| Flying websites can be overwhelming. Aviation itself | | | | why the best ones will contain flight planning |
| requires an incredible amount of information, | | | | information and tools necessary to get in the air safely. |
| compounded by the need for up-to-the-minute | | | | Some websites even offer online pilot's tools, such as |
| weather and navigation. Many flying websites are | | | | a working E6B flight emulator. These on-page flight |
| overrun with streams of this info, added pilot jargon, | | | | calculators are invaluable for the student and veteran |
| and splattered with photos and ads that make it | | | | pilot, helping with all manner of wind, speed, and |
| impossible for the average person to comprehend. For | | | | temperature calculations. A good flying website will not |
| someone looking for basic information on aviation, or to | | | | only have these tools, but will also offer links to |
| learn how to fly, the more simple and easy to | | | | weather and navigation information from the National |
| understand flying website is like a diamond in the rough. | | | | Weather Service and AirNav airport directory. There |
| For the aviation curious, student pilot websites may be | | | | are even sites online that allow pilots to view free |
| a better term to search for. These rookie sites seem | | | | sectional charts, and save their pilot's logs in an |
| to understand the world of non-pilots, and are better | | | | electronic format. |
| suited to put things in layman's terms. Student pilots | | | | Avoid cluttered, overwhelming flying websites. If the |
| themselves are learning too... and they have much the | | | | index page throws 50 different things at you, it's |
| same questions as the person who hasn't yet set foot | | | | probably best to turn away. You're looking for a |
| in the cockpit of a flight trainer. Give a good hard look | | | | human element here, a website run by people who fly |
| at these student flying clubs, and see what they have | | | | and not by programmers assigned the task of |
| to offer. | | | | streaming flight information across the screen in |
| The better flying websites on the internet will offer | | | | moving banners and blinking graphics. A good flying |
| aviation articles. Articles about flying are the best way | | | | website has all that information and more... but |
| to learn what to expect during flight training, whether | | | | arranges it in such a manner that you don't get buried |
| you're a newly licensed pilot going for an instrument | | | | by it all at once. |
| rating or a veteran reading up on the experiences of | | | | In the end, you've got near unlimited choices when it |
| others. Look for a website listing a whole section | | | | comes to finding your online FBO (Fixed Base of |
| dedicated to just aviation articles, and one that keeps | | | | Operations). Make sure you choose a flying website |
| those articles constantly updated with fresh content. | | | | with structure - a site by pilots for pilots. If it feels like |
| That way when you return to the website after having | | | | home, it will be home - much like your real FBO will be |
| been away for a while there will always be something | | | | should you choose to adopt one. Fly safe, surf well, |
| new to catch up on. | | | | and above all have fun! |
| Flying websites need to cater to pilots too, which is | | | | |