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Aerospace / Defense / Airline / General:  Aviation Now, AOPA News in Review, AVweb, General Aviation News, Aero-News.net, Private Pilot News, ComPilots Aviation News & Portal, AirportBusiness.com, Airline-News.com, Alta Vista Airline news, Airline Headlines, Aero Online, Yahoo Aviation & Aerospace, FlightGlobal, Air Cargo World, Financial Times Aerospace Military: DoD, USAF, Military.com Aviation Safety:  AirlineSafety.com, Flight Safety Foundation, Int'l Soc. Air Safety Investigators, Air Safety Online, Aviation Safety Network, Airsafe, AirSafety.com, Airdisaster.com, 1001Crash.com Aviation Security: Passenger Cargo Security Group, Airline Pilots Security Alliance, Secondary Screening, Barker & Associates (General Aviation Security Training), Mobile Video Surveillance system  Space:  NASA news, Mars Rovers, Saturn Cassini Huygens, Jet Propulsion Lab, NASA Kids, SpaceX, Scaled Composites, Virgin Galactic, MSNBC Space News

   

Other World News

General: Fox News, WorldNetDaily, NewsMax.com, Washington Times, National Review Online, CNN, ABC, MSNBC, CBS, NPR, Time, Newsweek, NYTimes, Washington Post, AP Breaking News World:  International Herald Tribune, London Telegraph,  London Times,  CNN International, BBC Business: Fox News Business, Fortune, WSJ, MSNBC, Financial Times, Economist, London Times Business War / Sept. 11: Stars & Stripes, CNN, Yahoo Afghanistan, Yahoo Iraq, Yahoo Terrorism, London Telegraph, Washington Post, Web archive Sports:  ESPN, CNNSI, BBC, More...

  

Weather & Travel

Weather: Weather Channel Africa Europe N. Asia S. Asia N. America S. America C. America Australia Enter world city or US Zip Satellite Images: Colorado State Aviation Weather: NOAA Weather Briefing, NOAA Aviation Weather Center, IFR/VFR map, FBOWeb, FAA DUAT (pilots only), Metar data, NEXRAD radar links, Texas A&M METAR, Weather Calculators, Accuweather, Unisys Flight Delays: FAA Delay map, FAA Airport Delay Status, Weather.com's Airport Weather Impact map Flight Status: OAG, Google Flight & Weather info, FlightArrivals.com Airline Reservation Numbers & Websites: Airlines, Air Transport World links Destinations:  Jetski rental at Lake Havasu; Forest Service Campgrounds Travel Planning:  Expedia, Priceline, Travelocity, Orbitz, Hotwire, OneTravel, USAHotelGuide.com Your-TravelSite.com, Vacation Ideas & Tips, Access Italy, "Wicked London" visitors' guide, Rome car hire service from www.skycars.com

  

Key Aviation Organizations

International: Int'l Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Misc. Trade Associations: American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Aerospace Industries Association, SAE, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), American Institute of Physics (AIP), American Chemical Society Air Transport & Regionals: ATA, IATA, ATAC, BATA, RAA, ACI, AIA, CANSO Business: NBAA,  General Aviation: , AOPA, Experimental Aircraft Assoc. General Aviation Manufacturers's Assoc. Military: DARPA, Nav Air Weapons, USN, USAF, DTIC, GAO Military Pilot Groups: United Pilots Association, USAirline Pilots, Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations (CAPA), Allied Pilots Association, SWAPA, IPA

  

Aerospace Suppliers

Engines: Pratt&Whitney, GE, GE-Honda, Int'l Aero Engines, CFM, Rolls-Royce, Snecma military, Snecma civil, Turbomeca, Williams, Lycoming, Teledyne-Continental   Electronics OEMs: Honeywell, Bendix/King, Rockwell Collins, Thales-Sextant, Garmin Components & Airframe OEMs: Honeywell, Hamilton Sundstrand, Goodrich,  Northrup-Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Messier, RBC Bearings  Many more... MarketPlaces / Parts Locators: ILS, Aeroxchange, Partsbase, PartsLogistics.com, Tradeair, Aero Online, DatAccess.net, AirResearch STC/PMA Database Supply chain / software: DataSheetDirect.com, ESIS, CDG, Avtrak Leasing/Financing/Trading:  Int'l Soc. of Transport Aircraft Trading, GECAS, Boeing Finance, Int'l Lease Finance Corp., AOPA Finance, Aviation Capital Group Aftermarket & Repair:  AAR, Aviall, Volvo, Memphis Group, Tracer, Source One, Honeywwell, Boeing Direct, Heico, AirLiance, Messier,  StarterGenerator.com, Airline Industry Update, eBay,  More spares sources Ground Support Equipment:  Lectro towbarless electric tugs Aerospace Supplier Reference:  Business.com Listings, Aircraft Interiors Online

