Flying a plane is no different from riding a bicycle. It's just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes.
Captain Rex Kramer, in the movie Airplane
For all aviation and aircraft buffs, this category offers
sites about air and space, air combat, aircraft archives, and
Aeronautical Engineering to name a few. The sky's the limit!
http://www.parascope.com/en/bermuda1.htm
Afraid to fly over the Bermuda Triangle? This site should help
dispel some of the myths associated with the area.
http://www.aviationdirectory.com/golden.htm
This site is an aviation yellow pages. You can look here for
listings of businesses and their web pages (if available) which
relate to aviation.
http://www.airspacemag.com/ASM_Magazine.html
Learn about this magazine which was created by the Smithsonian
Institution's National Air and Space Museum. You can see what is
featured in the latest issue or subscribe online.
http://www.aviation.ca/aces/aceshigh.html
Whether for personal enjoyment or to spice up a presentation,
look at this site for downloading aviation photography. This site
also offers tips for taking your own photographs.
http://student.fee.uva.nl/aerius/index.htm
The main goal of this association is to obtain internships for
students. Check out this site to learn more about the association
and how to join.
Provides information about undergraduate and graduate programs
at the university. Enables you to investigate the provided
facilities and research opportunities as well as become familiar
with the teaching staff. Provides a link to the university home
page.
Focuses on different types of flying machines. Includes a
calendar of flying shows, a listing of aviation fuel prices, and
an aviation library.
This company can fly you on a scenic sight seeing tour, take
you on a fishing trip, and fly you to a lakeside picnic. Other
flying possibilities are available. The will even fly supplies to
you on your yachting excursions! Check out this site for more
details.
Find out how you can fly actual air-to-air combat in a real,
state-of-the-art military aircraft! You won't even need a pilot's
license.
http://www.cs.ruu.nl/pub/AIRCRAFT-IMAGES/
Collection of pictures of mainly military aircraft. All photos
are in JPEG format.
ftp://ftp.spies.com/library/article/aero/airport.lis
The three-letter identification codes for nearly every airport
in the world.
http://spot.colorado.edu/~dziadeck/airship.html
Offers links for finding information about lighter-than-air
craft. Includes information on these craft in fiction, models,
and pictures; a bibliography; and links to Internet resources and
discussion groups.
http://www.ionet.net/~jellenc/eae_intr.html
Interested in Amelia Earhart? This site provides a nice
biography detailing her life from her youth until her last
flight. It also has some nice pictures.
http://207.88.164.78/tggh/html/cgi/radd.cgi?
Great source for aviation links. They are well organized by
subject. Also has tools such as an interactive aviation glossary
and interactive federal aviation regulations.
http://www.essex1.com/people/topgun/art.htm
Interested in aviation artwork? Would you like a customized
drawing of the airplane you fly? Check out this site. It has
drawing samples available and pricing information.
http://www.sportflyer.com/directry.htm
As the name suggests, the site is simply a directory with
links to other aviation sites. This could be a good starting
place when looking for something.
http://www.arts-online.com/aviation.htm
The Aviation Internet Directory is a biannual publication
listing Internet sites for several aviation related topics. See
this site if you want to order this directory or if you want to
have a Web site posted in it.
http://omni.brooklyn.cuny.edu/rec/air/air.html
Provides many resources, including picture libraries, air show
information, and aircraft locators.
These gophers have bundles of information about aviation and
contain most of the subjects covered in the Usenet newsgroup
rec.aviation. They offer numerous articles, pictures, stories,
and also weather and fly-in information.
http://www.aviationillustrated.com/
This is the home page for a magazine dedicated to aviation
illustration. You can check out the latest issue here and even
subscribe online. The site also holds aviation photos and links
to other sites.
http://www.aviationjobsonline.com/avjobs/
Looking for a job in the aviation field? Here is a great place
to start. It isn't just for pilots, either. This site supports
jobs for all areas of aviation.
This site contains a database for finding a U.S. flight school
near you. Pilot schools can also come here to create a profile
for themselves to be entered into the database.
This page offers aviation publications intended to help train
professional pilots. Simulator profiles, system schematics, and
other topics are covered.
This is an online aviation newspaper directed at students. You
can check out the current issue, look at archived issues, or
subscribe online to the hard copy version. Information about
topics like trade shows and air shows can be found. Contains many
good pictures.
Find out what is going on in the Balloon Federation of
America. You can fill out an application to join or just check
out the latest news. Offers links to other sites.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/
Provides orientation to space flight and related topics,
including the solar system, gravity and mechanics, interplanetary
trajectories, orbits, electromagnetic phenomena, space craft
types, telecommunications, onboard subsystems, navigation, and
phases of flight.
Home page for the world's largest producer of commercial
jetliners. Provides information on employment opportunities and
company news as well as background information and facts about
the company's families of airplanes. Contains lots of
interesting, downloadable pictures of their airplanes.
Provides information for the aviation enthusiast. Offers links
to Canard aircraft that provide information on each aircraft and
other related information.
http://141.224.128.4/mdot/skys_limit/text/lindbergh.html
This site provides a concise biography of the famous aviator.
It comes with illustrations but no pictures.
http://www.delta-air.com/index.html
Loads of useful information for those interested in flying
with Delta. You can check flight schedules, reserve tickets, or
just read news about the company.
Learn about the world's largest aeronautical university. This
site contains admission information, research opportunities, and
a virtual tour of campus.
http://www.landings.com/aviation.html
Excellent and informative site that furnishes searchable
database of FAA regulations. Offers much more than just images
and regulations.
http://www.airforce.com/visitor/flightln/flightln.html
Interesting web page produced by the U.S. Air Force. Contains
good amount of information covering many areas. Specifically, you
can learn about several of their aircraft organized into
fighters, bombers, transport/carriers, and so on.
ftp://eecs.nwu.edu/pub/aviation
Public domain flight planning software and data, written in C
and complete with source.
