TABLE OF CONTENTS Most of the organizations listed below regularly publish documents (technical reports, papers, journals, regulations, etc.) relative to issues discussed in this textbook. In addition, the US Department of Defense and NATO publish a dictionary of acronyms and aviation jargon.
| AEA | = Association of European Airlines (http://www.aea.be) | |
| AGARD | = Advisory Group, Aerospace Research & Development (http://www.rta.nato.int) | |
| AHS | = American Helicopter Society (http://www.vtol.org) | |
| AIAA | = American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (http://www.aiaa.org) | |
| ARC | = Aeronautical Research Council, United Kingdom | |
| ASTM | = American Society for Testing and Materials (http://www.astm.org) | |
| CAA | = Civil Aviation Authority (http://www.caa.co.uk) | |
| EAA | = Experimental Aircraft Association (http://www.eaa.org) | |
| EASA | = European Aviation Safety Agency (http://www.easa.eu.int) | |
| ESDU | = Engineering Data Unit (http://www.esdu.com) | |
| FAA | = Federal Aviation Authority (http://www.faa.gov) | |
| FAI | = F d ration A ronautique Internationale (http://www.fai.org) | |
| FSF | = Flight Safety Foundation (http://www.flightsafety.org) | |
| HAI | = Helicopter Association International (http://www.rotor.com) | |
| IATA | = International Air Transport Association (http://www.iata.org) | |
| ICAO | = International Civil Aviation Organization (http://www.icao.int) | |
| IPCC | = Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (http://www.ipcc.ch) | |
| Jane's | = Jane's Information Systems (http://www.janes.com) | |
| MIL | = Military Standards (http://www.mil-standards.com) | |
| NASA | = National Administration for Space and Aeronautics (http://www.nasa.gov) | |
| NTSB | = National Transportation Safety Board (http://www.ntsb.gov) | |
| ONERA | = Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches A rospatiales (http://www.onera.fr) | |
| RAeS | = The Royal Aeronautical Society (http://www.raes.org.uk) | |
| SAE | = Society of Automotive Engineers (http://www.sae.org) | |
| SSA | = Soaring Society of America (http://www.ssa.org) | |
| SAWE | = Society of Allied Weight Engineers (http://www.sawe.org) |
