Aviation Resources
Aviation Links
Aerolink
Aerolink is the internet's premier commercial aviation link directory. Has almost 10,000 website links organized in 486 categories.
URL: http://www.aerolink.com/
Air Disaster
Air Distaster dot com is a must see website for every airline passenger, hosts an airliner accident photo gallery, public discussion forums,and a comprehensive daily news service.
URL: http://www.airdisaster.com/
Air Safe
Air Safe provides useful information, news and insights for the airline customer. Includes security information, fatalities if different regions and data analysis.
URL: http://www.airsafe.com/
Air Traffic Control Associal - ATCA
The Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) is a professional organization dedicated to progress in the science of air traffic control since 1956. Offers quarterly journal, events, news, scholarships etc.
URL: http://www.atca.org/
Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association - AOPA
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) is the largest, most influential aviation association in the world. Provides member services that range from representation at the federal, state and local levels to legal services and advice.
URL: http://www.aopa.org/
Aircraft Statistics
On Aircraft Statistics, provided by OAG, a chart provides various information from aircraft type, number of engines, span length, weight, passenger capacity, pay load, cruising speed, range miles, etc.
URL: http://www.oag.com/NorthAmerica/airlineandairport/aircraftstatistics.asp
Airnet
AirNet is a premium air transportation service company. AirNet provides transportation solutions for customers in over 100 cities nationwide and, using our same-day service, in every zip code in the country.
URL: http://www.airnet.com/
Airpics
Airpics.com contains databases with aircraft information, IATA/ICAO codes, Boeing customer codes, country codes, and thousands of pictures by hundreds of various photographers.
URL: http://www1.airpics.com/
American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials - AASHTO
The American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is a non-profit, no partisan association representing all five transportation modes; air, highways, public transportation, rail and water in the 50 states, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
URL: http://www.transportation1.org/aashtonew/
American National Standards Institute - ANSI
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a non-profit organization that administers and coordinates the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system. Library and databases are available as well as list of services, standards information, events and membership.
URL: http://www.ansi.org/
American Society of Safety Engineers - ASSE
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) was founded in 1911, this is the oldest and largest professional safety organization. Its members manage, supervise, and consult on safety, health and environmental issues in industry, insurance, government and education.
URL: http://www.asse.org/
American Society for Testing Materials - ASTM
The American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) provides a global forum for the development and publication of voluntary consensus standards for materials, products, systems and services. ASTM standards serve as the basis for manufacturing, procurement and regulatory activities.
URL: http://www.astm.org/
Aviation - Animation
Aviation Animation is the internet's largest depository of aviation animations. Custom works available.
URL: http://avanimation.avsupport.com/
Aviation Consumer Protection
The Aviation Consumer Protection site, from the U.S. Department of Transportation, offers travel tips and publications, an air travel consumer report (flight delays, mishandled baggage, over sales), complaint processing information, and airline customer service plans.
URL: http://airconsumer.ost.dot.gov/
Aviation Directory
With Aviation Directory find over 12,000 aviation businesses and GA services listed for pilots, charter services and dispatchers, with over 900 categories, a Airport/Facility Directory, hotels, restaurants, and ground transportation listings.
URL: http://www.aviationdirectory.com/
Aviation Safety Network
With Aviation Safety Network find up to date, complete and reliable information on airliner accidents and safety issues.
URL: http://aviation-safety.net/index.php
Avitop.com
Avitop.com is Aviation's resource for the Aviation community. Aviation Top 100 boasts of 8000+ indexed and searchable links, buy and sell aircraft, N-number search, and much more.
URL: http://www.avitop.com/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics - "Research and Innovative Technology Administration" (RITA)
The BTS's Research and Innovative Technology Administration gives access to data collection, analysis, and reporting and ensures the most cost-effective use of transportation-monitoring resources. BTS also brings a greater degree of coordination, comparability, and quality standards to transportation data, and to fill important gaps.
URL: http://www.bts.gov/programs/airline_information/
Center for Transportation Analysis - CTA
The Center for Transportation Analysis (CTA) in the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) develops integrated inter-modal transportation solutions through innovative and cost-effective research and development.
