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AviationAviation or Air transport refers to the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. Aircraft, include fixed wing (airplane) and rotary wing (helicopter) types, as well as lighter than air craft such as balloons and airships (also known as dirigibles.)
Aviation can be broadly divided into three areas:
Commercial Aviation
Commercial air transport is offered by airlines, companies such as American Airlines, British Airways, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines or Cargolux, operating passenger or cargo flights.
General Aviation
General Aviation is a term comprising all of aviation other than military and scheduled air transport (airlines), and includes privately owned aircraft, charter services, business owned aircraft, such as "bizjets," and many more types of working aircraft that are not, strictly speaking, for transportation. General aviation (GA), contrary to popular opinion, is not exclusively non-commercial. Although a large part of General Aviation consists of recreational flying, an equally large part involves important, commercial activities. These include flight training, shipping, surveying, agricultural application, air taxi, charter passenger service, corporate flying, emergency transport, police, firefighting and more. Ultralights are increasingly becoming a part of the highly regularised civil aviation system, and are often considered a part of general aviation.
Military Aviation
Military aviation includes combat activities as well as flight missions that support military activities.
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Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS)
Comprehensive user-friendly aviation weather graphics including icing, turbulence, and convection. Also includes a "Flight Path Tool" for pilots.
http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/
Aviation Weather Center
The National Weather Service's aviation weather site with official forecast products as well as experimental products.
http://aviationweather.noaa.gov/
Enflight
Obtain plain-language weather briefings using exclusive WXpert translation. View up-to-date weather graphics. Helps prepare and file flight plans. Available both on the Web and on mobile PDAs (Palm i705, etc.)
http://www.enflight.com/
Pilot's Guide to Aviation Weather Services
An online brochure to help pilots use the "National Aviation Weather System."
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/pilot.htm
Flying in Europe
Weather maps for those flying in Europe.
http://users.telenet.be/flyingineurope/
SA Weather Service - Aviation
Provides weather services for the aviation industry in Southern Africa. Includes metars, sigmet charts and forecasts.
http://aviation.weathersa.co.za
WSI
Provides pre-flight and in-flight weather information. Aviation weather also available online through WSI Pilotbrief.
http://www.wsi.com/solutions/aviation/
Upper Midwest Aviation Weather
Central reference for aviation weather resources, focusing on current and forecast conditions in the upper midwest region of the US, including Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Iowa.
http://weather.cloud7.org/
Northwest Airlines Meteorology
Providing weather forecasting products for the aviation industry, including specialized turbulence and thunderstorm forecasts.
http://www.nwa.com/weather
Landings: Aviation Weather
Large database of aviation specific weather links.
http://www1.drive.net/evird.acgi$pass*15878422!_h-www.landings.com/_landings/pages/wthr/av_weather.html
European Aviation Weather Center
Aviation weather for Europe, including forecast maps, Metar and TAF information.
http://www.phd.nl/aviation/wx/
PilotWeather
Weather source for pilots, with aviation weather for your location, from Accuweather.
http://www.pilotweather.com/
METARTAF Aviation Weather Delivery Service
Send current METARs and TAFS for US airports to any email address
http://www.metartaf.com
Base Ops
Aviation Weather for Flight Preparation with TAF Metar Sigmet Radar and Sat-pictures.
http://www.baseops.de/
Data Transformation Corp DUAT
FAA's Direct User Access Terminal service provides free aviation weather and flight planning for certified pilots in the US.
http://www.duat.com
Ace's Pilot Shop Weather Data
Aviation weather and flight planning, including forecasts, observations, weather maps, DUATS briefings, icing, and turbulence.
http://www.acespilotshop.com/wx2.htm
Winds and Temperatures Aloft
By selecting one of over 160 continental cities in the U.S.A. or one of 30 cities in Alaska, you can obtain wind direction, speed, and temperature forecasts.
http://www.usairnet.com/cgi-bin/Winds/Aloft.cgi
Pilot Weather Briefing
Free weather information for pilots, including surface conditions, upper level winds, turbulence, icing, thunderstorms, TAFs and Metars, radar and satellite images.
http://www.lattery.com/pilotwx/
Weather Briefing for Pilots
Weather links to various weather information sources for pilots.
http://pilotweather.topcities.com
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