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Aviation Links

These links have been collected over several years. If any are broken please let me know.

Portals

AIRbase One - http://www.airbase1.com

AvHome, the Aviation Home Page (airport info, wx, etc.) - http://www.avhome.com/

AvWeb, the web site for aviation - http://www.avweb.com/

FBO on the web - http://www.nemac.com/aviation.htm

The Flight Deck - http://www.theflightdeck.com/

Global Air Navigator - http://www.globalair.com

Landings, the busiest aviation hub in cyberspace - http://www.landings.com/

Fuel Prices

AirNav: Fuel Stop Planner - http://www.airnav.com/plan/fuel/short.html

Fillup flyer fuel pricing service - http://www.fillupflyer.com

A Thrifty Pilot's Guide to Low Fuel Prices - http://www.100dollarhamburger.com/

Fuel price search - http://www.1st-of-pryor.com/Performance1.htm

Aviation Safety

NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS): http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov

ASRS Callback newsletter: http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/callback.htm
ASRS incident reporting form: http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/forms.htm
ASRS INCIDENT REPORTS - http://olias.arc.nasa.gov/asrs/repsets.htm

Air Safety Foundation of Massachusetts (includes schedule of Bradley FSDO Wings meetings) - http://www.airsafety.org/

NTSB Accident Summaries - http://www.ntsb.gov/Aviation/Accident.htm

Touch and go (airplane crash website)- http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/1611

Other crash website - http://www.cam.org/~gilmour/

Publications

Northeast Weekend Flyers quarterly magazine - http://www.avweb.com/sponsors/newf/

Aviation Week Online - http://www.awgnet.com/

Atlantic Flyer - http://www.aflyer.com/

AVIATION LEARNING

Be a pilot - http://www.beapilot.com

Learn to Fly - http://www.grouper.com/francois/

King Schools - http://www.kingschools.com/index.html

Gleim Publications - http://www.gleim.com/Aviation/pilot.html

Eugene Whitt, CFI - http://www.xde.net/flying/links/how_why/howandwhy.htm

CFI list - http://www.nafinet.org/

Flight Schools

Aviation Learning Center - http://www.west.net/rstowell

ProCopter International Inc. (Helicopter training in Chicago) - http://www.procopter.com

Heliflight helicopter school - http://heliflight.com/

Quantum Helicopters Inc. -

Farrington Aircraft - http://www.hcis.net/fac/

International Airline Training Academy - http://www.fly-in-america.com

Professional Flight Training, (BDR & HFD) http://www.pftflighttraining.com/

 

Flying Clubs and Associations

Carney Aviation

NAA (National Aeronautic Association) - http://www.naa.ycg.org/

Westchester Flying Club http://www.wfc-hpn.org/

Yale Aviation - http://www.yale.edu/

Seaplane Pilots Assn - http://www.seaplanes.org

Lake Amphibian Flyers Club - lakeflyer@ithink.net (no web site yet)
My page about Lake Amphibians - http://mdickinson.com/lake/

Women in Aviation International: http://www.wiai.org

The Ninety-Nines: http://www.ninety-nines.org

National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI): http://www.nafinet.org/

 

Volunteer Organizations

Air Care Alliance (volunteer pilots clearinghouse) - http://www.wolf-aviation.org/aircare/

Angel Flight East - angeladmin@aol.com

Angel Flight Northeast - http://www.angelflightne.org/

AirLifeLine - aprill@airlifeline.org

EAA - http://www.eaa.org

Volunteer Pilots Association, Pittsburgh: kdsell@usaor.net 

Northern Wings: rengholm@gwi.net

Stores

The Pilot Shop, Baldwin NY - http://www.choicemall.com/airphotoinc

The Control Tower - http://www.controltower.com

Wings & Wheels - http://members.aol.com/discusew/wmp2.html

Airports near ski areas - http://www.avweb.com/articles/skiflyne.html

Aviation Industry Resource - http://www.air-air.com/

Canadian aviation - http://www.canadian-aviation.com/

Places to fly to - http://www.avweb.com/toc/places.html

History

Pan Am Flying Boat Photo Archive - http://www.airliner.net/

Aviation On-line Network - http://www.airparts.com/indexb.html

Threshold Aviation - http://www.thresholdaviation.com

Loans

First National Bank of Pryor Creek (aircraft loans) - http://www.1st-of-pryor.com

Interesting

Rent a plane - http://www.rent-a-plane.com

DFW ATC live - http://www.audionet.com/simuflite/

NASA - http://www.nasa.gov

Flight Planning

AirNav - http://www.airnav.com

AirNav Fuel Stop Planner - http://www.airnav.com/plan/fuel/short.html

AirNav Airport Information - http://www.airnav.com/airports/

Great Circle Route flight planner - http://www.chicago.com/airliners/gc.html

AOPA - http://www.aopa.org/

Landings  - http://www.landings.com/  or  http://www.landings.com/aviation.html

Databases

Search for N-numbers  - http://www1.drive.net/evird.acgi$pass*2221356!_h-www.landings.com/_landings/pages/search_nnr.html