URL: http://cta.ornl.gov/cta/
Civil Aviation Registry - Flight Standards Service from the FAA
The Civil Aviation Registry is responsible for developing, maintaining, and operating national programs for the registration of United States civil aircraft and certification of airmen.
URL: http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/offices/afs/afs700/
Department of Transportation - DOT
The US Department of Transportatin (DOT) delivers information about the department's organizations, their initiatives, reports and publications, also has related links and library resources.
URL: http://www.dot.gov/new/index.htm
EAA
Official Home of EAA Experimental Aircraft Association (EEA) - The Leader in Recreational Aviation - an international 170,000-member organization encouraging and supporting recreational and sport aviation.
URL: http://www.eaa.org/
Environmental Protection Agency - EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for protecting human health and to safeguard the natural environment. Browse site to find info on laws and regulations, educational resources, and programs.
URL: http://www.epa.gov/
Federal Aviation Administration - FAA
The public online resource for the Federal Aviation Administration, an operating mode of the Department of Transportation.
URL: http://www.faa.gov/
Flight Safety Foundation
The Flight Safety Foundation is a non-profit international organization that provides a forum where the aviation industry can meet in a non-competitive environment to identify safety concerns, determine solutions, implement ideas and actions to improve safety.
URL: http://www.flightsafety.org/
Globemaster - U.S. Military Aviation Database
Globemaster's Military Aviation includes information for Airforce, Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Gaurd. 420 military bases, 1700 units, 4200 links, 6000 abbreviations, tail codes, search engines and AirExtreme Gallery.
URL: http://www.globemaster.de/
Head Protection Research Laboratory
The Head Protection Research Laboratory (HPRL) is a scientific laboratory located in the southwest part of Los Angeles with extensive equipment for the testing and evaluation of various forms of head protection equipment. Every week, HPRL tests, analyzes and evaluates dozens of motorcycle helmets, bicycle helmets, aviation helmets, industrial safety helmets and various related sports equipment. In addition, HPRL conducts specialized research on motorcycle accidents with major research projects in Europe and Asia. Comprehensive research files are maintained on thousands of motorcycle accidents, bicycle accidents and the detailed autopsy procedures to determine head and neck injuries in fatal accidents.
URL: http://www.hprl.org/
How Stuff Works - Airplane
How Stuff Works - Airplanes is an illustrated guide to the many parts of an airplane, with photographs and animations.
URL: http://www.howstuffworks.com/airplane.htm
Inside Flyer Magazine
InsideFlyer Magazine is dedicated solely to frequent travelers, Inside Flyer provides time sensitive airline, hotel, car rental. and affinity credit card program information.
URL: http://www.insideflyer.com/
International Air Transport Association - IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is a trade association whose efforts are to ensure that people, freight and mail can move around the global airline network easily. Also that members' aircraft can operate safely, securely, efficiently and economically under clearly defined and understood rules. This site includes and extensive list of aviation links.
URL: http://www.iata.org/index.htm
International Association of Air Travel Couriers
The International Association of Air Travel Couriers is a resource for travel reports, blogs, and news, but also find membership information, airline information, delays and fares.
URL: http://www.courier.org/
International Civil Aviation Organization
The International Civil Aviation Organization site includes the ICAO Journal, ICAO Air Navigation Bureau and the ICAO Legal Bureau. The Air Navigation Bureau develops technical studies for the Air Navigation Commission and recommends standards and practices related to safety, regularity and efficiency of international air navigation.
URL: http://www.icao.int/
Johnny Jet.com
JohnnyJet.com is a comprehensive travel portal with links to just about everything having to do with travel.
URL: http://www.johnnyjet.com/home.asp
Landings
Landings.com is an aviation meeting place featuring aviation news and up to date aviation databases.
URL: http://www.landings.com/
National Aviation Space Administration - NASA
NASA homepage.
URL: http://www.nasa.gov/
National Transportation Safety Board - NTSB
[From the site:] The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent Federal agency charged by Congress with investigating every civil aviation accident in the United States and significant accidents in the other modes of transportation -- railroad, highway, marine and pipeline -- and issuing safety recommendations aimed at preventing future accidents.
