Aerospace Studies 2011
Teaching and learning resources
Reference materials
Teachers are encouraged to use a range of reference materials throughout the course of study.
Text and reference books
A wide variety of textbooks and resource materials can be used as sources of information about
Aerospace Studies. Book suppliers and publishers are able to provide information regarding
current publications.
Aerodynamics
Anderson, D & Eberhardt, S 2010, Understanding Flight, 2nd edn, McGraw-Hill, New York.
Carpenter, C 1996, Flightwise, vol. 1, Principles of aircraft flight, Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury,
UK.
Carpenter, C 1996, Flightwise, vol. 2, Aircraft stability and control, Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury,
UK.
Evans, J 2002, How Airliners Fly, Motorbooks International, USA, Osceola, USA.
Raymer, DP 1999, Aircraft Design: A conceptual approach, Aiaa Education Series, 4th edn,
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, USA.
Smith, HC 1992, Illustrated Guide to Aerodynamics, 2nd edn, McGraw-Hill, New York.
Springer, AM (ed.) 2003, Aerospace Design: Aircraft, spacecraft, and the art of modern flight,
Merrell Publishers, London.
Wagtendonk, WJ 2006, Principles of Helicopter Flight, Aviation Supplies and Academics, New
Castle, USA.
Whitford, R 2004, Fundamentals of Fighter Design, Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, UK.
Williams, Bruce 2007, Microsoft Flight Simulator as a Training Aid, Aviation Supplies and
Academics, New Castle, USA.
Aircraft operations
Ashford, N, Stanton, HPM & Moore, CA 1997, Airport Operations, 2nd edn, McGraw-Hill
Professional, New York.
Bullock, F 1999, London Heathrow: The world’s busiest international airport, Airlife Publishing,
Shrewsbury, UK.
De Neufville, R & Odoni, A 2002, Airport Systems: Planning, design and management, McGrawHill Professional, New York.
Howarth, I 1993, Manchester Airport, Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, UK.
Morton, JK 2001, Changi: Singapore international airport, Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, UK.
Thomas, G & Forbes Smith, C 2007, Flightpaths: Exposing the myths about airlines and airfares,
2nd edn, Aerospace Technical Publications, Stirling, Australia.
150175
Wells, A & Young, S 2008, Airport Planning and Management, 6th edn, McGraw-Hill, New York.
Aircraft systems
Clarke, W 1998, Aviator’s Guide to GPS, 3rd edn, McGraw-Hill, New York.
Crane, D 2004, A Pilot’s Guide to Aircraft and Their Systems, Aviation Supplies and Academics,
New Castle, USA.
Gunston, B 2005, The Development of Piston Aero Engines, 2nd edn, Sutton Publishing, Stroud,
UK.
Gunston, B 2006, The Development of Jet and Turbine Aero Engines, rev. edn, Patrick Stevens,
Sparkford, UK.
Johnson, J 2007, Avionics for the Pilot, Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, UK.
Lombardo, DA 1998, Aircraft Systems, 2nd edn, McGraw-Hill, New York.
Wild, T 1990, Transport Category Aircraft Systems, Jeppeson Sanderson, Inverness, USA.
Aircraft profiles
Birtles, P 1998, Airlife’s Airliners, vol. 1, Boeing 777, Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, UK.
Birtles, P 1998, Airlife’s Airliners, vol. 2, Lockheed L1011 Tristar, Airlife Publishing,
Shrewsbury, UK.
Birtles, P 1999, Airlife’s Airliners, vol. 7, Boeing 767, Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, UK.
Birtles, P 2001, Airlife’s Airliners, vol. 13, Boeing 757, Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, UK.
Birtles, P 2002, Airlife’s Airliners, vol. 15, McDonnell Douglas DC-9, Airlife Publishing,
Shrewsbury, UK.
Bowman, M 2003, Combat Legend: F-4 Phantom, Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, UK.
