WEB SITES ON AVIATION

List of Airlines Where The Airline Pilots Association Backs Up Pilots on Safety Issues.

ALPA (Airline Pilots Association)

http://www.alpa.org/Default.aspx?tabid=183

The American Airlines Pilots’ Union

www.alliedpilots.org

The Southwest Pilots’ Union

http://www.swapa.org/

Comprehensive List Of US Airlines With Unions

http://www.shopunionmade.com/subcategory.jsp?parentCat=151&subMenuId=152

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What you can and cannot carry onboard of put in your luggage

http://www.tsa.gov/public/display?theme=177

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Boeing on Flight Safety

http://www.boeing.com/commercial/safety/flash.html

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Boeing Aircraft Photos

http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/gallery/

Canadian Regional Jet Photos

http://www.bombardier.com/index.jsp?id=3_0〈=en&file=/en/3_0/3_0_1_6.html

Embraer Regional Jet Photos

http://www.embraer.com/

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Clear Air Turbulence Forecasts

(note that turbulence changes from hour to hour, and forecasts are not very helpful, so pilots normally depend upon what they hear on the radio from other pilots rather than forecasts)

www.fearofflying.com (click on message board; then on Tracking Forum)

http://orbit35i.nesdis.noaa.gov/arad/fpdt/tifcsts.html

http://orbit35i.nesdis.noaa.gov/arad/fpdt/tidaily/TIETA6.GIF

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Real Time Weather Info

www.fearofflying.com (click on message board; then on Tracking Forum)

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/other.html

Aviation Weather

http://www.flyaow.com/viewer.cgi?iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/iwdspg1.html

CNN Weather

http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/

Aviation Weather (Government Site)

http://aviationweather.gov/

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Jetlag Calculator

http://www.bodyclock.com/

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Pratt and Whitney Features

http://www.pratt-whitney.com/3b/html/features_soaring.html

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Aviation Now (News)

http://www.aviationnow.com/

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Information Of Many Kinds

http://www.airliners.net

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Great Circle Route

Shows the shortest route between airports.

http://gc.kls2.com/

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Airline Seating Charts

(Try to avoid seats in the rear of the plane which moves around more than any other part of the plane in turbulence; bests seats for turbulence are near the wing and forward of the wing.)

http://airtravel.about.com/cs/seatmaps/?PM=ss12_airtravel

http://www.seatguru.com/

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How Airplanes Work

http://www.howstuffworks.com/airplane.htm

How Airports Work

http://www.howstuffworks.com/airport.htm

How Flight Controls and Wings Work (NASA)

http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/elv.html

http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/alr.html

http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/rud.html

http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/spoil.html

http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/flap.html

http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/stablator.html

http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/lift2.html

http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/incline.html

The above pages are listed on:

http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/short.html

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Hurricane Hunters

Your airliner is built the same as those flying in hurricanes

http://www.hurricanehunters.com/welcome.htm

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A Source Of Info On Safety Of Travel In Various Countries

http://www.passportinfo.com/gbooks/ijet.htm

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Photos Of Airline Meals

http://www.airlinemeals.net/

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Tracking Flights In The Air

www.fearofflying.com (click on message board; then on Tracking Forum)

www.flytecomm.com

http://www.trip.com/trs/trip/flighttracker/flight_tracker_home.xsl

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FAA Home Page

http://www1.faa.gov/

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FAA Airport Status (check weather and delays)

http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyFAA/index.html

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A Photo From Space That Is Amazing

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg

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A Message Board Of Comments From Passengers On Airline Service

www.airlinequality.com/Forum/seats.htm

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Web Cameras At Airports

http://www.leonardsworlds.com/airports/airframe.html

Airport Web Sites

Atlanta – www.atlanta-airport.com

Dallas-Fort Worth – www.dfwairport.com

Chicago – www.ohare.com

Denver – www.flydenver.com

Las Vegas – www.mccarran.com

Los Angeles – www.lawa.org)

Minneapolis St. Paul – www.mspairport.com

New York – www.panynj.gov/aviation.html

San Francisco – www.flysfo.com

Listening In On Air Traffic Control

www.gate52.com

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Various Aviation Videos

http://www.flightlevel350.com/

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SOAR Web Site, Message Board, and Wednesday Night Chat

www.fearofflying.com

click on message board or chat

Chat is at 9 until 11 PM every Wednesday night Eastern Time (New York Time)

SOAR Phone Numbers

For SOAR Video Course on DVD and SOAR Guaranteed Program information call Lisa Hauptner MS CASAC at (800) 332-7359 or 914 763-9603, or email: lisa@fearofflying.com

For Immediate Help for an upcoming flight or to schedule counseling

call Capt. Tom Bunn MSW LCSW at (877) 332-7359 or (203) 258-4803

email: tom@fearofflying.com

 

 

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