URL: http://www.ntsb.gov/
Plane Crash Info.Com
Planecrashinfo.com contains a database of over 5,200 (as of this writing) aviation accidents including passenger, military, and helicopter accidents. Also, worst 100 accidents, photos, CVRs, statistics and more.
URL: http://www.planecrashinfo.com/
Safe Skies International
Safe Skies International exists to educate and inform the flying public and to provide professional insight to the safety systems inherent in aviation.
URL: http://www.safe-skies.com/
Satellite Active Archive - USDOC/NOAA/National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Satellites
NOAA's Satellite Active Archive (SAA), is a digital library of real-time and historical satellite data from NOAA's Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites.
URL: http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/satellites.html
The Seaplane Pilots Association
The Seaplane Pilots Association's web site has everything anyone would want to know as a seaplane pilot, owner, student, or flight enthusiast.
URL: http://www.seaplanes.org/
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is delivering on its commitment to leverage new technology to secure the nation’s airports and other modes of transportation.
URL: http://www.tsa.gov/
TranStats (U.S. Department of Transportation's [DOT] Intermodal Transportation Database
The Transtats page of the Bureau ofTransportation Statistics Office - Locate data and statistics regarding air, road, and rail transportation.
URL: http://www.transtats.bts.gov/
Air Transport for Healthcare Patients
Air Care Alliance
The Air Care Alliance Listing of Groups shows all the air carriers known to be affiliated with health and patient care. Also lists those who transport rescued animals.
URL: http://www.aircareall.org/listings.htm
Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic
Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic is a non-profit organization serving patients in need and their families.
URL: http://www.angelflightmidatlantic.org/
ANGEL FLIGHT, INC
Angel Flight is a 100% volunteer non-profit organization which arranges free private aircraft transportation to patients seeking specialized medical treatment.
URL: http://www.angelflight.com/
Corporate Angel Network
Corporate Angel Network provides free transportation to cancer patients to and from treatment centers using the empty seats of corporate jets. Corporate, patient and volunteer information available.
URL: http://www.corpangelnetwork.org/
Hospice Angel Flight
[From the site:] Hospice Angel Flight to ensure that no financially-needy senior citizen or hospice patient is denied access to distant specialized medical evaluation, diagnosis or treatment for lack of a means of long-distance medical air transportation.
URL: http://www.hospiceangelflight.org/
Virtual Flight Surgeons, Inc.
Virtual Flight Surgeons, Inc. provides confidential support with Pilot FAA Medical Certification and assistance information as well as many related links on medicine, health etc.
URL: http://aviationmedicine.com
Aerial Photography
The 111th Aerial Photography Squadron
The 111th Aerial Photography Squadron of California specializes in high and low altitude aerial glamour photography and broadcast quality aerial video shooting from helicopter and fixed wing aircrafts. Specializes in landscapes and aerial architectural portraiture.
URL: http://www.the111th.com/
Aerial Cinematography
Aerial Cinematography offers a unique and exciting aspect of motion picture photography, combining camera and aircraft to create stunning aerial images that lend impact to features, commercials or music video productions.
URL: http://www.aerialcinematography.com/
Blue Sky Aerials
Blue Sky Aerials is a full service film, video production rental company specializing in aerial cinematography.
URL: http://www.aerialimage.com/
Aviation Education
InfoUse's PlaneMath
PlaneMath, a place to learn cool things about math and aeronautics. Contains activities and lessons for grades 4-8.
URL: http://www.planemath.com/
National Aviation and Space Education Alliance
The National Aviation and Space Educastion Alliance (NASEA) - "Supporting State Aviation and Space Education Programs" on local and state levels. Read about its goals, programs, check out resources and recent news.
URL: http://www.nasea.org/
National Coalition for Aviation Education
The National Coalition for Aviation Education represents government, industry and labor, united to promote aviation education activities and resources; and support education initiatives at local, state and national levels. Includes a comprehensive NCAE guide to resources available from more than 50 national education programs.
URL: http://www.aviationeducation.org/
