Links from Dan Raymer's  

• Aerospace Companies >>
• Engineering, Computing, & Consulting Companies >>
• Government Organizations >>
• Universities With Aircraft Design >>
• Aircraft Images, Museums, & Links >>
• Technical & Professional Societies >>
• Resources for Designers >>
• Misc. & Other Stuff >>

 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)
• 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)
• Dror Artzi

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
• Linkצping Institute of Technology (Sweden)
• Aircraft Design Group at Linkצping 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

• AerospaceWeb - education resources, calculators, links
• Encyclopedia Astronautica
• Astronautics Now (Mike Gruntman's Astronautics & Spacecraft site)
• NASA Scientific & Technical Information Page - for pros!
• NASA Technical Reports
• FAS Military Analysis Network - Site with good technical data on many aircraft
• Standard Atmosphere Computations
• Aerodynamics for Students
• Advanced Topics in Aerodynamics
• Album of Flow Visualization
• FoilSim -NASA airfoil simulation
• Airfoil Data Site - U. of Illinois
• The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage (Dave Lednicer)
• The Wind Tunnel Connection (listing of wind tunnels & data)
• Aircraft Spruce & Specialty (parts & materials - get their free catalog)
• Wicks Aircraft Supply (parts & materials)
• Aerospace Online (business directory)
• Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR's)
• EASA Certification Specs (like FAR's)
• 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)
• Aviation Job Listings & Search
• AvFirm (aviation employment website)
• Trade-a-Plane
• Telephone Directory Search
• Securities and Exchange Commission Company reports
• Sanity Check - Dilbert & Dogbert