Aviation or air transport refers to the activities surrounding human flight and the aircraft industry. Aircraft include fixed-wing aircraft, rotary wing (helicopter/autogyro) types, and ornithopters, as well as lighter-than-air craft such as balloons and airships (also known as dirigibles).
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Air Transport Users Council - Consumer watchdog for the airline industry in the United Kingdom. It advises air travellers on their rights, helps passengers obtain redress where they have been badly treated, and promotes the wider interests of airline passengers.
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AirDisaster.Com - The website includes breaking news, a crash photo gallery, CVR recordings and transcripts, crash videos, special reports, and news archives.
Meta Description: [ Featuring Breaking News, historical accident data, accident photos, videos, recordings, transcripts, and reports. Also features a public Safety Forum. ]
Airline Safety - Dedicated to the subject of airline safety and seeks to provide a forum for the discussion of airline safety policies and issues.
Meta Description: [ Airline Safety.Com is dedicated to the subject of airline safety and seeks to provide a free-market forum for the discussion of airline safety policies and issues. ]
AirSafe.com - Provides useful information for the traveling public, including details of recent fatal accidents involving the major airlines of the world.
Meta Description: [ Airline safety and security information from the passenger perspective as well as other useful information for the traveling public and aviation professionals, as well as information on recent fatal plane crashes. ]
Angel Flight Central - Medical and charity air transportation for reasons of compassion or community service. Donor and partner list, local chapters, areas covered, volunteer forms and links.
Meta Description: [ Angel Flight Central's mission is to provide transportation for the purpose of access to medical care or for reasons of compassion or community service. ]
Aviation History of Southern California - Profiles aviation accidents and early aviation history in the United States.
Meta Description: [ Aviation Safety--Profiles aviation accidents
and early aviation history in the United States ]
Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Australia - A guide for airline passengers to help them fly safely.
Flying Safely on the Boeing 777 - Provides passengers with basic information about flying and air travel. Image gallery, FAQs guest book and links.
Meta Description: [ An aviation site with FAQ on general and specific information about flying and air travel for everyone ]
HowStuffWorks: How Black Boxes Work - Illustrated narrative looks at the two types of black boxes, how they survive crashes and how they are retrieved and analyzed.
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National Safe Skies Alliance - An FAA-funded, non-profit, membership-based organization that serves aviation by providing impartial and effective testing and evaluation of safety and security systems.
Meta Description: [ National Safe Skies Alliance is a non-profit association of organizations serving transportation security. Our purpose is to provide impartial and effective testing and evaluation of safety and security devices and systems. Funding for National Safe Skies Alliance is provided by our ... ]
Notable California Aviation Disasters - Information on and descriptions of notable aviation disasters in California, including the state's 10 worst crashes to date.
Meta Description: [ Notable aviation accidents and disasters in California, including a list of the state's 10 worst crashes. ]
NPR : Pondering Today's 'No-Fly' Objects - Essayist Naomi Lewin ponders the variety of objects no longer deemed safe for carrying onboard a commercial airplane. [2:54 streaming audio broadcast]
Meta Description: [ Essayist Naomi Lewin ponders the variety of objects no longer deemed safe for carrying onboard a commercial airplane. ]
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Politics and Plane Crashes - Describes a four-year investigation into three plane crashes TWA 800, Pan Am 103 and Air India 182. Introduces the Plane Truth book of the author.
Sky Marshal - Retired airline captain solicits ideas for preventing or surviving hijack attempts. Contact form, opinions and ideas.
Meta Description: [ We are sky marshals and interested air safety experts in many aviation fields, dedicated to maintaining and improving air safety. ]
Watchtower - Making Air Travel Safer - An article about the use of flight simulators for safety training.
Meta Description: [ Step into the cockpit, and see how flight crews are trained. ]
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Wings of Mercy - Indiana - Provides free transportation for people with limited financial means needing treatment at distant medical facilities. Service area, history, contact information and links.
Wright Amendment Fact Website - Group devoted to changing the Wright Amendment, which bars flights from Dallas Love Field out of Texas. Includes issue history, document archive, links to local politicians, and FAQ.
Meta Description: [ Information Regarding The Wright Amendment ]
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