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When ASA began its journey in 1940 as Merrell Aviation Ground School, the company’s primary goal was the training of post-war military pilots returning from active duty to work in the early civilian airlines. Plotters, regulations, & training manuals were the first products. In 1960, the company broadened its production & development efforts with additional pilot supplies & books added to the ground school training line.

In 1969, the company became Northwest School of Aviation. The goal was to franchise the popular Merrell Ground School under the name Aviation Seminars of America, or ASA.

In November 1976, Aviation Supplies & Academics replaced Aviation Seminars of America as the name to go with the ASA acronym, & the company again broadened its product line to add cassette courses, new books, & training materials. The company was incorporated in 1977 & publishing & manufacturing became its principal mission.

In 1984, the sale of the ground school (Aviation Training & Research, Inc.) & the retail store (The Aviator’s Store) allowed all of ASA’s efforts to be directed towards becoming a major supplier of pilot supplies & educational material in the United States. In 1985, ASA moved to larger quarters in Georgetown, & then again to its present Coal Creek location in 1990 to provide more warehouse & office space.

The ASA FAR/AIM has been in publication since 1945, & the ASA Test Preps have been in production for more than 60 years. Since those early days, many products have been added to the line including textbooks, software, apps, online courses, videos, flight instructor tools, aviation maintenance technician materials, logbooks, flight computers (manual E6-B & the electronic CX-3®), aviation plotters, kneeboards, flight bags, remote pilot & drone materials, & more. Additional pilot supply items & book titles are being added as our team of authors & subject matter experts continues to grow.

Our distribution network has grown as well, with domestic & international distributors promoting & representing the full ASA product line around the globe. ASA products are used worldwide in all training environments: ICAO, CAA, FAA Part 61, 107, 141, 147, manufacturers training, colleges, universities, STEM/magnet programs, ab initio training, general aviation airports, & by aviators everywhere for self-study.

Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc., does business as ASA. ASA is the leading publisher of aviation books & the largest producer of pilot supplies in the USA today, providing trusted materials for more than 80 years.

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ASA has been providing trusted aviation training products for nearly 80 years to flight instructors, aviation maintenance technicians, air traffic controllers, career aviators, students, remote pilots & drone operators.

ASA is the leading publisher of aviation books & the largest producer of pilot supplies in the USA today.

Test Prep
Prepare yourself for flight long before takeoff with training tools, textbooks, & software from ASA & gain the knowledge you need to be successful both on the ground & in the air.

FAR/AIM Series
ASA’s FAR/AIM Series for pilots, mechanics, & flight crew has been the most accurate, reliable, & trusted aviation regulatory reference for more than 75 years.

Pilot Library
Round out your library with aviation books written by the best instructors & subject experts in the industry.

Supplies
Everything you need for your flight bag! Flight computers, plotters, logbooks, cockpit & flightline accessories for pilots & mechanics alike.

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