universal Hovercraft
- Universal Space Lines (spacecraft flight mechanics & avionics)
- UAV Engines
- American Utilicraft
- Van’s Aircraft (RV-‘s)
- Velocity Aircraft (4-place canard pusher)
- Volvo Aircraft Engines
- XCor Aerospace – Rocket Engines & Vehicles
- Zenith Aircraft
Engineering, Computing, & Consulting Companies
- AD Airframe Consulting (M.Niu)
- Advanced Projects Research Inc (T. Sobota)
- AeroLogic (P. Garrison)
- Aircraft Designs Inc. (M. Hollmann)
- Analytic Methods Inc. (CFD Software including VSAERO)
- Autodesk AUTOCAD CAD system
- Air Vehicle Integrated Design (AVID LLC)
- R. L. Bielawa Associates (Helicopter Dynamics)
- CATIA CAD system (IBM)
- CAE Northwest (CAD system retailer)
- Conceptual Research Corporation (D. Raymer)
- DARcorporation (J. Roskam)
- DaVinci Tech (Airplane PDQ design software)
- University of Dayton Research Institute
- Desktop Aeronautics (I. Kroo)
- EMAGENIT – Engineering Excel training & consulting
- Global Engineering Documents (DATCOM, standards,etc.)
- HanleyInnovations (PC aero codes)
- Hyde Group (engineering design services)
- J2 Aircraft Design & Control Ltd. (6DOF simulation software)
- MacNeal-Schwendler (NASTRAN,PATRAN)
- MathTools.net – links for technical & computing
- Price Systems (costing software)
- Public Domain Aeronautical Software (Classic aero codes for PC’s)
- Parametric Technology (ProEngineer)
- SEER (cost estimation and project management software)
- Siemens Unigraphics NX CAD
- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
- SolidWorks CAD System
- Structural Research & Analysis Corp. (COSMOS FEM software)
- Vanderplaats Research & Development Inc. (Optimization software)
- Vehicle Aerodynamics Consultants, Inc. (Paul Glessner)
Government Organizations
- DARPA – the source of much `black’ stuff!
- NASA Main Homepage
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR’s)
- European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA – like FAA)
- EASA Certification Specs (like FAR’s)
- U.S. Air Force
- Dept. of Defense Small Business Innovative Research Office
- Assist. Sec. of Air Force for Acquisitions (SAF-Aq)
- Federal Acquisition Regulations (also called FAR’s !)
- A.F. Research Lab (WPAFB) Air Vehicles Directorate (old Flight Dynamics Lab)
- Los Angeles Air Force Base (Spacecraft Operation & Development)
- USAF Air Combat Command
- U. S. Navy
- JANNAF -Joint Army Navy NASA AirForce Interagency Propulsion Committee
- DoD Information Analysis Centers (SURVIAC)
- Library of Congress
Universities with Aircraft Design
- US Air Force Academy
- Arizona State Univ.
- Technical University of Berlin
- University of Colorado Boulder
- Columbia University
- Cranfield University
- University of California – Davis
- Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- Cal Poly Pomona
- University of Dayton (Ohio)
- Delft University of Technology
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
- ESTACA (Ecole…Techniques Aeronautiques…)
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- University of Glasgow
- University of Illinois
- Imperial College, London
- India Institute of Technology
- Iowa State University
- University of Kansas
- Korean Adv. Inst. of Sci & Tech
- KTH – Swedish Royal Institute of Technology
- Linköping Institute of Technology (Sweden)
- Aircraft Design Group at Linköping I.T.
- University of Maryland
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Middle East Technical University
- University of Michigan
- US Naval Academy
- University of Missouri at Rolla
- Technical University of Munich (Germany)
- Ohio State University
- Penn State
- Princeton University
- Purdue University
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Stanford
- University of Southern California
- University of Sydney
- Technion -Jet Engine Lab
- Texas A&M
- University of Texas, Arlington
- University of Texas, Austin
- University of Toronto
- Tuskegee University-Aerospace
- University of Virginia
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute
- von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics
- University of Washington
- European Workshop on Aircraft Design Education
- Huge List of Links to Universities
Aircraft Images, Museums, & Links
- NASA Dryden Research Aircraft Photo Archive – love those old test aircraft!
