This category is intended for sites dealing with general aviation
as a recreational, sporting pastime. The top level category is used only
for sites that deal with all aspects of aviation. Sites dealing with a
particular aspect of aviation, piloting etc. should be submitted to the
appropriate category or the next level up if no suitable category exists.

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Aircraft

Sites dealing with fixed-wing aircraft, charter, wet/dry lease,
aircraft sales, repair, servicing. There are sections for specific aircraft
types.

Airshows

Sites dealing with airshow events, companies that organise
them, display pilot and team web sites, and promoters/circus producers.

Business

Aviation company sites. Fuel vendors, hangar builders, aircraft/equipment
insurance, accessory products/manufacturers/distributors e.g. propeller
manufacturers, canopy manufacturers. Legal personal/corporate representatives,
litigation/accident, pilot licence (loss of) services.

Career
Enhancement

Sites about careers in sport/recreation aviation: Instructors,
schools/organisation personnel, flight scheduling, ground personnel, operations
staff, weather briefing. Personnel recruitment organisations for the recreation
aviation sector.

Clothing
and Insignia

Sites that sell, buy, exchange or display aviation clothing
and insignia. Examples of such sites might include: Flight coveralls, pilot
jackets, helmets, regimental and squadron insignia, club badges, and flying
jacket art clothwork.

Collectibles

Sites that sell, buy, exchange, display or discuss items of
a collectible nature or rarity e.g. cigarette cards with an aviation theme.

Destinations

Sitese that are aviator friendly, air ranches. Places where
there is organisation catering to the needs of aviators arriving by air,
supplying ground-based services such as accommodation, onward travel support
for tourers, car hire etc.

Fly ins

Sites promoting or describing aviation get-togethers.

Guides
this is marked for moving under Publications

On-line resources that are guides to general/sport aviation.
Sites should be unique resources.

Historic

These sites cover the history of aviation, aviators and famous
events.

Examples of sites: Otto Lilienthal, the Wrights, Juan de la Cierva,
Igor Sikorsky, Chuck Yeager, Hanna Reische, Bell X1, History of the Avro
company, History of the Piper company, Crossing the English Channel
by Louis Bleriot.

Homebuilt

This section details the numerous resources for homebuilt aircraft.
Homebuilts are aircraft which are either fabricated in a shop and sent
to the consumer in parts (a kit or kitplane) or those which are completely
designed and built at home, either with plans or by the owner himself.

Homebuilts, despite the name are rather nice aircraft to fly, and produce
a significant amount of satisfaction to the builders and the people that
are near them. A properly built homebuilt aircraft generally isn't much
more risky to fly than your average Cessna or light airplane. Some homebuilts
are even more reliable than their commercial counterparts.

Instruments
and Equipment

Manufacturers of aircraft instruments, avionics, cockpit equipment,
seats and engines piston/gas turbine. Examples maght include: Bendix and
Marconi.

Medical
Certification

Sites about medical qualification for the purpose of gaining,
maintaining or regaining a pilots medical certificate. Classification of
medical certificate with respect to the levels of licence required.

Military

Sites about flying military aircraft, pilot syndicates, companies
who instruct in warbirds e.g. Sukhoi, Yakovlev, Spitfires, Tiger Moths,
Harvards, Avengers and Mustangs.

Model
Aviation

This category is used for flight capable model aircraft of
all types including Control Line, Free Flight, and Radio Controlled Airplanes,
Helicopters, and Soaring.

For static scale (non-flying) models see Recreation/Models/Scale

Multimedia

Sites from producers of media product which can include: videos
and films, aircraft body art (e.g. nose artwork like 'Memphis Belle' and
'Busted Flush') Artists and their artwork, Photographers and commercial
aviation image libraries.

Museums

Sites from aviation museums both static and active flying.
Submissions include both official and unofficial sites.

Navigation

Sites about the principles and practice of navigation and pilotage
covering all aspects including plotting, air navigation, instrument rules
(IR) and visual flight rules (VFR) navigation methods, pilots mechanical
instruments, aircraft nav aids, formulae for Great Circle navigation computations.
Theory and practice of global navigation. Loran, GPS, Decca, Omega services.

On-line
Resources

Sites that provide information via the Internet e.g. Weather,
Aeronautical Information Circulars, and Airworthiness Directives.

Organizations

This section covers national and international governing bodies
e.g. FAA. Also covers aviation sporting bodies e.g. FAI, and umbrella organisations
for pilots, airport owners and operators e.g. AOPA.

Paramotor

Sites about powered paraponts where the pilot uses an engine-driven
fan as the driving force to take off from the ground. Examples of sites
include manufacturers of canopies, engines, pilot clothing, helmets, and
specialist equipment and accessories unique to paramotor aviation.