This is my Aerospace Page.

This page is not finished, so some files and links are not available yet. But I am constantly working on it! :)

Main Index

  1. About me and the Yankee Air Force (YAF)
  2. New stuff: November 28, 1995
  3. My own stuff: Articles
  4. My own stuff: Lists
  5. Links to: Manufacturers and Aerospace Companies
  6. Links to: Airlines and Commercial Aviation sites
  7. Links to: NASA Facilities
  8. Links to: Military Sites
  9. Links to: Aerospace Museums
  10. Links to: Other Organizations and Companies
  11. Links to: People's Aviation Home Pages
  12. Links to: Various Aerospace Information and Pictures

About me

 For the past several years, I have been interested in aviation, aircraft, spaceflight, missiles etc.; in other words anything Aerospace. Secret or 'Black' military aircraft projects are especially fascinating to me. I also like to research and compile data from various sources, to get the best possible picture of a subject.

Over time, I have written several articles, of which some are available here. Most are pure ASCII text files, but I am working on HTML versions, with links and cross-references and maybe embedded graphics.

My wife Kathryn and I are members of the Yankee Air Force (YAF), which preserves, restores and flies historic military (and some civilian) aircraft. Click here for a (complete) list of all the Aircraft of the Yankee Air Museum, or the Mid-Michigan and YAF Airshow Schedule of 1996.

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New stuff -- last updated: November 28, 1995
  • Swissair -- Switzerland.
  • Air Transport Association (ATA) with info regarding airlines and other commercial aviation.
  • Helicopter Aviation page of Paul Cantrell, with a lot helicopter info.
  • International Aircraft CD-Rom page from UGA Software and MaxData Systems. Here you can download pictures and order their CD-Rom based aviation magazine.
  • Russian Aviation pages of Alexei B. Gretchikhine, with several articles, pictures and links.
  • Flying Wing home page of Charles E. 'Chuck' Smith, with info on some of Northrop's Flying Wings.
  • South Carolina Helicopter Association (SCHA) home page of Larry Russel, with several other helicopter related links.
  • Jonathan's Space Home Page of Jonathan McDowell with info on space flight, launches, satellites, etc.
  • Soaring and Sailplane page of Guenther Seemann, with info on glider, particular in Germany.
  • Van Bortel Aircraft Inc. home page, with some Cessnas for sale.
  • Federation of American Scientists home page, with military, space, intelligence and other info.
  • IntelWeb home page, with info about the intelligence community around the world.
  • Japan's National Aerospace Laboratory (NAL) home page, including info about the HYFLEX program.
  • Some new scans from BaDge < baj7d@virginia.edu>, from the World Air Power Journal No. 19 (Winter 1994):
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    My own Stuff

