Featured Resources
- Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms byPublication Date: 2020 Seventh EditionDale Crane's ultimate reference book contains more than 12,000 accurate, aviation-specific terms and definitions. 500 illustrations further define and aid visual recognition of the terms, and useful tables and lists are included in appendices.
General Resources
- Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, 12th Edition byCall Number: Fennell STACKS TJ151 .S82 2018Publication Date: 2018
- Canadian Aviation Regulations - MaintenanceStandard 571 - Maintenance - Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs).
- Canadian Aviation Regulations - GeneralAirworthiness Chapter 500 - General - Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs)
- AME Licensing and TrainingObtaining an aircraft maintenance engineer license
- Aviation Safety Letter (ASL)The Aviation Safety Letter is published quarterly and includes articles that address all aspects of aviation safety,
- Civil Aviation Safety Alerts (CASA)Civil Aviation Safety Alerts are used to convey important safety information and contain recommended action items.
- Feedback: Canadian Aviation Service Difficulty ReportsA quarterly Canadian publication discussing reported aircraft problems that affect airworthiness.
A number of DVDs on maintaining aircraft are available at Mohawk’s Centre for Aviation Technology located at the Hamilton International Airport (YHM). Check with your instructor for availability.
- Electrical Circuits: Ohm's Law (Video Duration 17 minutes)This video uses 3-D animation and live action to make basic electrical circuits come to life. A must-have for introductory electricity/electronics, auto mechanics, and technology courses.
- General Shop Safety (Video Duration 21 minutes)This video demonstrates the types of dangers present in any industrial or manufacturing atmosphere and then explains how to prevent accidents.
- 100 Hour Annual Inspection (Video Duration 52 minutes)Explains every segment of the inspection process from an initial AD search to the final engine log entries. Details each procedure along with techniques, tool and material usage, and many professional hints and tips.
- Aircraft Flight Line Service (Video Duration 25 minutes)A training film for flight line personnel covering daily tasks, safety, and the importance of professional customer service.
- Damage Tolerance: An Introduction (Video Duration 30 minutes)This film reviews the effects of aging and repeated stress on metal aircraft structures. Looks at damage tolerance which is designed and built into structures at manufacture and haw that tolerance is compromised during refurbishment.
- Eyes of Flight: Working with Plexiglass (Video Duration 22 minutes)A historic US Army/Air Corp training film produced in the late 1950s contains relevant information on working with and maintaining plexiglass windows, windshields, and canopies.
- AV Canada: Maintenance ForumCanadian aviation forum for Pilots and AME's.
- Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC)By collaborating with industry and the government to develop products, services, programs, and policies that enhance Canadian aerospace companies, AIAC helps the industry to invest, innovate, and develop best-in-class capabilities in the civil, defense and space sectors.
- Wings Magazine OnlineCanada's national aviation magazine provides comprehensive coverage of commercial, corporate, general, and military aviation.
- Aviation Maintenance MagazineLatest information on the maintenance of MRO, upgrades, and refurbishment on commercial, business/GA, and military aircraft globally.