Interesting & Useful Links

The following is a list of aviation-related links you might find useful or interesting, or that members have recommended. Where possible, links will be annotated to make them more useful to casual browsers. Also check out the "Site Of The Month" link with a mini-review of good (or interesting -- whatever) sites I have stumbled over in the previous weeks, or that have been recommended to me by members.

Aviation Hubs

Aerolink, a compendium of aviation links
Air Passion, international airport webcams, live ATC, French/Eng.
The Aviation Directory, aviation only search engine
Aviation@Landings: Aviation's Busiest Hub in Cyberspace

Weather

DUATS Weather from GTE, on-line weather, free Cirrus software
DUATS from DTC
Real-time West Coast Weather Satellite Image
Pacific Northwest Aviation Weather, metars, maps, etc.
PilotWeather: DUATS, maps, etc.  Nicely done.
Sun and Moon Data: when IS the end of civil twilight?

Useful Stuff for Pilots

AeroPlanner.com,  view NOS sectional charts online, query FAA navigation databases, plot routes based on airports and navaids, and print tripticks and store log information.
AirNav: detailed aeronautical information on airports and navaids
AirNav's fuel prices page -- a good resource for checking fuel prices before you fly to some remote place that charge $4.50 per gallon...
The Flight Deck: info on airports, navaids, hotels, restaurants, etc
Airport Taxiway Diagrams: from AOPA
Certified Flight Instructor Search
Dauntless Software: free FAA test prep software and more
Flying Club Database , but why look for another one?
Kipp's FAA Written Test Preparation Page, nicely done, fun.
Flight Physical.com, database of FAA Medical Examiners

Organizations

AOPA Online
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Bay TRACON
ACI -- Airports Council International -- airport traffic page. Ever wondered what was the busiest cargo airport in the world? Or where Oakland stands in terms of aircraft movements (8th busiest in the world...)? Get yer official stats here...

Miscellaneous

Aircraft Shopper Online
Aviation Museum Locator
Avstop Magazine Online, aviation news, history, general aviation information, stories of interest, legal research tools, etc.
AVweb, The Internet's Aviation Magazine and News Service
BayFlyer, a SJC pilot's website, with links, destination reviews, trips
Bay Avionics, Inc.
First Flight to Checkride: AAC member Hamish Reid's account of learning to fly here.
Golden Age of Aviation eZine: articles, photos
Gene Whitt's website: a treasure trove of tips, lessons, aviation data, history, etc.
Joe Campbell's "Diary of an IFR Ticket", an entertaining diary of a local (Hayward) flyer's struggle to get an IFR rating by flying 52 hours in 18 days spread over three weeks in 1993.
Zdravko's Flying Pages, good local flying page, lots of photos of various trips
John Booth's Automated Reservation System for Aircraft (ARSA) -- a very stable, very useable, and very well-supported automated aircraft reservation system well-suited to club use..