    Articles about a specific subject
  • Gunships - with a brief history of each program and listing of individual aircraft.
  • Wild Weasles - with a brief history of each program and listing of individual aircraft. [SOON]
  • X-Planes - with individual history of most of the aircraft, and an extensive appendix. (Now available, because its publication in the Polish aviation magazine Lotnictwo is postponed indefinitely because of finanacial difficulties)
  • Tier UAVs Summary -- This is the html version of my article, posted at Skunk Works, Aerosp-L, r.a.m, etc. It includes a small bibliography and will be updated continiuosly.
  • Soviet Military Aviation -- Summary -- Provides a crude overview of the structure of the military aviation in the ex-USSR.
  • Southwest Trip Report -- This is the html version of our trip report, which is still not complete. We visited several aviation related places, and I compiled a lot of inventory data. I will continue to add more information concerning the museums and airfields, when ever I have some time to spare.
  • Several articles, concerning the US military designation systems:
    1. Aircraft. [SOON]
    2. Missiles, Rockets, Probes, Booster & Satellites
    3. Aero Engines. [SOON]
    4. Avionics and Systems. [SOON]
    5. Weapons and External Stores. [SOON]
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    Various Lists I have compiled
  • U-2 and SR-71 units, bases and detatchments around the world.
  • Reference Books and other books I recommend.
  • USAF 4 digit units, from the 1000th SATOG to the 7440th CW(P).
  • F-117 pilots and their Bandit Numbers, including unit commanders (who did not fly F-117s) and test pilots of the 'Have Blue' and 'Senior Trend' projects.
  • International aircraft registration prefixes,
    sorted by Country Name or
    sorted by Registration Prefix,
    with a brief description of the possible registrations and the time-frame during which the registrations were used (last updated May 21, 1997).
  • Codes and Codewords, of the USAF, CIA, NATO etc., including Operations, Projects and much more.
  • Dornier Do 28 and their variants.
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    Manufacturers and Aerospace Companies
  • Accurate Automation.
  • Aerospatiale -- including
    AIA, AIR, Airbus, Eurocopter, and others, soon to be merged with Dassault Aviation.
  • Airbus Industrie -- the Europan consortium.
  • AlliedSignal -- including
    Garret, LHTEC and many other divisions.
  • Applied Industrial Technologies -- (former Bearings Inc.).
  • Applied Signal Technology.
  • Arianespace Co. -- the Europan consortium.
  • Armaments Corporation of South Africa Ltd. (Armscor) -- including
    Denel Aviation and others.
  • Aviation Adventures -- selling the SeaRey UL.
  • The Boeing Co. -- including
    Commercial and Military Aircraft, Helicopter, Missile, Space and other divisions, like the newly acquired
    Boeing North American, Inc. (BNA) -- including
    North American Aircraft (NAA), Rocketdyne, the Space Systems Div. (SSD), Autonetics and Missiles System Div. (A&MSD), and others.
    McDonnell Douglas Corp. (MDC), will also soon be a part of Boeing.
  • BFGoodrich -- with aerospace and electronics divisions.
  • Bombardier -- including
    Canadair, DeHavilland Canada, LearJet, Shorts, and others.
  • CAE Inc. -- with aviation and electronics divisions.
  • CFM International -- aircraft engines.
  • Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) -- including
    Airbus, (Dornier), Eurocopter, Eurofighter, (Fokker), MBB, MTU, and others.
  • Dassault = Marcel Dassault Aviation/Breguet Aviation (MDA/BA) -- soon to be merged with Aerospatiale.
  • Eastman Kodak -- films and cameras for aerial photography.
  • EDO Corp. -- avionics, instruments, etc.
  • Erospace Technologies -- they are building the Aurora.
  • Eurocopter International -- German and French helicopters
    (via Eurocopter Canada Ltd).
  • Evans & Sutherland (E&S) -- flight simulator and others.
  • General Electric -- aircraft engines, not much yet.
  • Goodyear -- blimp info, but not much aerospace.
  • Grimes Aerospace -- aircraft lightning products.
  • Groen Brothers Aviation (GBA) -- selling the Hawk Gyroplane.
  • Honeywell -- avionics, radars, radios, etc.
  • Hughes Electronics Corp. -- a General Motors (GM) company which is also up for sale, including:
    Hughes Research Laboratories (HRL), Hughes Aircraft Co. and others.
  • Kaman Aerospace -- helicopters and more.
  • Litton Industries -- avionics and ships.
  • Lockheed Martin -- with all its subsidiaries like:
    Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems Co.(LMASC),
    Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space (LMMS),
    Lockheed Martin Skunk Works (LMSW),
    Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems (LMTAS),
    Loral, Martin Marietta,
    Sanders, and many others -- my very favorite company!
  • Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) -- part of Loral Space & Communications Ltd.
  • ManTech.
  • McDonnell Douglas (MDC) -- including
    Douglas Aircraft Company (DAC), but soon a part of Boeing.
  • Moller International -- experimental VTOL/Flying Car vehicles.
  • Murphy Aircraft -- Homebuilds and Kits.
  • Northrop Grumman -- with
    Grumman, Vought and others.
  • Orbital Science Corp. (OSC) -- spacecraft, launch vehicle, etc.
  • Raytheon -- including
    Beechcraft, Hawker (UK), E-Systems, RES, and others.
  • Rockwell International -- including
    Collins and others.
  • Rolls Royce (RR) -- including
    Allison Engine Co. and others.
  • Saab AB -- aircraft, avionics and more.
  • Scaled Composites -- Burt Rutan's company.
  • Signal Technology.
  • Smiths Industries -- including
    Smiths Industries Aerospace.
  • Spar Aerospace Ltd.
  • Sundstrand.
  • Textron -- including
    Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (BHTI),
    Cessna Aircraft Co., and others.
  • Thiokol Corp. -- including
    Reaction Motors and others.
  • TRW Inc. -- with space and defense divisions.
  • Unisys Corp. -- avionics, radars, radios, etc.
  • United Technologies Corp. (UTC) -- including
    Pratt & Whitney (P&W), and
    Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC),
    Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. (SAC),
    Hamilton Standard, Norden and many others.
  • Whittaker Corp. -- with aerospace and communication groups.
  • and others will be added, when I find them...
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    Airlines and Commercial Aviation sites

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    National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

    [NASA logo]

