Trip Reports
Mostly VFR:
Spain, September 2003
Crete, September 2004
Spain, June 2005
Santorini, September 2005
Mostly IFR:
Prague, June 2006
Corfu, August 2006
Aero2007 - Friedrichshafen, Germany, April 2007
Crete, Croatia, September 2007
Zaragoza, Spain, November 2007
Tempelhof, Germany, August 2008
Granada & San Sebastian, Spain, September 2008
Zurich, Switzerland, April 2009
Canakkale, Turkey, September 2009
Valencia, Spain, October 2009
Dortmund, Germany, February 2010
Paris / Pontoise, France, March 2010
Aero2010 - Friedrichshafen, Germany, April 2010
Crete, Croatia, June 2010
Aviation Glossary
Miscellaneous Articles (from myself)
8 years with the Socata TB20
Using Satellite IR Images to Determine Cloud Tops
Cloud Tops Forecasting
Doing an FAA PPL/IR
Aircraft Transfer to N-reg
IFR Flying in Europe
Online Flight Plan Filing
Engine Management
Satellite Weather Data in the Cockpit
IO-540 Engine Rebuild (SB569)
Installing a 406MHz ELT in a TB20GT
TB20 Vibration Analysis
Portable Oxygen
Portable Oxygen - System Comparison
License Privileges, Aircraft Registers, Etc
Component Documentation Requirements
Shadin flowmeter problems
TB20GT Oil Pressure Indicator
Garmin 496 installation in a TB20
Bose-X headset adaptor for ICOM A22 transceiver
KFC225 autopilot failures
KI229 RMI failure
KLN94 failure
KLN94 GPS SDDR-31 CF Writer and database
updates
JAA Audiogram for IR
Electronic Fuel Management (113kb PDF)
Extended Warranties
GPRS/3G Mobile Internet
Pictures
Weather
NWS TAF/METAR
MWIS Synoptics
Metbrief
Avbrief
Avbrief fast PDA OPMET page
(TAFs/METARs)
Actual Tephigrams (ascents): Univ
of Wyoming Univ
of Cologne
Forecast Tephigrams: Meteoblue RUC-NOAA
NOAA
UKMO IR satellite
image
Spanish Met IR
image
NOAA weather (GFS)
Sembach/USAF (Europe) weather (incl.
icing charts)
Westwind/MM5 (cloud tops etc)
Navlost
Dundee Satellite Station
ECWMF
Activitae/YAWS
US National Weather Source
Wetterzentrale.de
XC Weather
NOAA radar images etc (USA), compact site
Jeppesen
weather page
French Meteo
Turkey
weather
ProPilots
European weather map
METAR/TAF
map
Thermodynamic
diagrams in meteorology
Radar/Sferics
Meteox site (weather radar for most of Europe)
Croatia
Czech Republic
Hungary Radar
Italy
Italy and others
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Slovakia 1 2
Slovenia
Spain Spain
URL
(edit the time)
Switzerland
Misc radar links (some
dead)
A small collection of sferics (stormscope) sites
OPERA European Weather Radar project (not
useful)
Route Planning Resources
FlightPlanPro
EuroFPL Validation Site
EuroFPL
Homebriefing
AFPEx Flight Plan Filing (UK pilots only)
NATS UK Notams
48hr Notam Restriction Site (unofficial)
ASA Routefinder
CFMU Eurocontrol Flight Plan Validation Site (use IFPUV)
Eurocontrol RAIM prediction tool
Forms/Documents
ICAO Flight Plan Form 85k
editable PDF 117k DOC
2009 General Aviation Report 55k
PDF 250k
PDF Guidance Notes 90k .DOC
GAR form transmission matrix (Sussex, UK)
HO60 Fuel Drawback Form URL Local Copy Current
Drawback Rates (2010)
GENDEC 13k PDF 54k
DOC
Foreign AIPs, approach charts, etc
Eurocontrol
National AIP Collection
Eurocontrol
EAD site
Flying in France
FrancoFlyers
French AIP etc
(SIA) / Olivia
Review of some
French airfields
Flying in Ireland
Spanish Aviation
Netherlands AIS
Belgium/Lux
AIP
Greece - HellasGA AOPA.gr
Airport Opening Times
Croatia
Norway
