Aviation Safety

FAA Aviation Safety Action Program
Airport Taxi Diagrams
Air Safety Foundation

 

Local Interest

Hayward Air Rally
Moffett Field Museum - NUQ
Hiller Aviation Museum - SQL
Western Aerospace Museum - OAK (web site may be inactive)
Wings of History Air Museum- E16
Chronology of Airport Development in Northern Santa Cruz County

 

Local Organizations

Bay Cities 99s - OAK
California Pilots Association
C.R.A.M.P.
Los Medicos Voladores - Flying Doctors
Palo Alto Airport Association
Pine Mountain Lake Aviation Association
Reid-Hillview Airport Association
San Carlos Airport Pilots Association
Santa Clara Valley 99s - SJC, RHV
West Valley Flying Club
Friends of University Airport, Davis

 

Local Government Aviation Departments

County of Santa Clara Airports Department

 

Local Airports

Carmel Valley Vintage Airfield
Half Moon Bay Airport - HAF
Hayward Airport - HWD
Oakland International Airport, general aviation - OAK
Palo Alto Airport (see pilots association above)
San Carlos Airport - SQL
Reid-Hillview Airport - RHV
San Jose International Airport - SJC
Watsonville Municipal Airport - WVI
Sacramento Country Airports

Local Fly-Ins

Golden West EAA Regional Fly-in
     at Marysville Airport
Watsonville Air Show
Airshow Network

State Aviation Issues and Legislation

Aircraft of Historical Significance Property Tax Exemption: Section 220.5

• Annotated letter in response to tax payers questions
• Sacramento County: 2009 Claim for exemption form

Associations and Agencies

FAA
NTSB
AOPA
California Flight Standards Offices

 

Learn to Fly

Be A Pilot - the GA2000 program
AOPA Learn To Fly
EAA Flying Start
National Association of Flight Instructors

 

Weather

CSC DUATS (Cirrus)
DTC DUAT Online
National Weather Service
NOAA Aviation products
Main access page to ASOS/AWOS/METAR/TAF
Graphical forecasts
WeatherNet - U of Michigan site
UCAR - A ton of weather links
Icing research information and graphics

 

Aviation Resources

ATC publications - FAA's own online version of AIM, ATC manual, NOTAM definitions and rules, and more
Airport information, fuel prices - AirNav
General aviation trends - AOPA
AVWeb - an excellent on-line magazine
Landings - a major source of aviation links and databases, including N-number and pilot search engines
Aerolink - another major source of aviation links
Summit Aviation Reference Library - a commercially available CD
FAA Aviation Maintenance Alerts - AC 43-16A
Dates of Latest Edition of NOAA Charts
Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields - an excellent history of airfields of the past. An amazing number of airfields in our own area are gone forever.

 

Alaska Flying Resources

Presentation on Alaska trip planning

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FAA Alaska Region - a GREAT site for weather, flight tips and equipment information, and a wonderful airport directory with pictures, maps, and airport information
Flying in Alaska - summary information from the Alaska Department of Transportation with trip packet ordering info
The Milepost - A travel guide listing hotels, destinations, recreation
Alaska First Flight 75th Anniversary - A fun site: see their links page
Alaska Airmen's Association - Look at their publications
Transport Canada

 

Alaska Weather
Alaska NWS Aviation Unit Home Page
Alaska NWS AAWU Graphics Page - Great "big picture" charts
NOAA Regional Headquarters
Weather Underground - Alaska
Canadian Weather Site
Environment Canada Weather Site
U of Alaska Climate Research Center
Alaska WebCams

 

Fun

The One Hundred Dollar Hamburger
The Cayman Caravan
All the Airplane Movies
A Great List of Aviation Museums
A History of Helicopters