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January 02, 2006Dohop Search Engine Compares 667 Airlines
I vote we rename Reykjavik to Techjavik -- I keep hearing about cool Internet stuff going on over in Iceland. Case in point: dohop, a travel search engine that compares 667 airlines and works with unsettling smoothness even in Opera....
Continue reading "Dohop Search Engine Compares 667 Airlines" » November 12, 2005Getting Information on Flight Cancellations
The Wall Street Journal had an article on resources online for finding the most frequently-canceled flights. The WSJ requires payment and registration, but sometimes the article get printed elsewhere, like at http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05313/602803.stm. One of the resources mentioned is FlightStats, at...
Continue reading "Getting Information on Flight Cancellations" » January 28, 2005How To Sleep in an Airport
You've made your reservations, you've turned up on time, you've taken your shoes off when the nice security people asked you to, you've provided your id, your ticket, and a sample of skin off the back of your neck --...
June 25, 2004Directory of Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields
Old Airfields never die, they just cultivate lots and lots of crabgrass. And amazingly there are over 1100 of them all over the US gathered into the Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields site by Paul Freeman ( http://www.airfields-freeman.com/ ) From the...
Continue reading "Directory of Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields" » December 22, 2003A Collection of Airline Logos
The other day I was doing some work and I was thinking, "You know what I'd really like to see is 75 pages of airline logos." Lucky me! AeroSite.net has them at http://www.aerosite.net/logos.htm . They're arranged alphabetically from 1-2-Fly to...
August 19, 2003Aviation Site Has Over 7000 Links
Airplane-heads! Check out the searchable subject index at http://www.avhome.com/search/ . This site contains over 7000 links to aviation links in a variety of categories, including Ground Support, Reference, Training, and Flight Simulation. Main and sub-categories are included on the front...
December 19, 2002Boeing Offers Database of Almost 500 Images
Normally I do not cover stores or anything like that, but this database of images is well-annotated and a very focused subject, so I'm breaking my rule this time. The BoeingPhotoStore ( http://www.boeingphotostore.com ) contains a database of almost 500...
Continue reading "Boeing Offers Database of Almost 500 Images" » May 09, 2002Flight Arrival and Airport Information
Flight Arrival and airport status information is available at FlightArrivals.com ( http://www.flightarrivals.com/ ). From the front page you have several options. You can check on flight arrivals, departures, delays, schedule changes, and airport status. Flight arrivals allow you to choose...
January 24, 2001Up In The Air, Junior Birdwoman
Speaking of specialized searchable subject indexes, the Women in Aviation Resource Center ( http://www.women-in-aviation.com/ ) is a Yahooesque index devoted to -- you guessed it -- women in aviation. Categories include books, featured women, museums, and organizations. Link annotation varies...
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