The next version of Avialogs is coming soon, and here is some news about the new design. Avialogs will support IIIF standard (3.0) and manifest. This standard is used by many libraries and universities worldwide and will allow easier sharing of all resources. It requires processing all documents and pages already online (more than 1.5 million), and a server is dedicated to this task, but it will take a few weeks to achieve. The new viewer used by Avialogs will be Mirador. You can already see a demo here: https://www.avialogs.com/demo/viewer/index.html  (Image rotation and text search will be available in the final version.)

Your feedback about the usability/performance is more than welcome (reply to this email to send me your comments). 

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This week's addition to the site counts 16 new documents. Several related to the F-4 Phantom, Fury, Sabre, CF-104, Basler, RR Spey and two Spitfire manuals scans provided by the Mike Potter's Collection. The Mike Potter Collection flies several warbirds from Gatineau, QC, Canada. You can check the website from their sister company, Vintage Wings of Canada.

You probably remarked that some manuals display a watermark, some not. If Avialogs scans the manual, it will display a watermark. Why? Because some people put them on sale on eBay, and while Avialogs distribute them under a creative common license, it includes a non-commercial clause. Manuals without watermark were received from contributors already scanned. This is also why the quality of documents can significantly vary. 

With the new version coming up in August, it will be possible to upload manuals directly to the site. 

A question often comes in my email, why we do not publish the last revision for one given manual. Avialogs is not intended to support aviation operations. Documents published by Avialogs are intended for reference and education only. Enthusiasts can use them for flight simulation, scale models, and static aircraft restoration but not for flying ops. And you? What for are you using the library? Feel free to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. about this topic or if you have any suggestions.

This week's addition to the site counts 12 new documents. A Convair 880 brochure and operation manual, three engines manuals, two for the Ranger 440, one for the Avia M136A, two Blackburn Buccaneer manuals, two A-37 Dragonfly flight manuals and one huge Illustrated Parts Breakdown for the North American AJ-2 Savage, more than 2000 pages divided in nine parts for easier access. 
The work continues on the new version and I hope to share with you within days some exciting news and previews.

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