LibGuides: Aviation Technology (AVIA): Home

Aviation by state

FLIGHT PLANNING

Airports
NOTAMs (Notices to Airmen)
TFRs (Temporary Flight Restrictions)
Aviation Weather Center
Weather "information for the world airspace system," from the National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Aerodynamics online

Aerodynamics, Propulsion and Performance

Aerodynamics for Students
Beginner's Guide to Aerodynamics
From NASA.
How Things Fly
Explanation of concepts in aerodynamics, propulsion, flight dynamics, etc., from the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum.

Aviation statistics

Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS): Data Library: Aviation
A primary source of government data on aviation. Part of the U.S. Dept. of Transportation.

Welcome

This research guide was created for Aviation Technology students at GRC, with resources selected by the Holman Library to support your career path:

Air Traffic Control and Dispatch

Professional Pilot

Air Transportation

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems

Aviation links

Aviation Weather Center
Weather "information for the world airspace system," from the National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Aviation Week Network
Information for the "global aviation, aerospace and defense industry."
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA): Accident & Incident Data
From FAA.
National Transportation Safety Board
"Charged with determining the probable cause of transportation accidents and promoting transportation safety, and assisting victims of transportation accidents and their families."

Major industry associations

Books in the Holman Library

Airfield Safety and Capacity Improvements by Geoffrey S. Baskir (Editor); Edward L. Gervais (Editor)
Call Number: 629.136 A298 2013
Publication Date: 2013
Autonomy Research for Civil Aviation: Toward a New Era of Flight by National Research Council
ISBN: 9780309306157
Publication Date: 2014
ProQuest Ebook Central--click title for access
Aviation Weather Handbook by Terry T. Lankford
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Call Number: 629.1324 L289a 2001
ISBN: 9780071361033
Publication Date: 2000-11-09
Main Collection
Understanding Aircraft Structures, 4th ed. by John Cutler; Jeremy Liber (Revised by)
Call Number: 629.13431 C989u 2005
Publication Date: 2005

Reference Books in the Holman Library

Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms by Dale Crane
Publication Date: 2012
ProQuest Ebook Central--click title for access

Complete multilingual dictionary of aviation and aeronautical terminology : English, French, Spanish

Complete Multilingual Dictionary of Aviation and Aeronautical Terminology by Henri Demaison (Compiled by)
Call Number: 629.13003 C737
Publication Date: 1984
Reference Collection--in-library use only