AIM/Airport data on FTP/WWW (was: AIM / Airport on disk)
Kenneth C. Jenks
: I have recently acquired a copy of the AIM on disk, and I'd be glad
: to share it. I also have a listing of ~4,500 airports worldwide
: listed by Country, State, airport name (LAX), city, longitude, and
: latitude that I will also share.
Bruce and I put his data on the General Aviation World Wide Web
server, http://aviation.jsc.nasa.gov. Here's the data I now have
from the FAA (either on my machine or references to it on other
machines):
* Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR's)
* High Mountain Flying in Ski Country U.S.A.
* Airport, Runway and Navigation data, 1993
(I'm working on getting the latest.)
* Airmen's Information Manual (AIM), 1994 (856k)
Also available in compressed format for the PC (307k)
* List of Airports, September 28, 1993 (260k)
Also available in compressed format for the PC (74k)
* Access DUATS flight service via telnet
Weather and flight planning
I'm working with the FAA's National Flight Data Center and our own
Edward Boykin (cca...@prism.gatech.edu) to get a whole pile of
data via 9-track tape and post it on the FTP server,
ftp://aviation.jsc.nasa.gov/pub/flight/data
This would include continuous updates of the files what are now on
ftp://seas.smu.edu/flight/
We should have that process nailed down in a couple of months.
Cross your electronic fingers.
I'm also pretty close to getting the NOAA's aeronautical chart
CD-ROM on-line. The sectional charts are drafted manually, still.
The NOAA is scanning these into a super chart (raster), and making
it into an experimental moving-map display for the cockpit. They're
also automating the Airport/Facility Directory, and thinking about
their own Web server. It's possible, though a bit unlikely, that
we could get that "super chart" on-line. (Wouldn't THAT make for
great simulator scenery!)
-- Ken Jenks, NASA/JSC/SD5, Space Biomedical Research Institute
kje...@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov (713) 483-4368
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