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.