Professional Resources - Aeronautical
Aerospace Associations and Societies 
http://aia-aerospace.org/library/links/stakeholder_links.cfm The Aerospace Industries Association represents the nation's major manufacturers of commercial, military and business aircraft, helicopters, aircraft engines, missiles, spacecraft, materiels, and related components and equipment.

Federal Aviation Association 
http://www.faa.gov/
The FAA is primarily responsible for the advancement, safety and regulation of civil aviation.  

Bureau of Transportation Statistics
http://www.bts.gov/oai/
The (BTS) was born as a statistical agency in 1992. The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991 established BTS for data collection, analysis, and reporting and to ensure the most cost-effective use of transportation-monitoring resources. BTS brings a greater degree of coordination, comparability, and quality standards to transportation data, and to fill important gaps.

Transportation Societies, Associations and Unions
http://ntl.bts.gov/associations.html
This listing is a collection of various associations, unions, and societies around the world. It has been compiled by the NTL Librarian to assist in locating organizations related to every aspect of transportation.

Aerospace Manufacturing Industry Overview
http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs006.htm
U.S. Department of LaborU.S. Department of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics Career Guide to Industries.

Aerodynamics for Students
http://www.aero.usyd.edu.au/aero/contents.html 
This web textbook contains information, data tables and computer programs for the study of Aerodynamics.

Aerodynamics - Open Directory 
http://www.dmoz.com/Science/Technology/Aerospace/Aeronautics/Aerodynamics/
Sites relating to the science and technology of Aerodynamics.

Airfoil Testing & Airfoil Selection 
http://www.hanleyinnovations.com/2airfoils.html
Dr. Hanley has over 20 years of experience in aerospace engineering, teaching and software development . He earned his Ph.D. degree in 1988 at age 26 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) department of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Forces of Flight -
http://www.av8n.com/how/htm/4forces.html
The main purpose of this chapter is to clarify the concepts of lift, drag, thrust, and weight. Pilot books call these the four forces.

Gravity and Mechanics
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/bsf3-1.htm
 The main purpose of this chapter is to clarify the concepts of lift, drag, thrust, and weight. Pilot books call these the four forces.

Mach Number 
http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/mach.html
As an aircraft moves through the air, the air molecules near the aircraft are disturbed and move around the aircraft. If the aircraft passes at a...

Newton's Law of Motion 
http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/newton.html
The motion of an aircraft through the air can be explained and described by physical principals discovered over 300 years ago by Sir Isaac Newton.

Plane Math
http://www.planemath.com/
Welcome to PlaneMath, a place to learn cool things about math and aeronautics!  

Aviation Digital Reference 
http://ntl.bts.gov/category.cfm?cat=1
The NTL was established in 1998 through the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century and serves as a repository of materials from public, academic and private organizations.

Aviation Sites
http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/aircraft.html - Aviation Databases

Transportation Libraries Directory 
http://ntl.bts.gov/tldir/
Directory of Transportation Libraries and Information Centers

US Airports
http://www.bts.gov/external_links/government/airports.html
Airports are usually owned and/or operated by territory, city, county, state, regional governments or airport authorities. In some territories, cities and counties, operations may be contracted out.

Women in Aviation Resources
http://www.women-in-aviation.com/
Over 488 educational, historical, and networking resources to empower women in all aspects of aviation.

Women Pilot - Ninety Nines 
http://www.ninety-nines.org/
Welcome to The Ninety-Nines. Our organization was founded in 1929 by 99 licensed women pilots for the mutual support and advancement of aviation

Flight Instruments 
http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/fltmidinst.htm
Welcome to the Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for Science Technology and Research (ALLSTAR).

Helicopter Aviation
http://www.cybercom.net/~copters/
Welcome to the Helicopter Aviation Home Page. Everything you ever wanted to know about helicopters, and then some!

Vertical Flight Society 
http://www.vtol.org/
The American Helicopter Society (AHS) International is the world's premier professional vertical flight society.


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