Flight simulation theory, products, reviews, scenery for
specific software, and other material related to air and
spacecraft simulators.
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/aviation
Material about learning how to fly, technical information,
ownership costs, equipment guides, aviation policies, and many
more related FAQs.
Learn about this helicopter flight training school and how you
can learn to fly helicopters. This site also contains several
links to other helicopter-related sites.
This association is dedicated to advancing the civil
helicopter industry. Check out this site to learn more about them
and possibly join.
http://www.itc.rotor.com/forsale.htm
Look here if you in the market of buying or leasing a
helicopter. The site has several models available and gives the
vital statistics for each one.
http://www.rpi.edu/~harkij/airpics.html
VERY comprehensive archive boasting 223 featured aircraft.
Aircraft are neatly divided into categories such as World War I,
World War II, Post War/Modern, etc. Contains loads of pictures
and technical data.
http://www.landings.com/_landings/pages/weather.html#direct
One of the best weather sites available. Find weather
information from around the globe. Also contains endless links to
other aviation specific topics.
Interested in hot air balloons? Check here to learn how they
work, how to get a ride in one, and how to become a pilot.
Several good links, too.
Offers information about the jet aircraft manufacturer. This
includes company history, employment opportunities, and
specifications and photos of their product.
http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/~ceeamh/callsign.html
This page's title says it all. Look here for a listing of
hundreds of call signs for military aircraft.
Their home page states that "by promoting safety, rights
of access, and better public understanding of aviation and air
sports, the NAA is not only for the experienced pilot, but for
aviation enthusiasts of all kinds". See their home page to
learn about the association and how to become a member.
http://www.dfrf.nasa.gov/dryden.html
Provides information about the activities of this research
center. Includes a photo archive of research aircraft, research
documents, and program information.
Acts as the starting point for all of NASA's Web-based
information. Offers links to resources, including space shuttle
information, home pages for the NASA centers around the country,
space images, and educational resources.
Provides data about the current space shuttle mission.
Includes images, schedules, mission information, video clips,
technical information. Contains statistics and goals of every
mission ever flown by a shuttle.
http://btree.lerc.nasa.gov/NASA_TV/NASA_TV.html
Helps visitors learn how to access live images and audio from
NASA using CU-SeeMe software. Provides a link for obtaining the
CU-SeeMe software.
http://www.nasm.edu/NASMpage.html
This site describes the museum very well. It includes a very
thorough description of the museum's exhibits complete with many
photos.
http://www.slu.edu/colleges/parks/parks_home.html
This site offers information about another aviation college.
Read about the history of the school as well as about its
available courses and programs.
Offers a wide range of pilot supplies from several
manufacturers. Pictures and descriptions of goods are available
as well as an online order form.
http://www.winternet.com/%7Epof/
Take a virtual tour of this museum boasting more than 20 World
War II aircraft. This site comes with pictures and documentation
for each plane. Fighters, bombers, and training aircraft are
featured.
http://www1.primenet.com/~bhenley/rclinks.html
This is a page of links to sites concerning radio controlled
devices. Radio controlled airplanes make up the majority of the
links.
Sky Warriors is a company that allows pilots and non-pilots
the opportunity to fly real fighter planes and dogfight with an
opponent. They also provide training for pilots to become
accustomed to unusual flying conditions, and they provide
formation training.
http://users.aol.com/dheitm8612/page2.htm
This is THE granddaddy of all aviation pages. This site
contains hundreds of alphabetized, aviation related links. If
there is an aviation page in existence, there is a good chance
you will find it here.
http://hawaii.cogsci.uiuc.edu/invent/airplanes.html
This site bills itself as "a virtual museum of the
invention of the airplane". It contains a good written
history of the first airplanes. It also has several movies (in
quick time format) and photographs of early pilots. Definitely a
good source of information about the Wright brothers.
http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/~stei0302/www/ultra/ultralight.html
This site is intended to make it easy for people to learn more
about flying ultralights. It does a fine job of this and even
contains links to other ultralight pages.
This site bills itself as "one of the most comprehensive
Ultralight sites on the web". It does contain a wealth of
information on the field of ultralight flying.
Check flight schedules or reserve tickets. You can also learn
some background information about the company. Check out the
company's Mileage Plus program to see how you can earn free
miles.
http://www.aviation.uiuc.edu/institute/contents.html
Offers list of several aviation-related images and textual
information.
Read about museum tour times and prices as well as museum
history. Several photos of airplanes displayed in the museum are
available.
http://www2.giant.net/people/mbrown/
About 30 pictures of zeppelins including, of course, the
Hindenburg. Offers some links to other sites.
This site offers hard to find airplane parts. Control wheels,
gun sights, data plates, and stick grips are some examples of
what you can find. Check out this page if you're interested in
selling authentic relics, too.
This is a good place to look if your airplane needs servicing.
They can do several kinds of repairs as well as sell parts.
http://macwww.db.erau.edu/www_virtual_lib/aviation.html
This site covers practically every imaginable aspect of
aviation. It is a library containing links to dozens of other
related sites. This would be an excellent place to begin a search
into the area of aviation.
http://www.sae.org/ABOUT/AWARDS/wright.htm
Learn about the Wright Brothers Medal presented annually by the Society of Automotive Engineers. It recognizes the author of the best paper covering the "development, design, construction, or operation" of an aircraft or spacecraft.
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