  • NASA Headquarters (NASA HQ), Washington, DC, home page.
  • Ames Research Center (ARC), FAF Moffett Field, CA, home page.
  • Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center/Facility (DFRC/DFRF), Edwards AFB, CA, home page.
  • Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD, home page.
  • Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, home page.
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, CA, home page.
  • Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) Houston, TX, home page.
  • John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Cape Canaveral, FL, home page.
  • Langley Research Center (LaRC), Hampton, VA, home page.
  • Lewis Research Center (LeRC), Cleveland, OH, home page.
  • Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL, home page.
  • John C. Stennis Space Center (SSC), MS, home page.
  • Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), Wallops Island, VA, home page.
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    Military Installations
  • Defense Link U.S. military home page.
  • U.S. Air Force (USAF) home page.
  • Civil Air Patrol (CAP) home page.
  • U.S. Navy (USN) NavyOnLine home page.
  • U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) home page.
  • U.S. Army (US Army) home page.
  • Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) home page.
  • Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) program home page.
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) gopher site.
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    Aerospace Museums
  • Aviation Museums Index at the
    Aviation Enthusiast Corner of the Brooklyn College.
  • Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum home page.
  • Confederate Air Force (CAF) home page, and their
    American Airpower Heritage Museum.
  • Hiller Aviation Museum home page.
  • Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum home page.
  • Lonestar Flight Museum home page.
  • Smithsonian Institution home page, and their
    National Air & Space Museum (NASM).
  • Online DC-3 Aviation Museum.
  • Planes of Fame East Air Museum home page.
  • Robins AFB Museum of Aviation home page.
  • San Diego Aerospace Museum home page.
  • Shuttleworth Collection home page.
  • Strategic Air Command (SAC) Museum home page.
  • United States Air Force Museum (USAFM) home page.
  • Wings Over The Rockies Air and Space Museum home page.
  • Yankee Air Force (YAF) and their
    Yankee Air Museum (YAM)     home page.
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    Other Organizations and Companies
  • Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) home page.
  • Deutsche Forschungsanstallt fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) home page.
  • Japan's National Aerospace Laboratory (NAL) home page, including info about the HYFLEX program.
  • National Aerospace Laboratory in the Netherlands (NLR) home page.
  • Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) home page, jointly from DOE and Lockheed Martin.
  • U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) home page.
  • U.S. Geology Survey (USGS) home page, including the USGS Eros Data Center, providing declassified satellite images.
  • US Department of Energy (DoE) home page, with OpenNet Database containing unclassified documents.
  • Federal Web Locator - to find (all) other U.S. Federal Agencies.
  • FROGI (Freedom Ridge Oversight Group, Inc.) page, by Paul McGinnis, with many articles about excessive government and military secrecy.
  • Federation of American Scientists home page, with military, space, intelligence, black aircraft projects and other info.
  • IntelWeb home page, with info about the intelligence communities and organizations around the world.
  • Clear Lake Group with info on spaceflight.
  • Experimental Aircraft Asscosiations (EAA) Ultimate Flights home page from ESPN2 and their
    Arlington, Northwest EAA Fly-In Convention, as well as
    EAA home page from Guenther Eichhorn.
  • International Aerobatic Club (IAC) page from Guenther Eichhorn.
  • MIT Soaring Association (MITSA) page from Guenther Eichhorn.
  • Soaring Society of America (SSA) page from Guenther Eichhorn.
  • Helicopter Association International (HAI).
  • DC-3/Dacota Historical Society home page.
  • F-4 Phantom II Society home page.
  • Special Ops organization home page.
  • The Planetary Society with info about SETI and other activities.
  • Van Bortel Aircraft Inc. home page, with some Cessnas for sale.
  • International Aircraft CD-Rom page from UGA Software and MaxData Systems. Here you can download pictures and order their CD-Rom based aviation magazine.
  • Friedl's Embroidered Aviation Patches home page, from where you can order hat and back patches, as well as earings.
  • Aerodata -- who sells databases of military aircraft serials.
  • Jane's Electronic Information System at BTG, or Jane's Information Group at Thomson -- both with lots of samples of their publications.
  • Aviation Week & Space Technology (AW&ST) and other aerospace magazines from AWGNET (the Aviation Week Group Net), a McGraw-Hill publication.
  • Key Publishing Ltd. has the following British aviation magazines: AirForces Monthly, AirInternational, AirEnthusiast and FlyPast.
  • Airliners magazine from World Transport Press.