Caygill, P 2002, Combat Legend: Spitfire Mk I-V, Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, UK.
Crickmore, P 2002, Combat Legend: SR71 Blackbird, Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, UK.
Darling, K 2002, Combat Legend: P-51 Mustang, Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, UK.
Davies, S 2003, Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle: All-weather attack aircraft, Airlife Publishing,
Shrewsbury, UK.
Endres, G 1998, Airlife’s Airliners, vol. 4, McDonnell Douglas DC10, Airlife Publishing,
Shrewsbury, UK.
Endres, G 1999, Airlife’s Airliners, vol. 8, Airbus A-300, Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, UK.
Endres, G 2000, Airlife’s Airliners, vol. 10, Airbus A-310, Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, UK.
Endres, G 2004, Airlife’s Airliners, vol. 14, Concorde, Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, UK.
Gilchrist, P 1998, Airlife’s Airliners, vol. 3, Boeing 747-400, Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, UK.
Gilchrist, P 2000, Airlife’s Airliners, vol. 11, Boeing 747 Classic, Airlife Publishing,
Shrewsbury, UK.
Hewson, R 2003, Airlife’s Airliners, vol. 16, Airbus A-330/A-340, Airlife Publishing,
Shrewsbury, UK.
Laming, T & Hewson, R 2000, Airlife’s Airliners, vol. 9, Airbus A-320, Airlife Publishing,
Shrewsbury, UK.
Norris, G, Forbes Smith, C, Thomas, G & Wagner, M 2005, Boeing 787 Dreamliner: Flying
redefined, Aerospace Technical Publications, Perth.
Norris, G & Wagner, M 2009, Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Zenith Press, Minneapolis, USA.
Pearcy, A 1999, Airlife’s Airliners, vol. 5, McDonnell Douglas MD-80/MD-90, Airlife Publishing,
Shrewsbury, UK.
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Shaw, R 1999, Airlife’s Airliners, vol. 6, Boeing 737-300 to 600, Airlife Publishing,
Shrewsbury, UK.
Shaw, R 2001, Airlife’s Airliners, vol. 12, Boeing 737-100 to 200, Airlife Publishing,
Shrewsbury, UK.
Yenne, B 2002, Inside Boeing: Building the 777, Motorbooks International, St Paul, USA.
Business management
Connor, WE 2001, An Introduction to Airline Economics, 6th edn, Praeger Publishers, Westport,
USA.
Morrell, PS 2007, Airline Finance, 2nd edn, Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot, UK.
Peterson, BS 2004, Blue Streak: Inside JetBlue, the upstart that rocked an industry, Portfolio,
New York.
Petzinger, TJR 1996, Hard Landing: The epic contest for power and profits that plunged the
airlines into chaos, Three Rivers Press, New York.
Radnoti, George 2002, Profit Strategies for Air Transportation, McGraw-Hill, New York.
Rhoades, DL 2008, Evolution of International Aviation: Phoenix rising, 2nd edn, Ashgate
Publishing, Aldershot, UK.
Shaw, S 2007, Airline Marketing and Management, 6th edn, Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot, UK.
Sheehan, John J 2003, Business and Corporate Aviation Management, On-demand Air Travel,
McGraw-Hill, New York.
Wells, AT & Chadbourne, BD 2007, Introduction to Aviation Insurance and Risk Management,
3rd edn, Krieger Publishing, Malabar, USA.
History
Chaikin, A 2000, Air and Space: The national air and space museum story of flight, Bulfinch
Press, Boston, USA.
Grant, RG & Dailey, JR 2007, Flight: 100 years of aviation, DK Publishing, New York.
Gunston, B 2002, Aviation: The first 100 years, Barron’s Educational Series, Hauppauge, USA.
Jarrett, P 2000, Ultimate Aircraft, DK Publishing, New York.
Winchester, J (ed.) 2005, American Military Aircraft: A century of innovation, Grange
Books, Rochester, UK.