Aircraft performance data - http://www.1st-of-pryor.com/Performance1.htm

Places to go

Fly Away - http://www.100dollarhamburger.com/

The Hundred-dollar hamburger page, a pilot's guide to fly-in restaurants - http://www.100dollarhamburger.com/burger.html

Walker's Cay - http://www.flyfishers.com/walkrscay/resort

AVIATION PRODUCTS

King Allied Signal avionics (incl. GPS update information) - http://www.avweb.com/sponsors/alliedsignal

Runway rugs - http://visitourwebsite.com/smithrugs/rrindex.htm

Ground Tech airplane covers and cowl plugs - http://www.cabincover.com

Skyshield Kit Hangar - http://fox.nstn.ca/~michaelt/

Insurance Companies

Avemco - http://www.avemco.com

WEATHER

National Weather Service - http://www.nws.noaa.gov/

Aviation Weather Center - http://www.awc-kc.noaa.gov/awc/aviation_weather_center.html

Aviation Digital Data Service  - http://www.nws.noaa.gov/adds/

NEXRAD weather radar - http://www.intellicast.com/LocalWeather/World/UnitedStates

Joe Tomasone's tropical weather page - http://www.ab2m.net/wxtropical.html

New York Times 5-day forecast:
for Bridgeport
- http://www.nytimes.com/partners/weather/weather.cgi?template=city.tmpl&code=BDR
for Cape Cod
- http://www.nytimes.com/partners/weather/weather.cgi?template=city.tmpl&code=HYA

ICING MAP - http://www.rap.ucar.edu/largedrop/base.gif

The Weather Channel Home Page - http://www.weather.com/twc/homepage.twc

Weather Channel local weather (current and forecast) -
http://www.weather.com/weather/us/cities/CT_Bridgeport.html
http://www.weather.com/weather/us/cities/CT_Danbury.html
http://www.weather.com/weather/us/cities/NY_White_Plains.html
http://www.weather.com/weather/us/cities/NJ_Teterboro.html
http://www.weather.com/weather/us/cities/NY_Poughkeepsie.html
http://www.weather.com/weather/int/cities/CA_Toronto.html
http://www.weather.com/weather/us/cities/FL_Winter_Haven.html

The Weather Channel Aviation Weather - http://208.134.241.147/aviation/

Winds Aloft at 5,000 feet - http://www.weather.com/weather/maps/aviation/av5_440x275.html

VFR/IFR map - http://www.weather.com/weather/maps/aviation/avifr_440x275.html

Satellite - http://www.weather.com/weather/sat/regions/northeast_sat_450x284.html

Index of all wx maps - http://www.weather.com/weather/maps/index.html

Northeast (Iowa to Maine) radar - http://www.weather.com/weather/radar/regions/animated/northeast_rad_450x284.html

Local Radar:
PHL
- http://www.weather.com/weather/radar/single_site/phlbrf_426x450.html
NYC
- http://www.weather.com/weather/radar/single_site/nycbrf_426x450.html
PIT - http://www.weather.com/weather/radar/single_site/pitbrf_426x450.html

Weather Channel flight delays - http://www.weather.com/cgi-bin/travel/travel_status.pl

FOUS14 weather report - http://twister.sbs.ohio-state.edu/us.html

Toronto weather - http://www.intellicast.com/weather/yyz/

Aviation Weather Center - http://www.awc-kc.noaa.gov/index.html

http://www.awc-kc.noaa.gov/awc/aviation_weather_center.html

Aviation Industry Weather - http://www.air-air.com/weather.htm

GTE SkyCentral - http://www.skycentral.com/index.html

GTE Preflight - https://preflight.skycentral.gte.com/cgi-bin/Preflight

GTE DUATS - http://isd.gte.com/gtefsd/aviation/

CNN Weather - http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/index.html#USA

Yahoo! - Science:Earth Sciences:Meteorology - http://www.yahoo.com/science/earth_sciences/meteorology/index.html

United States Visible Satellite - http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/javaweather/IIFs/us_vis.html

The Weather Underground - http://www.wunderground.com/forecasts/indexnew.html

FAA

FAA - Federal Aviation Administration - http://www.faa.gov/

Directory of FAA regs section - ftp://ftp.fedworld.gov/pub/faa-ri

FAA Designee section (includes all PTS, interpretations of FAR61, application to become a designated examiner, links to all FSDOs, etc.) - http://www.mmac.jccbi.gov/afs/afs600

Desginated Pilot Examiners - http://www.mmac.jccbi.gov/afs/afs600/pe.html

FAQs for Designated Pilot Examiners - http://www.mmac.jccbi.gov/afs/afs600/pefaq.html

Aeronautical information manual - http://www3.landings.com/cgi-bin/get_file?pass=7801665&AIR/FAAAIMP01.html

