Links of Interest

Links of Interest.

FAA Regulations:

PART 1—DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS

PART 43—MAINTENANCE, PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, REBUILDING, AND ALTERATION

PART 61—CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, AND GROUND INSTRUCTORS

PART 91—GENERAL OPERATING AND FLIGHT RULES

 

FAA Handbooks:

We have compiled several FAA publication into Adobe PDF’s for download to your
computer. 

Student Pilot Guide  (245kb)

Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge  (59mb)

Instrument Flying Handbook  (37mb)

Instrument Procedures Handbook  (18.5 mb)

Plane Sense  (16.1mb)

 


CSC DUATS

www.duats.com

This is the site for Web-based preflight briefings. File and change flight plans online. It also includes basic flight planning and weather graphics—including current conditions, NEXRAD radar, satellite imagery and aviation forecasts. It also offers TFRs and NOTAMs, available in both text and graphic form.

 

NOAA National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center

www.aviationweather.gov

It’s the official source for aviation weather. It includes AIRMETS, SIGMETS (domestic and international), prognostic charts, PIREPs, surface observations, RADAR and satellite imagery—all free of charge. New products include icing and turbulence forecasts. It also has links to an Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS) experimental site with products including combination radar intensity and cloud tops chart, graphical METARS, TAFS and PIREPs, convective forecasts and more.

 

NOAA NWS AWC Aviation Digital Data Service

www.aviationweather.gov/adds

It’s one of the best, aviation weather sites, offering text, digital and graphical forecasts, and weather analyses. It’s a joint effort of NCAR Research Applications Program (RAP), NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL) and the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Aviation Weather Center (AWC).

Barnstormers

www.barnstormers.com

Barnstormers.com offers free classified ads for experimental aircraft, homebuilt aircraft, ultralights, vintage aircraft, warbirds, jets, turbo props, twin and single engine aircraft, and helicopters. Thousands of new and used aircraft and parts available on the world’s busiest aviation site.

 

Trade-A-Plane

www.trade-a-plane.com

Trade-A-Plane, available in both printed form and on the Internet is published three times a month. Online, Trade-A-Plane’s database provides users with information about hundreds of aircraft for sale and parts and services available.

 

Controller

www.controller.com

Controller is your headquarters for used aircraft and detailed aircraft for sale listings, including Beachcraft, Cessna, Piper, aircraft, Boeing aircraft, Cessna for sale (featuring used Cessna) and aircraft classifieds.