Winchester, J (ed.) 2006, Military Aircraft of the Cold War, Grange Books, Rochester, UK.
Meteorology
Bruford, D 1997, Air Pilot’s Practical and Theoretical Weather Manual, Airlife Publishing,
Shrewsbury, UK.
Lankford, T 2000, Aviation Weather Handbook, McGraw-Hill, New York.
Wickson, M 2001, Meteorology for Pilots, Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, UK.
Safety
Adair, B 2002, The Mystery of Flight 427: Inside a crash investigation, Smithsonian Books,
Washington, USA.
Beaty, D 1996, The Naked Pilot: The human factor in aircraft accidents, Swan Hill Press,
Shrewsbury, UK.
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Edwards, D 1997, Fit to Fly: Cognitive training for pilots, Copyright Publishing Company,
Brisbane.
Frazier, D 1998, The ABCs of Safe Flying, 4th edn, McGraw-Hill, New York.
Job, M 1994, Air Disaster, vol. 1, Aerospace Publications, Fyshwick, Australia.
Job, M 1996, Air Disaster, vol. 2, Aerospace Publications, Weston Creek, Australia.
Job, M 1998, Air Disaster, vol. 3, Aerospace Publications, Fyshwick, Australia.
Job, M 2001, Air Disaster, vol. 4, Aerospace Publications, Fyshwick, Australia.
Kanki, BG, Helmreich, RL & Anca JM 2010, Crew Resource Management, 2nd edn, Academic
Press, Maryland Heights, USA.
Kern, T 1997, Redefining Airmanship, McGraw-Hill Professional, New York.
Reason, JT 1997, Managing the Risks of Organisational Accidents, Ashgate Publishing,
Aldershot, UK.
Reason, JT & Hobbs, A 2003, Managing Maintenance Error: A practical guide, Ashgate
Publishing, Aldershot, UK.
Reinhart, RO 2008, Basic Flight Physiology, 3rd edn, McGraw-Hill, New York.
Stewart, S 2002, Emergency: Crisis on the flight deck, 2nd edn, Airlife Publishing,
Shrewsbury, UK.
Wells, AT 1992, Flight Safety: A primer for general aviation pilots, Tab Books, Blue Ridge
Summit, USA.
Space
Cabbage, M & Harwood, W 2009, Comm Check…: The final flight of shuttle Columbia, Free
Press, New York.
Cadbury, D 2005, Space Race, Fourth Estate, London.
Chaikin, A 2002, Space, Carlton Books, London.
Hagerty, J & Rogers, JC 2001, Spaceship Handbook: Rocket and spacecraft designs of the 20th
century: Fictional, factual and fantasy, ARA Press, Livermore, USA.
Hansen, JR 2006, First Man: The life of Neil A Armstrong, Simon & Schuster, New York.
Reichhardt, T (ed.) 2002, Space Shuttle: The first 20 years — The astronauts’ experiences in
their own words, DK Publishing, New York.
Scott, D & Leonov, A 2006, Two Sides of the Moon: Our story of the Cold War space race, Simon
& Schuster, London.
Websites
Many websites can be used to enhance a course of study in Aerospace Studies, and these often
include useful resources and links. Some particularly useful sites include:
Aerodynamics & general
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 2010, Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical
Knowledge, www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aviation/pilot_handbook/.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 2011, A–Z Index, www.faa.gov/quick_reference/.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 2011, Aviation Handbooks and Manuals,
www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aviation/.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2010, Welcome to the Beginner’s Guide
to Aerodynamics, www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/bga.html.
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Pilot Friend 2011, General Aviation Portal, www.pilotfriend.com/.
Recreational Aviation Australia (RA-Aus), Fly Safe!
2011, www.recreationalflying.net/tutorials/groundschool/contents.html.
Selkirk College 2010, Aerodynamics, <http://selair.selkirk.ca/Training/Aerodynamics/newton1.htm>.
