CIESE - Navigational Vectors - Reference Material
Reference Material
General
Aviation Sites
- Flight Tracker (Backup site: Flight View - click on "Sample Flight")
- Airport Information
- Airport Calculator - Find the distance and headings between airports
- Flight: History, Principles, Careers
- Yahoo! Airline Listings
- True Airspeed Applet - pilots can calculate airspeed (based on groundspeed as measured by GPS) with this calculator
- FAA web site - lots of information!
- Aircraft Design Workshop - virtual applet for designing an airplane
- Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) - aviation education material
- Virtual Skies - Explore aviation technology, air traffic management, and current research in this web site designed by NASA for use in high schools and flight technology programs.
Weather Sites
- Weather Channel, Aviation Weather
- Unisys Weather
- Aviation Weather Center -NOAA
- NASA News Article: Space Lasers Take Aim at the Wind
Map Sites
- US Map
- US and State Maps
- National Geographic Maps
- National Geographic PRINTABLE Maps
- National Atlas of the U.S.
Unit Conversion Calculators
- Online Conversions - Conversions for just about everything
- ConvertIt.com
- Calculator.com
- Airport Calculator - Find the distance and headings between airports
Physics and Math Sites
- Fundamentals of Vectors
- Vector Addition Simulation
- Introduction to Vectors and Scalars
- Vector Lessons
- Vector Calculator
- Explore Science -- Virtual physics simulations
- PhysLINK
- Introduction to Special Relativity
- The Pythagorean Theorem
- Learning about Vectors NCTM
- Making a Compass
Latitude & Longitude and Time Zone Information
- World map showing major lines of latitude and longitude
- Map of major lines of latitude and longitude (smaller)
- How Far is It? Enter place name in "From" section. Will give latitude and longitude for most world wide locations.
- U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer Gives latitude and longitude of U.S. cities in decimal format
- World Map with Time Zones
- World Time Server - find the time anywhere in the world
- Time Zone Converter - easy way to convert time between different time zones and make printable time zone reference cards
- World Time Zone Map - shows current time in each time zone
