Mike's list of recommended aviation sites:

Aeronautical Charts Online (view any current sectional)

Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM) (FAA publication)

AeroPlanner (plan, print, fly!)

Aircraft Damage Reports (SDR, NTSB, FAA info & FAA Document Index Files by Tail Number!)

Airline ID 's and Designators (ever wonder who "Speedbird" or "Big Apple" is?)

Airplane Flying Handbook (publication # FAA-H-8083-3A)

Airport & Navaid Information

Alliance for Aviation Across America

AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association)

AOPA- Air Safety Foundation (can't attend an FAA Safety Seminar? Take one online!)

AOPA - Project Pilot - (resources for student pilots and those thinking of learning to fly)

ASOS/AWOS (view current observations from any ASOS/AWOS station in the US)

ATC Live Audio (hear ATC in action!)

Aviation Instructors Handbook (publication FAA-H-8083-9)

Aviation Safety Reporting System (NASA)

Aviation Weather Services (FAA Publication AC 00-45F)

AvKids (NBAA site created just for children)

AvWeb (great aviation site!)

Civil Air Patrol (USAF Auxiliary)

Conducting an Effective Flight Review (FAA publication, a guide for the CFI and/or Pilot)

Contractions (aviation & weather contractions, aircraft designators & ID's)

EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association)

FAA AC61- 65E (a guide for Pilots, Flight/Ground Instructors & Examiners on certificate requirements)

FAA Aeromedical Training Programs for Pilots (info on altitude chamber training etc)

FAA Aeronautical Experience Checklist (for the CFI and DPE)

FAA Aircraft Certification Home Page

FAA Aviation News (FAA Safety Magazine)

FAA Aviation Safety Seminars Schedules

FAA Best-Practice Guide for Maintaining Aging General Aviation Airplanes

FAA Documents and Publications for Pilots (AC's, AD's, PTS' and more!)

FAA Eastern Region FSDOs

FAA Form 8710-1 (for use with MS Word 2000, just fill in the blanks and print)

FAA Form 8710-1 (in PDF format for use with Adobe Acrobat)

FAA IACRA site ( web based application for processing airmen applications)

FAA Industry Training Standards (FITS project)

FAA Master AD List

FAA Master STC List

FAA SAIB (Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin) Site

FAA Safety Team (FAAST) Site

FAR (Federal Aviation Regulations) (they're ALL here!)

FAR part 61 & 141 FAQ's (and ANSWERS by the FAA in Washington!)

FCC list of all AM radio stations in the USA (use with your ADF!)

FlightAware (free IFR Flight Tracker Status, Tracking, History, Graphs, and Maps)

FltPlan.com (excellent IFR flight planning)

General Aviation Serving America

Getting the Flare "Sight Picture" (article I wrote for "Flight Training" on teaching the landing flare)

Good as Gold (article I wrote for "NAFI Mentor" magazine about becoming an FAA Gold Seal CFI)

Holding Pattern Simulator (excellent training tool)

Instrument Flying handbook (publication # FAA-H-8083-15)

Instrument Procedures Handbook (publication # FAA-H-8261-1A)

Landings (another great aviation site!)

Latest National Weather Radar Image (in color)

Liveatc.net (ATC audio files let you hear your actual communications!)

NASA

NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (now you can file those forms online!)

National Aeronautic Association

National Association of Flight Instructors

Nav Monster - (flight planning, aviation weather and approach plates for pilots)

New England Air Museum

Night Flying (chapter 10 from the "Airplane Flying Handbook"- FAA-H-8083-3A)

Northeastern US Doppler radar

NOTAMS (notices to airmen)

NTSB (aviation accident reports)

Pease Intl, Portsmouth, NH , GPS 16 (the famous "Tweety" Instrument Approach Procedure)

Pilot/Controller Glossary (addendum to the AIM)

PILOT'S HANDBOOK of Aeronautical Knowledge (publication # FAA-H-8083-25)

Pinch Hitter Course (AOPA/ASF course for your non-pilot right seat companion)

Piper Tomahawk.com (everything you wanted to know about the PA-38-112)

Piper Tomahawk Club (International Piper Tomahawk Club)

Plane Sense (publication # FAA-H-8083-19 about aircraft ownership)

Renewing your CFI Certificate...There's More? (article I wrote for "NAFI Mentor" magazine)

Rules for Flight

Solo Flight Requirements

Student Pilot's Guide (publication # FAA-H-8083-27A, info & FAQ's on General Aviation)

Sun Rise/Set & Civil Twilight Tables (get the exact times for your location)

Transition to Complex & High Performance Airplanes (chapter 11 from the "Airplane Flying Handbook"- FAA-H-8083-3A)

Transition to Multiengine Airplanes (chapter 12 from the "Airplane Flying Handbook"- FAA-H-8083-3A)

Transportation Security Administration (Flight School Awarness Training)

U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission (info on the 100th anniversary of powered flight)

U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security - Transportation Security Administration

VOR Simulator (great training tool)

Written Test Results (compare your FAA Knowledge Test scores to the national average)

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