Aircraft operations
Australian Bureau of Meteorology 2011, home page, www.bom.gov.au/.
Flight Simulator Navigation 2011, home page, www.navfltsm.addr.com/index.htm.
Recreational Aviation Australia (RA-Aus) 2011, Flight Training Facilities,
www.auf.asn.au/students/index.html.
Recreational Aviation Australia (RA-Aus) 2011, Aviation Meteorology for Australia,
www.auf.asn.au/meteorology/index.html.
Aircraft systems
Experimental Aircraft Info 2011, Principles of Jet Engine Operation,
www.experimentalaircraft.info/homebuilt-aircraft/aircraft-turbine-engine-1.php.
Clubs and associations
IATA Australia 2011, home page, www.iata.org/worldwide/australia/index.
Recreational Aviation Australia (RA-Aus) 2011, Flight Training
Facilities, www.auf.asn.au/schools/index.html.
Recreational Aviation Australia (RA-Aus) 2011, home page, www.auf.asn.au/.
Commercial aviation
Air Transport World (ATW) 2011, home page, www.atwonline.com.
Flight safety
Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) 2011, home page, www.aaib.gov.uk/home/index.cfm.
Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) 2011, Search and Rescue in Australia,
www.amsa.gov.au/Search_and_Rescue.
Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) 2011, home page www.atsb.gov.au.
Cospas–Sarsat International Satellite System for Search and Rescue 2011, home
page, www.cospas-sarsat.org/MainPages/indexEnglish.htm.
Flight Safety Foundation 2011, home page, www.flightsafety.org/home.html.
Rules and regulations
Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) 2011, home page, www.casa.gov.au/.
Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) 2011, home page, www.faa.gov/.
Newspaper reports
Many newspapers carry regular pages, columns and features about Aerospace Studies.
Community newspapers can be a particularly useful source for local information. The compilation
of news files on particular topics can broaden the students’ knowledge base and provide a
valuable source of material for developing assessment instruments.
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Periodicals
Journals and periodicals provide current and relevant information. Journals and periodicals
related to Aerospace Studies include:
Aero Australia, Chevron Publishing Group, St Leonards, Australia.
Aeroplane, Kelsey Publishing, Cudham, UK.
Air International, Key Publishing, Stamford, UK.
Australian Aviation, Phantom Media, Fyshwick, Australia.
Aviation Business Asia Pacific, Yaffa Publishing, Surry Hills, Australia.
Aviation Week and Space Technology, McGraw-Hill, New York.
Aviator, The Channon, Australia.
Classic Wings, Classic Wings Downunder, Blenheim, New Zealand.
Flight International, Reed Publishing, London.
Flight Safety Australia, CASA, Canberra.
Flying Magazine 1989, ‘More I learned about flying from that’, McGraw-Hill, New York.
Flying Magazine 2006, ‘I learned about flying from that’, McGraw-Hill, New York.
Recreational Aviation Australia, Zebra Publishing, Fyshwick, Australia.
School librarians should be able to help identify and locate other useful periodicals.
Electronic media and learning technology
A wide range of electronic media, e.g. DVDs, are available on a variety of topics of relevance
to Aerospace Studies. Learning technologies, e.g. software programs, are used to access
information in a variety of forms, and to help students gain information communication and
technology skills. Educational program distributors are able to supply up-to-date resource lists.
CNet Download.com 2009, Aircraft Weight and Balance, http://download.cnet.com/AircraftWeight-and-Balance/3000-2130_4-10908028.html.
CNet Download.com 2010, RocketModeler 3, http://download.cnet.com/RocketModeler-3/30002054_4-75325476.html.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2008, EngineSim Version 1.7a,
www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/airplane/ngnsim.html.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2010, FoilSim II Version 1.5a,
www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/airplane/foil2.html.
Organisation and community resources
A variety of government and community organisations can provide expertise, advice, resources
and information to assist in constructing and implementing a course in Aerospace Studies.
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