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From airlines to ultra lights, here is a list of information sources for aviation enthusiasts.
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DESPITE THE tragedy of September 11, quite a few youngsters are still enthusiastic about opting for aviation as their career. For their benefit, given below are some websites on aircraft, their history, airplanes, jets and warplanes that cater for every aviation interest you can think of.
Also check out the history of aircraft, see photographs and read articles about the planes used during the World War II.
Airliners
http://www.airliners.net: Airliners.net is the premier aviation site on the Internet hosting the biggest aviation photo database in the world with over 200,000 shots online.
It also has everything from airline management to frequent air travellers to aviation enthusiasts.
Kitplanes
http://www.kitplanes.com: Magazine for the homebuilding enthusiast. Exceptionally well-presented information about aircraft.
Read many articles and features available online like the history of the aircraft, its aerodynamic design and powerful engines.
Combat aircraft
www.combataircraft.com: Provides information, drawings and photographs of international combat aircraft. Also has roundels and fin flashes from around the world, for anyone keen to identify planes from even the most obscure of the world's air forces.
Pilot shack
http://www.pilotshack.com: The one-stop place to services, products, links and other interesting aviation and travel information. The website provides information to aviation professionals, enthusiasts, and anyone interested in aviation.
Thirty thousand feet
http://member.newsguy.com/{cedil}ericmax/: Thirty thousand feet is an aviation directory with thousands of links to web pages, aviation news, FAQs, newsgroups, and other sources of commercial, military, and general aviation information.
Plane mechanic
http://www.planemechanic.com: A ring for anything related to aviation, aerospace, planes and things that fly! The site features images, model planes, stories, commercial sites, museums all related to aircraft/airplanes/jets. Planes, jets, helicopters, rockets, RC planes, models - anything that can fly.
Women in Aviation International
http://www.wiai.org: WAI is a non-profit organisation dedicated to the encouragement and advancement of women in all aviation career fields and interests. WAI provides year-round resources to assist women in aviation and to encourage young women to consider aviation as a career, and also offers educational outreach programmes to educators, aviation industry members and the young.
TGL planes
www.tgplanes.com: Extremely comprehensive, although visually unattractive, this website is dedicated to World War II aircraft. Find out about the planes, examine photographs and read reports on the air battles.
The aviation zone
http://www.theaviationzone.com: A comprehensive online resource for military transports, aerial tankers and so on. This site contains over 2,700 high-quality photo images, detailed fact sheets and aircraft diagrams. Read comprehensive fact sheets of aircraft, news and updates, and also find links to other aviation-related sites on the net.
The first flight
http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/wright/wriframe.html: From the Wrights to Concorde and the Space Shuttle - so much has happened in the first 100 years of powered flight. Dig into that rich history and find out how the first flight was made. Find original writings by Orville Wright.
AYYAPPA NAGUBANDI
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