Practical test standards (PTS) - http://www.mmac.jccbi.gov/afs/afs600/akt.html

FAR 61 FAQ document - http://www.mmac.jccbi.gov/afs/afs600/faqs-61.pdf

FARs - http://www.faa.gov/avr/AFS/FARS/far_idx.htm

Practice questions for the FAA airman's knowledge test - http://w3.one.net/~kip/faatest.html

WINGS program - http://www.faa.gov/fsdo/slcfsdo/wings.htm

BALLOONING

My ballooning page

IMC Insurance - http://www.imcgroup.com

Custom Nine Designs, Ron DiGiovanni - http://www.customnine.com/index.html

Balloon Life Magazine - http://www.balloonlife.com/

Directory of www ballooning sites - http://www.euronet.nl/users/jdewilde/index.html

Adventures Aloft, Inc. / Balloon Central - http://www.aabcentral.com/

Balloon Works - http://www.theballoonworks.com

Balloon Excelsior - http://www.hot-airballoons.com/excelsior/index.html

Aerostar (Raven) Balloons - http://www.aerostar.com

Robert Zirpolo (balloon rides & instruction in central Connecticut) - http://www.berkshireballoons.com

The Association of Balloon and Airship Constructors - http://www.sdic.net/piolenc/abac.htm

Kodak Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta - http://www.aibf.org/

USA Aloft, Chicago (rides) - http://www.7comm.com/usaaloft/

Great Eastern Balloon Association - http://www.dca.net/geba/overview.htm

Balloon Federation of America  - http://www.bfa.net/

BLIMPS

Fujifilm blimp - http://www.fujifilm.com/index3.htm

Global Skyships & Airship Operations - http://www.globalskyships.com/index.html

Lighter-Than-Air Society - http://spot.colorado.edu/~dziadeck/lta.html

Airship home page - http://spot.colorado.edu/~dziadeck/airship.html

Airship and Blimp Resources - http://www.hotairship.com/

American Blimp Co (ABC) - http://www.americanblimp.com/

Airship Management Services - http://www.airshipman.com

Global Skyship Industries - http://www.globalskyships.com/

The Lightship Group - http://www.lightships.com/

Goodyear - http://www.godyear.com/about/blimp/index.html

http://www.goodyear.com/about/blimp/

Skytech blimp models - http://www.teleport.com/~skytech/index.html

Zeppelin - http://www.zeppelin-nt.com/

Skyship Cruise - http://www.plaza.ch/skyship/edefault.htm

DJ's Zeppelin Page - http://www.airships.net/index.shtml

The MetLife Blimp - http://www.metlife.com/Blimp/

SOARING / GLIDING

My soaring page

Wings and Wheels: www.wingsandwheels.com

Soaring Society of America - http://www.ssa.org/default_ie4.asp

Soaring Adventures Gliderboook - http://www.wiltonct.com/soaringadv/gliderbook.html

AirScapes, Inc. (soaring) - http://www.teleplex.net/airscape

Tom Knauff Soaring Supplies - http://www.eglider.com

David Volkmann Annual Air Sailing Cross-Country Camp - http://www.snowcrest.net/volkmann/asi/xccamp.htm

Nutmeg Soaring - http://nutmegsoaring.org

Harvard Soaring Home Page - http://acro.harvard.edu/SSA/ssa_homepg.html

Soaring Sites in the U.S. - http://acro.harvard.edu/SSA/ssasites.html

Arizona Soaring - http://www.azsoaring.com

Soar Minden - 

Seminole Lake Gliderport - http://www.inet-usa.com/sem-lake/

ROTORCRAFT / GYROPLANES

Rotorcraft Page (gyroplanes) - http://www.rotorcraft.com/

Rotorcraft page classified section - http://www.rotorcraft.com/ads/index.html

Gyroplane instructors - http://www.rotorcraft.com/fltinst.html

Rotary Air Force (gyroplanes) - http://www.raf2000.com

Ultralight gyroplane web site, incl. picture gallery - http://taggart.glg.msu.edu/gyrotour.htm

Pictures of interesting airplanes

Page about the Grumman Flying Boats - http://www.appstate.edu/~dr12828/seaplanes.html

AIRPLANES FOR SALE

Northern Aircraft (Lake dealer) - http://www.n-air.com

Earth Ads - http://www.earthads.com/

Trade-A-Plane - http://www.trade-a-plane.com

Airco, Inc. - http://www.aircoinc.com or http://www.aircoinc.com/home.html

Wings on line - http://www.wingsonline.com

Pilots Web - http://www.pilotsweb.com

Airplanes, Airplanes, Airplanes, and more Airplanes - http://www.plane-world.com/

Exotic Aircraft Marketplace - http://www.barnstormers.com/classify.html

Aero Trader - http://www.traderonline.com/cgi-bin/aero/

Lake Aircraft - http://www.amphib.com/ren.htm

AIRPLANE COMPANIES

Mooney -

The New Piper Aircraft - 

Equator Aircraft (amphibian) - http://members.aol.com/equatorac/

Boeing's commercial airliners - http://www.boeing.com/bck_html/com.html

Airbus - http://www.airbus.com/index.html