  • Air&Space Magazine and a Mirror Site, including a lot of other links, including the Smithsonian Institution. Some information is also available through The Electronic Newsstand.
  • Popular Mechanics Magazine home page, with samples of back issues.
  • Hawk Flight Com. home page, with many links, including some Airline home pages and the Avion Online Aviation Magazine.
  • Calstart.
  • WPPASS07 BBS.
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    People's Aviation Home Pages
  • General Aviation Server of Guenther Eichhorn, with various links to General Aviation, Airlines, Manufacturer, Research and Military sites and lots of data, including:
  • Blackbird home page of John Stone.
  • Skunk Works and more home page of Philip R. Moyer.
  • Intercepts Black Projects page from Steve Douglass.
  • Black Dawn plack projects page from Dan Zinngrabe.
  • Aviation Enthusiast Corner of the Brooklyn College.
  • AirPage: The Interactive Aircraft Handbook of Dimitriy A. Levin, with information, pictures, and more. He also has a quiz, but don't bother answering -- many of his answers are incorrect, and he doesn't bother answering email either.
  • Swedish Military Aviation information from Urban Fredriksson, but not limited to only Swedish aircraft.
  • British Military Aviation information from Alistair Henderson, including RAF order of battle with aircraft inventory.
  • Russian Aviation pages of Alexei B. Gretchikhine, with a (monthly) quiz, several articles, pictures and links.
  • (Former) Soviet Military information pages.
  • Aircraft and Ships home page of Andrew Toppan, with articles and links concerning USAF and USN, including SR-71 info.
  • KC-135 and variants home page of Robert S. Hopkins III, with articles and links concerning this Boeing design.
  • Vulture's Row USN aviation page of Robin J. Lee, with articles and links concerning USN and aviation.
  • Old Navy ASW aircraft page of Nevins A. Frankel, with info on planes like the Consolidated PBY Catalina, PB4Y Privateer, Lockheed PV-1 Ventura, P-2 Neptune, P-3 Orion, Martin PBM Mars, P5M Marlin, as well as many pictures, information on units, links, and other things.
  • Aviation page of Terry Martin, the editor of the National Capital Air Show Association's (N.C.A.S.A. in Ottawa, Canada) Newsletter.
  • Area 51 home page of Glen Campbell (PsychoSpy), with info on Groom Lake, UFOs and more, including all of his Desert Rat newsletters and much more.
  • Chinese Military Aircraft information from Hui Tong, and Chinese Military Aviation and Naval information from Wei Jun Wen.
  • F-16 fan home page of S. V. Hastel.
  • Mary Shafer's home page.
  • Flying Wing home page of Charles E. 'Chuck' Smith, with info on some of Northrop's Flying Wings.
  • SR-71 home page of Mike Quinlan.
  • Mystery Aircraft page of Adrian Mann.
  • Blackhorse home page of Daniel Risacher.
  • Jonathan's Space Home Page of Jonathan McDowell with info on space flight, launches, satellites, etc.
  • Helicopter Aviation page of Paul Cantrell, with a lot helicopter info.
  • South Carolina Helicopter Association (SCHA) home page of Larry Russel, with several other helicopter related links.
  • Soaring and Sailplane page of Guenther Seemann, with info on glider, particular in Germany.
  • Commercial Aviation links and pictures from Richard Muirden.
  • Aircraft Pictures and more on Michael E. Brunk's Aviation page.
  • Aerospace Links from Stefan 'Stetson' Skoglund's home page.
  • Astronomy, UFOs and more on Teack's (Josh's) home page.
  • The Ornithopters Page provided by Nathan Chronister.
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    Various Aerospace Information and Pictures
  • Aviation History -- these sites have the aircraft lists from Emmanuel Gustin, Joe Baugher's detailed articles about US and other military aircraft, and much more:
    1. Elevon - to browse through Aviation History related files in WWW form, maintained by Carl Pettypiece.
    2. Mirror Site of Elevon.
    3. byrd.mu.wvnet.edu - to download History (Military, Aerospace, etc.) related files through FTP.
    4. ftp.orst.edu - Original Skunk Works Mailing List site, with Skunk Works Digest back issues (Vol. 2, No. 1 to Vol. 5, No. 207), articles, lists and some pictures.
    5. www.netwrx1.com - Current Skunk Works Mailing List site, with all Skunk Works Digest back issues (Vol. 2, No. 1 upt to the current Digest, Vol. 7).
  • Aviation Pictures -- these sites have many GIF, JPG, BMP and PCX images and MOV, FLI and MPG animations of different aircraft:
    1. byrd.mu.wvnet.edu - Military Aircraft Pictures
    2. hawk.flight.com - Aviation Pictures and Animations
    3. ftp.cs.ruu.nl - Various Aircraft Pictures
    4. ZoomAll.jpg (69 kB) or ZoomAll.gif (131 kB) - the picture taken at Holloman AFB.
    5. 1995 Blackbird Reunion Patch as featured in the August/September 1995 issue of Air&Space -- GIF file provided by BaDge < baj7d@virginia.edu>. More information about the Blackbird Reunion is provided by the Smithsonian Air&Space magazine article: This Old Black Magic by Bob McCafferty.
    6. Some new scans from BaDge < baj7d@virginia.edu>, from the World Air Power Journal No. 19 (Winter 1994):
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    This page was last updated by Andreas Gehrs-Pahl on April 30, 1995. If you encounter any problems or if you have any comments or suggestions, please send email to me at (schnars@ais.org).