Books

Microsoft | 1999 Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 professional edition Pilot's handbook. (Microsoft Publication) p210,218

This was used to gain information about the Boeing 777 airliner.

Ogborn & Whitehouse | 2000 Advancing Physics AS (Institute of Physics publishing) P77-128

This book was used to gain a knowledge of various materials and to gain a basic understanding of their properties.

Airbus industrie | 2000 http://www.airbus.com (Airbus Industrie)

This site contained useful information about aibus' new airliners and thier construction

Automation Creations | 2000 http://www.matweb.com (Automation Creations)

This site used for advanced properties information on carbon fibre

Boeing Corporation | 2000 http://www.boeing.com (Boeing)

This site was used for the F/A 18 picture and related information.

Encyclopedia Britannica | 2000 http://www.britannica.com (Britannica)

This site contained information about use of carbon fibre in the space shuttle (for more details see the CD-ROM section of this biography.

Kelly | 1996 - 2000 http://geocities.datacellar.net/CapeCanaveral/1320/ (Vince Kelly)

This is Vince Kelly's carbon fibre homepage, containing useful information about the manufacture of carbon fibre - all manufacture photos are from this site.

Thompson | 2000 http://www.nasa.gov (Dreamtime)

The official NASA website contained information about the space shuttle and offered pictures and schematic drawings.

CD-ROMs

Lawrence/Whitehouse | 2000 Advancing Physics AS 2000 student CD-ROM (Institute of Physics Publsihing) - Mterials Database

The CD-ROM file contained valuble information about other materials to use as a comparison against carbon fibre.

Videos

ITVV | 1996 Boeing 777-200 (Intelligent Television and Video) 101mins

This video contained detailed information about the manufacture of large airliners - in particular the Boeing 777-200 series.