- Official Air Force photo site
- Canadian Museum of Flight
- Utrecht University Aircraft Image File – very nice, less-common pictures
- Russian Aviation Page
- Fighter Planes – Pictures and information on over 100 military aircraft
- Ken’s Aviation: Good private site with photos and technical information
- PlanePage.com – nice aircraft photo gallery
- Planes & Choppers (helicopters) – another nice photo gallery
- Luft ’46 – Exotic German aircraft concepts from WWII
- Zijde Aviation Photo’s Aircraft Pictures – Holland
- Unusual Aircraft Pictures – Wow! Did these really happen?
- Secret Projects (UK history site – lots of fun!)
- Aviation History On-Line
- Aviation Museum Locator (US, UK, Canada)
- World Aviation Museum Locator
- U.S. Air Force Museum
- Canadian Flying Museum
- Chino “Planes of Fame” Aviation Museum
- Deutsches (German) Museum – Rare aircraft and great educational exhibits
- Imperial War Museum (UK)
- Pima (Tuscon) Air & Space Museum
- Seattle (Boeing) Museum of Flight
- Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum
- Smithsonian Air & Space Museum
- Flights of Inspiration (UK museum educational site)
- Air and Space Museum, Paris Le Bourget -another great museum
- National Aviation Museum – Canada
- National Museum of Naval Aviation
- San Diego Aerospace Museum
- Western Museum of Flight
- Landings: Aviation links and databases
- Totavia: Aviation Search Engine
- Kewljets (“cool jets”) – good data on lots of airplanes
- Comprehensive technical information on airplanes of the world
- Wing-in-Ground-Effect Aircraft Site
- Airships
- Internet Aerospace Links – Great listing of links
Technical & Professional Societies
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (National website)
- Aerospace Industries Association
- Society of Automotive Engineers (big aerospace group, despite the name!)
- Society of Allied Weights Engineers
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Society of Manufacturing Engineers
- EAA-Experimental Aircraft Association
- CAFE Foundation (Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency)
- American Helicopter Society
- Helicopter Association International
- Popular Rotorcraft Association
- Royal Aeronautical Society (Great Britain)
- The Society of Experimental Test Pilots
- Society of Flight Test Engineers
- Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems
- American Society for Engineering Education
- IEEE – Electronics society (includes avionics)
Resources for Designers
- NASA Technical Reports
- NASA Classic Technical Reports 1917-1958
- NASA Scientific & Technical Information Page – for pros!
- SAC Charts (standardized data and drawings of Military aircraft)
- Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR’s)
- EASA Certification Specs (like FAR’s)
- Encyclopedia Astronautica
- AerospaceWeb – education resources, calculators, links
- Astronautics Now (Mike Gruntman’s Astronautics & Spacecraft site)
- Standard Atmosphere Computations
- Airfoil Data Site – U. of Illinois
- The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage (Dave Lednicer)
- The Wind Tunnel Connection (listing of wind tunnels & data)
- FAS Military Analysis Network – Site with good technical data on many aircraft
- Aerodynamics for Students
- Advanced Topics in Aerodynamics
- Album of Flow Visualization
- FoilSim -NASA airfoil simulation
- ABD Matrix: Composite Materials Information Website
- Aircraft Spruce & Specialty (parts & materials – get their free catalog)
- Wicks Aircraft Supply (parts & materials)
- Aerospace Online (business directory)
- Commerce Business Daily
- Free Patent Search Site
- IrfanView – a free and wonderful image viewer & editor
- Aviation Week
- Boeing’s online Aero Magazine
- Sport Flyer Magazine
- Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft
- Lockheed-Martin Aeronautical’s CodeOne Magazine
- Mechanical Engineering Online (ASME)
Misc. & Other Stuff
- X-Prize Foundation
- Aerialpostcards.com: Free e-cards & photographs of aircraft & space exploration
- CabAir (largest flying training organisation in Europe)
- Telephone Directory Search
- Securities and Exchange Commission Company reports
- Sanity Check – Dilbert & Dogbert
