AeroFliers Aviation and Wx Links

Pilot Resources

AOPA
The following links require an AOPA login (members only)

AOPA DUATS Flight Planning AOPA verion of DUATS for Flight Planning (has plain English FA)
AOPA Current Radar Great Lakes
AOPA Infared Satellite United States
DUATS
All registered pilots are eligible for access at no charge however a login is required.
Call 1-800-345-3828 or use site to register, you need your pilot certificate in hand.
DUATS (fps.EnFlight.com) Interface for AOPA members
DUATS (www.duats.com) Flight plans, Wx, routes and Plain Text briefings
Government Sites

AviationWeather.gov Concise Index into Weather Tools SIGMETs,AIRMETS,RADAR,FA,TWEB,METARs,PIREPS,SIGWx,FD,etc.
FAA Pilot Web links to other FAA Aviation Tools
NOAA Current Weather Pick your location: Metars, Radar, Maps, Intl Locations, Aviation and Marine
Time (Eastern) Time.gov
Time (UTC) Time.gov
Navigation

AirNav.com Detail Database of Nav Aids by Identifier or Frequency, including VOR,NDB and other Akron Fulton International(AKR) Aerial photo, rwys, freqs, FBO, etc Canton Akron International(CAK)
FAA Preferred Routes Database Takes playing with, try CLE to ORD
Tools, Training, References

Chart Symbols Symbols for precip/fronts on prog charts and plots
NOAA Metar/TAF Information Site FAQs, Tools, Identifiers, additional information.
Metar Help - What are Metars ?
Metar Help - Weather Station Decoder
Metar Help - Present Weather Symbols
Metar Help - Flight Category Defs with cloud coverage symbols
Metar Help - Present Weather Symbols PDF Nice chart for Present Weather
Aviation Weather TAF Decoder Decoded CAK Forecast (No aerodrome fcsts for AKR)
Aviation Weather METAR Decoder Decoded AKR Metar (Automated)

Aviation Links

Organizations

http://www.EAA.ORG/ Experimental Aircraft Association
http://www.FAA.GOV/ Federal Aviation Administration
Soaring Society of America
United States Aerobatic Foundation
Aircraft and Equipment

http://www.aso.com/ Aircraft Shopper Online. Lots for sale.
http://www.Cessna.com/ They haven't built our next used plane yet!
http://www.Garmin.com/ Many pretty lights, dials and knobs.
http://www.Sportys.com
Publications

http://www.avweb.com/ "The Internet's Aviation Magazine & News Service"
http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/ Plane and Pilot Magazine
http://www.landings.com/ Learn from everybody elses mistakes
Interesting

Cleveland Airport Monitor --No longer works-- RealTime CLE Airspace display (80NM zoom incls AKR).
Boston Airport Monitor RealTime BOS Airspace display showing all aircraft. Has Idents,Type,Alt,IFR/VFR info. Give it a minute (without clicking) to load data
Time and Daylight Saving Time

Navy Time Service Dept Boring but accurate.
Official U.S. Time Shows daylight/night world relief
Note: Daylight Saving Time or "Summer Time" has been the 1st Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October. Beginning in 2007 (per the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ) Daylight Saving Time will change. It will begin at 2:00 am on the 2nd Sunday in March and extend to the 1st Sunday in November, an increase of about a month. This is expected to save 300,000 barrels of oil each year.
DST 2010: 2:00:00 am Mar 14 to 1:59:59 am Nov 7 duration 238 days
DST 2011: 2:00:00 am Mar 13 to 1:59:59 am Nov 6 duration 238 days
DST 2012: 2:00:00 am Mar 11 to 1:59:59 am Nov 4 duration 238 days
DST 2013: 2:00:00 am Mar 10 to 1:59:59 am Nov 3 duration 238 days
DST 2014: 2:00:00 am Mar 9 to 1:59:59 am Nov 2 duration 238 days
DST 2015: 2:00:00 am Mar 8 to 1:59:59 am Nov 1 duration 238 days
Spring forward, Fall Back.
Grammer: "Daylight Saving Time" is correct, not "Daylight SavingS".
Some states require bars to close at precisly 1:59:00 (vs 2am) to prevent them from adding an extra hour in the fall !
Why is UTC used as the acronym for Coordinated Universal Time instead of CUT?
In 1970 the Coordinated Universal Time system was devised by an international advisory group of technical experts within the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The ITU felt it was best to designate a single abbreviation for use in all languages in order to minimize confusion. Since unanimous agreement could not be achieved on using either the English word order, CUT, or the French word order, TUC, the acronym UTC was chosen as a compromise. http://tf.nist.gov/general/misc.htm#Anchor-14550

3/13/2011 1:59:59 AM is NOT daylight saving time.
3/13/2011 2:00:00 AM IS daylight saving time.
11/6/2011 1:59:59 AM IS daylight saving time.
11/6/2011 2:00:00 AM is NOT daylight saving time.

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