National Aerospace Library

Located  at  Farnborough IQ  Business  Park the  National  Aerospace  Library  is   one of  the world's most extensive libraries   devoted  to  the  development  of  aeronautics, aviation  and  aerospace technology.

Opened  as  a  public  reference  library  in  January  2008, the  National  Aerospace  Library  at  IQ Farnborough,  the  former  Royal  Aircraft  Establishment  building, houses a comprehensive selection including:                                       

  • Over  20,000  aeronautical  books  

  • Many  1000s  of  back-issues  over  the  decades  of  key  aviation  journals from around  the  world  including  extensive  bound  runs  of  The  Aeronautical   Journal / Aerospace International / The Aerospace Professional,  Flight,  The  Aeroplane,  Interavia,  Air  et  Cosmos,  Aero  Digest,  Flying,  Aircraft etc.  among  numerous  other  journal  titles  including  all  the  AIAA  (and  its  predecessors) journal  publications,  many  of  these  titles  held  as  bound  runs  for  reference

  • Over  40,000 technical  reports  from  aeronautical  research  establishments  from around  the  world  from  1909  onwards  including  AGARD / ARC / ARL / DLR / ESA / ESRO / FFA / ISAS / NACA / NASA /  NLR / NRC / ONERA / TAE / UTIAS and some of the major Royal Aircraft  Establishment  (RAE)  technical report series.

  • Extensive holdings of Air Publications, ATA handling notes and air accident reports

  • The  Air  Pilot / UK  Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) from  August  1948  through  to  1999 / The  UK  Topographical  Air  Charts  from  the  mid-1950s

  • A  complete  set  of  Jane’s  All  the  World’s  Aircraft  plus  other  volumes  from  the  ‘Jane’s’  series  

  • Historically  important  past  minutes  of  the  Society  of  British  Aircraft  Constructors / Aerospace  Companies  [SBAC]  Council  and  its  various  committees  committees  dating  from  1916-2000

  • The  Library's  extensive  online  database  catalogue  of  over  90,000  records  is  searchable  via  the  web-site:  www.aerosociety.com  

  • Library  staff  are  available  to  assist  enquirers

For more information on  The  National Aerospace Library -  which  is  open  Tuesday-Friday  10 am-4 pm  -  and  the  material  held  there,  please contact the  librarians  at  Farnborough

Tel: +44 (0)1252 701038 / 701060  e-mail: hublibrary@aerosociety.com

Visitors to the Library will also have the opportunity to  use the facilities of the ‘Aviators’ licensed cafe bar and see nearby the striking restored metal structure of a former airship hangar.