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I don’t remember which presentation, but one of the speakers at a recent FAA Safety seminar mentioned that the FS briefers now know when SUA areas are hot. I checked in with them on my last two flights and the did in fact have the information. More interesting though was the second call. He said, [...]

There are lots of type clubs with forums that have great information. Their serach functions often aren’t great and often you have to belong to the club to search the articles. Sometimes Google can help you find articles on specific topics. If the original link doesn’t work, use the cache. Here are a few sites: [...]

This is a collection of type clubs, associations, and web pages dedicated to specific aircraft. Some of the web sites look like they have not been updated in a while, but they still have some interesting information. Active or interesting sites are indicated with bold text links. General Interest Associations AOPA With a membership base [...]

If you know the part and section number for a regulation it is fairly easy to find using this link to the eCFR. If you are looking for something but you don’t know where it is the search field below useful. FARs—Title 14 Often you know where the information is and want to restrict the [...]

Free Sites AvnWx.com This is the coolest interactive weather site so far. I’m including it here, as well as on the weather sites post, because it makes it easy to review weather along your flight path. AvnWx takes a Google map and overlays radar, AIRMETs, SIGMETs, and PIREPs. Rolling over airports shows the METARs. A [...]

There are lots of writers who I trust and lots that I know nothing about. Sometimes I’d like to know their opinion on a subject, so I look for their name on the web site or article. Here are a few: Rod Machado Bob Gardner Bob Gardner, who wrote several books on communication, including Say [...]

Blogs/forums that I’ve found interesting. Aviation Mentor Lot’s of useful tips on flying from an instructor and former freight dog. A Flight Instructor’s Journal She’s not very active but the posts that are there are informative. Over the Airwaves A monthly newsletter that has lots of good safety information. It also has the distinction of [...]

Search the AIM Pilot Controller Glossary FAA.gov Searching the FARs is a bit more complicated. The FARs search will look in Code of Federal Regulations Title 14: Aeronautics and Space for the term. Many of the sections are extremely long, so finding the term on the page can be difficult. I’ve been using two part [...]

The Federal Government has lots of good stuff on its web sites. Most of it is easy to find with a quick search if you’d even think of looking for it. This page is a collection of pages you might not even think to look for. You can search on their site with the search [...]