  

Engineering

Mechanical / Aerospace: Dictionary of Terms for Aerospace Use (NASA),Engineering Fundamentals, SAE, iCrank, Materials (MatWeb),  EEVL Engineering, Math & Computing Guide, Aerodynamics Calculator, Fluid and Solid Mechanics links, NASA Technical Reports Server, Applied Aerodynamics (Demo Version), Orbital Calculators, Engineering Techincal Data Reference Tables links, Unit Conversion Factors, Physical Properties of Materials, Engineering Books (Amazon) Chemical: Links to Chemical Technology Journals, Periodic Table Electronics:  Electronics Design, Chip Center, GPSWorld, more... Organizations:  ASME, AIAA, PAMA, SAE, more...

  

Aviation Enthusiast

Aircraft Images:  USAF, USN, Airliners.net, JetPhotos.net, Aerosite, Aviation Zone, Zap16, Airshowpics, Airshow Action, Airshow Report,  Milairpix, Warbird Heritage Foundation Space Images: JPL images, NASA Liftoff, NASA images, NASA ISS and Satellite Tracking Home, NASA Space Station Tracker, NASA 3-D Satellite Tracking (fun), More... Compendiums: Airliners.net,  Sky Corner, Aeroflight, Aviation Books, Airships, Aviation Enthusiast Corner, Aviation Online Australia and New Zealand Pilot Shops:  Pilot shop directory History: Fighter Planes, LostBirds, Air Britain,  Golden Age, NASA history Museums: Smithsonian, Seattle Museum of Flight, MidAtlantic Air Museum, Canadian, Canadian bushplanes Aerobatics:  Blue Angels, Thunderbirds, FAI, Federations  Ballooning: FAI, Federations, More... Fun:  Encyclopedia Astronautica, Space Shuttle Reference Manual, DFW ATC, Flight Story--Int'l Aviation Story database, Hurricane Hunter, Flight Deck Sims, Flight Sims, Space Weather, Population Clocks, Aviation quotes Books: The Aviation Book

  

Aviation Services

Charter and Fractional Ownership companies:   Tradewind Aviation--New England and Caribbean, Jets International, NetJets, Flight Options, CitationShares, Private Jet Services Group, Private Jet Specialist FBOs and FBO Services:   Sky-Nets.com free wireless at FBOs

  

Flight Schools

Flight Schools and Link lists:   FlightSchoolList.com, Florida Institute of Technology, Midway Aviators.com, Silver State Helicopters Learning to Fly:  Learn-To-Fly.biz,

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Statistics: US Statistics, World Statistics, US Census, CIA World Factbook, Library of Congress, State Stats, US info, List of Lists

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Aviation Jobs

General: Monster, Job Bank, Hotjobs, BrilliantPeople, JobSearchUSA

Engineering: Engineering Central

Aviation Specific: Avjobs, NationJob, JS Firm, AEPS, Aviation Employment,  Spacejobs, AviationCareer, AVCanada, AviationJobs, AeroIndustryJobs,  Findapilot, Planejobs, Search US Airmen, The Aviation Manpower Directory, more...

Aviation Calendars

   AOPA's Calendar page, AeroVents.com, TSC aviation trade shows and conferences

US Airlines:  AirTran, Alaska, Allegiant, Aloha, American, America West, Continental, Delta, Frontier, Northwest, Southwest, Spirit, Sun Country, Ted (United), USAirways, United, Airline Profiles

US Regionals: Air Wisconsin, American Eagle, ASA, Cape Air, Chalks, Colgan, Comair, Continental Express, Great Lakes, Horizon, Mesa, Mesaba, PSA, SkyWest, Other Regionals, European, Airline Profiles

Non-US Airlines:  Aer Lingus, Aeroflot, Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air China, Air France, Air India, Air Jamaica, Air New Zealand, Alitalia, All Nippon, Austrian, Avianca, British Airways, British Midland, BWIA, Cathay Pacific, Cayman Airways, China Airlines, EasyJet, Egypt Air,
El Al, Emirates, Japan, Iberia, IcelandAir, Indian, KLM, Korean, Kuwait, LanChile, Lufthansa, Mexicana, Olympic, Qantas, SAS, South African, Swiss, TACA, Varig,Virgin Atlantic, More..., Airline Profiles

Cargo:  Airborne, Atlas, BAX, DHL, Emery, Evergreen, Fedex, Polar, UPS, Air Cargo World Directory, Others...

