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LINKS
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Weather |
| AccuWeather |
A
good site to give a 15 day forecast for your particular area,
or put in a foreign destination for your planned trip abroad.
www.AccuWeather.com |
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European
Weather site |
This
site is very comprehensive, giving satellite maps, and various
weather charts from Bracknell and the US military, showing the
predicted situation up to 5 days ahead. Also useful for European
NOTAMS. On the home page you can also put in any designator
and get an instant taf or metar.
http://euro.wx.propilots.net |
| European
weather plus other stuff |
A
site full of useful pages about flying in Europe
www.flyingineurope.be |
| Met-Office |
For
weather in the UK, I think this website is the best, giving forecast
charts, tafs and metars with both ICAO airfield designators and
full names. There’s also a general three day planning forecast.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/aviation/ga.html |
| Meteo |
For
travelling through France, the Meteo are well known for their
service. This website, although in French is full of useful information
by clicking on the little pictures.
www.meteo.fr/meteonet |
| Meteo
Blue |
Swiss website, more suitable for those educated in weather matters.
Covers all Europe, but particularly good for the Alps.
http://pages.unibas.ch/geo/mcr/3d/meteo/dt/index.htm |
| Skyview |
This Skyview website is very interactive and gives pictorial views of the weather over the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, OZ & NZ. There is loads of information on this site and well worth looking at. Skyview are hoping to link all club airfields to this site complete with webcams in the future.
http://skylinkweather.com/metar/metarmapindex.php |
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Weather
worldwide |
Although
a very long address, this will get you the general weather anywhere
in the world. So if you want the Beijing weather, complete with
satellite view and a four day forecast before you set off on
holiday, try this site.
www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/weather |
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XC
Weather |
A
quick view of the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. As you
move the mouse over the map, you get instant weather details
such as visibility, cloud base, wind, temperature/dew point
etc.
www.xcweather.co.uk |
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Orbifly |
An excellent pictorial TAF and METAR website of Europe giving a good indication of VFR conditions.
www.orbifly.com |
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Authorities
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Air
Accidents
Investigation Branch |
www.aaib.dft.gov.uk |
| AOPA |
Aircraft
Owners & Pilots Association:
www.aopa.co.uk |
| CAA |
Civil
Aviation Authority:
www.caa.co.uk |
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CAA
Aircraft Register
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On
this page you can look at the CAA Aircraft Register and search
for any combination of aircraft types, registrations or owner
and come up with details on how many of a particular type there
are on the British register or details of a particular aeroplane
such as number of hours at last C of A, serial numbers and owner’s
name and address.
www.caa.co.uk/srg/aircraft_register/ginfo/default.asp
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| FAA
Aircraft Register |
This
site gives you access to look up details of aircraft on the
N register.
http://162.58.35.241/acdatabase/acmain.htm
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| French
AIS |
The
French AIS site in English
www.sia.aviation-civile.gouv.fr/default_uk.htm
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General
Aviation Awareness Council
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| General
Aviation Safety Council |
www.gasco.org.uk
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International Civil Aviation Organization
(ICAO) |
ICAO
Aircraft Type Designators
www.icao.int/anb/ais/8643/index.cfm
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National
Air traffic Services Ltd (NATS)
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A very important site for checking NOTAMS, Air Information Circulars
(AIC’s), Royal Flights etc.
www.ais.org.uk
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RotorSport UK Ltd |
RotorSport UK Ltd is the first UK company approved by the CAA to A1 standard for design, flight test and production of gyroplanes, and, in partnership with AutoGyro, are able to provide a UK version of the excellent MT-03 aircraft, compliant with all requirements of the gyroplane airworthiness code, BCAR Section T
www.rotorsport.org |
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