Austrian Flight Planning
Pilotfriend resources (US site)
Visiting UK military airfields
UK Highlands &
Islands Airport Information
Morocco
AIP (French)
Afghanistan CAA
European
Terminal Charges - new for 2010
Overflight / Landing Permit Agents
White Rose
First Charter
Overflight
FSI
Air Law & Regulations
UK Air Navigation Order (cap393.pdf)
UK Terrorism Act
2000 Chapter 11 (Schedule 7 is relevant)
Summary of "Public Transport"
regulations (UK CAA) (181k)
ICAO Documents (CAA Denmark, incomplete)
EASA
Approved Equipment
EASA
STC List
UK Airline Travellers Guide (Prohibited Substances etc) URL
Local Copy
Eurocontrol
IFR Enroute Charges
JAA ATPL Online Question Bank
Icing
NASA Pilots Guide
to Icing
US AOPA - Aircraft Icing
article
IFR
Magazine - Known Icing
Miscellaneous Stuff
John Deakin
PPL/IR
Europe RNAV Procedures Manual
Jeppesen Flitestar terrain data errors
GPS Vulnerability Report (Volpe Institute) (467k) URL
Local Copy
GPS Risk Assessment Study (John Hopkins Univ) URL
Local Copy
TB20 Takeoff Performance (500k PDF)
TB20 power settings #1 (251k)
TB20 power settings #2 (144k)
IO540-C fuel consumption
IO540-C sea level
performance
EDM700 example chart (192k) another
partly at FL140
EDM700 Windows data download software DOS v1.2
Original EzTrends
EDM700 download protocol URL
local copy: sourcecode windows
executable
GAMI injector graphs (EGT versus common fuel flow rate) before
after
Mixture control procedure for climb, with EDM engine
monitor (337k PPT)
Loads of aviation related
formulae
Aviation Calculator
John Denker - How It Flies
David
F. Rogers - Technical Flying Articles
Engineering
Toolbox
Ground Effect
VHF/UHF frequency/channel table
More of the above
JAA Publications
http://aviation.hasle.com
ICAO
EUR/NAT Regional Database
A. Pape's Colour Vision paper URL
local copy
London City Univ Colour Vision Study URL
local copy
CAA Colour Vision Recommendations
local copy
Shock Cooling article (950k GIF) Another
Copy
Historical Airport Weather Data METARs
(edit the URL to suit) TAFs
A really
bizzare website on aircraft reg numbers / the result of the efforts of millions
of aircraft spotters
UK based foreign registered aircraft
Isle
of Man aircraft registry
Socata TB series
data local copy
CAP694 VFR/IFR Flight Planning
Guide Local copy 6/2006 (PDF, 5MB)
CAA
License/Rating Issue Stats
Aircraft VAT/import/export consultant
Thuraya WWW to SMS gateway
Thuraya Web Topup
UK
406MHz ELT/EPIRB registration
Autopilot Failure
Modes Local Copy
Instrument Repairs RJ Pandect
Example of correct
radio communication (non-UK airspace) 6MB MP3
FAA/US Stuff
U.S.
Federal Aviation Regulations
Legal
Interpretations & Chief Counsel's Opinions
N-reg aircraft document carriage requirements
FAA Part 61 FAQ (from 2004; no longer on FAA website) 2.9MB
DOC 3.2MB PDF
FAA Accident Data Breakdown 2001 (PDF, 2.5MB)
U.S. weather reporting abbreviations
etc
FAA
Study on Cirrus Spin Recovery local
copy
FAA Exam practice
FAA
article on repairs local copy
FAA rules on owner-produced
parts local copy
FAA rules on owner-installed parts
FAA
Major Mods (Part 43)
FAA
page on ICAO English language proficiency & license replacement local
copy
FAA
STC Database
AC20-138A IFR GPS Certification
US DAFIF database access removal
FAA International Flight Manual
FAA Doctor in the UK
Page updated 22nd July 2010
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