Airline Reference:  2-Letter Codes, On-time data, Air Traffic Control, DOT consumer reports, Airline logos

Airline Safety:  AviationSafety.net, Accidents, Safety incidents by aircraft, Incidents by airline, PlaneCrashInfo.com, Ramp Safety 

Aircraft Mfg:  Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier, Embraer, BAE, Saab, Fairchild-Dornier

Aircraft: B707, B717, B727-100, -200, B737-100/200, -300, -400, -500, -600/700, -800/900, B747-100/200, -300, -400, 747SP, 757-200, -300, 767-200, -300, 400ER, 777-200, -300,  

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A319, A320, A321, A330-200, -300, A340-200/300, -500/600, A380, L1011, Concorde, Saab2000, Avro RJ70, ERJ-145, Brasilia,  CRJ100/200, CRJ700, F70, F100, others, another source

Fleet census: Summary,  Detail, Air Transport Data Bank, 

Safety History by Model:  Aviation Safety Net, Airsafe, 

ATC: ATC sites

US Tail Number Lookup:   Landings, FAA Aircraft Registration

World Registrations:  Landings

Business Aviation

Fixed Wing Aircraft Mfg:  Dassault, Gulfstream, Raytheon, Bombardier, Cessna, Eclipse, Adam Aircraft, HondaJet, New Piper Aircraft, PiperJet

Helicopters: Eurocopter, Bell/Textron, Boeing Canard/Rotary Wing, Sikorsky

Aircraft:  G-II/III, G-IV, G-V, Horizon, Hawker 800, Lear 20's, Lear 30's, Lear 45, Lear 55/60, Falcon 50, Falcon 900, Falcon 2000, Citation III/VI/VII, Citation V, Citation X, Sovereign, Challenger, Continental, Global Express, others...

Fractional Ownership: Netjets, Flight Options, Citation Shares, Avolar, Flexjet, others...

Aircraft Sales: Trade-A-Plane, AircraftDealers.net, Controller.com, Aviator Sale, AV Buyer, Avicor (acquisition advisors), Wild Blue LLC aircraft sales, The Aircraft Exchange, Jet Advisors

General Aviation

Fixed Wing Aircraft Mfg: Cessna, Commander, Diamond, Piper, Beechcraft, Cirrus, Lance-Air, Glasair  

Helicopters: Eurocopter, Bell/Textron, Sikorsky

Airports:  Detailed Airport Info, Landings Airport info,  FBOweb, Airport Guide, World Aero Data, FBOs, Airport Fuel Prices, Hangar Info, Pilot Wait Time

Flight Planning:  FAA Free DUAT (pilots only)

Reference: Flight, Flight Planning Resources, Training, Aircraft Partnership, Palm Pilot Apps, Aviation Formulas, FAA AIM, Learn to Fly, FAA Exam Prep,  WorldBeechcraft, Pilot shops

Aircraft Sales: Trade-A-Plane, AircraftDealers.net, Controller.com, Aviator Sale, AV Buyer, Avicor (acquisition advisors)

Defense and Government

Aircraft Mfg:  LockheedMartin, NorthropGrumman, Boeing, General Dynamics

US Aircraft: B1, B2, B52, EA6B, A10, AV8B, F117, F14, F15, F16, F18, JSF, C5, C17, C130, C135, C141, KC130, KC135, E2, E3, UH1, SH2, SH3, H47, AH1, AH64, UH60, others...

Other Countries' Aircraft: here

Aircraft Reference: Globemaster, Joe Baugher, FAS, USN,  Logistics costs, Accidents, Janes

Aircraft-dedicated sites:  F-16

Budgets: USAF, USN, NASA

Gov. Links: USN, USAF, DTIC, GAO, Contractor Rankings