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| Jim Newton | Website of Jim Newton Photography | |
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Tony's website contains photos taken at a number of UK air events in the 50s, 80s, 1990 and 2000. |
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| AgustaWestland | AgustaWestland - a Finmeccanica Company | |
| Airbus | Airbus Industries | |
| Antonov | Antonov | |
| BAe Systems | BAe Systems | |
| Bell | Bell Helicopters - a Textron Company | |
| Boeing | The Boeing Airplane Company | |
| Britten-Norman | Britten-Norman - the UK's only privately owned aircraft manufacturer | |
| Cessna | Cessna Aircraft Company | |
| Dassault Aviation | Dassault Aviation | |
| Denel | Denel Aviation | |
| EADS | European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company | |
| Eurocopter | Eurocopter - Civil and Military Helicopters | |
| Embraer | Embraer Defence and Security, Executive Jets, Commercial Aviation and Agricultural Aviation | |
| Eurofighter | Eurofighter Consortium | |
| Gulfstream Aerospace | Gulfstream Aerospace | |
| Hawker Beechcraft | Hawker Beechcraft | |
| Hindustan Aeronautics | Hindustan Aeronautics Limited | |
| Ilyushin | Ilyushin - a UAC Company | |
| Israeli Aircraft Industries | Israeli Aircraft Industries | |
| KAI | Korean Aerospace Industries Ltd | |
| Lockheed Martin | Lockheed-Martin Corporation | |
| Northrop Grumman | Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems | |
| PZL-Swidnik | PZL-Swidnik | |
| SAAB | SAAB Defence and Security | |
| Sikorsky | Sikorsky - a United Technologies Company | |
| Sukhoi | Sukhoi Aviation Holding Company | |
| Tupolev | Tupolev - public stock company | |
| Turkish Aerospace Industries | Turkish Aerospace Industries | |
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| Australia | Royal Australian Air Force | |
| Austria | Austrian Air Force | |
| Belgium | Belgian Air Force/Air Component | |
| Brazil | Brazil Defence (Air Force, Navy and Army) | |
| Canada | Royal Canadian Air Force | |
| Czech Republic | Czech Republic Air Force | |
| Denmark | Royal Danish Air Force | |
| France | Armée de l’Air | |
| Germany | German Air Force | |
| Germany | German Navy | |
| Greece | Hellenic Air Force | |
| India | Indian Air Force | |
| Ireland | Irish Air Corps | |
| Israel | Israeli Air Force/Defence Force | |
| Italy | Italian Air Force | |
| Italy | Italian Navy | |
| Italy | Italian Army | |
| Italy | Italian Carabinieri | |
| Japan | Japan Air Self-Defence Force | |
| Malaysia | Royal Malaysian Air Force | |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation | |
| Netherlands | Royal Netherlands Air Force | |
| New Zealand | Royal New Zealand Air Force | |
| Norway | Norwegian Armed Forces | |
| Pakistan | Pakistan Air Force | |
| Portugal | Portuguese Air Force | |
| Saudi Arabia | Royal Saudi Air Force | |
| Singapore | Singapore Air Force | |
| Slovak Republic | Slovak Air Force | |
| South Africa | South African Air Force | |
| Spain | Spanish Air Force | |
| Sweden | Swedish Air Force | |
| Switzerland | Swiss Air Force | |
| Thailand | Royal Thai Air Force | |
| Turkey | Turkish Air Force | |
| United Kingdom | Royal Air Force | |
| United Kingdom | Fleet Air Arm | |
| United Kingdom | Army Air Corps | |
| United States | United States Air Force | |
| United States | United States Navy - Naval Air Systems Command | |
| United States | United States Coast Guard | |
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| Birmingham Airport | Web-site of Birmingham Airport | |
| Blackpool Airport | Web-site of Blackpool Airport | |
| Bristol Airport | Web-site of Bristol Airport | |
| East Midlands Airport | Web-site of East Midlands Airport | |
| Liverpool John Lennon Airport | Web-site of Liverpool John Lennon Airport | |
| London - Gatwick Airport | Web-site of Gatwick Airport | |
| London - Heathrow Airport | Web-site of Heathrow Airport | |
| London - Luton Airport | Web-site of Luton Airport | |
| London - Stansted Airport | Web-site of Stansted Airport | |
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Web-site of Manchester Airport |
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| Newcastle Airport | Web-site of Newcastle Airport | |
| Robin Hood Airport | Web-site of Robin Hood Airport | |
| Parkat | Disabled and Reduced Mobility Airport Guide | |
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Airport Viewing and photographic Locations
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| Aerial views of UK airfields | UK active and disused airports, airfields, heliports and landing sites (including GPS co-ordinates) | |
| Thunder and Lightning's | UK Airfield Viewing Guides | |
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Airshows and Military Photo-calls/'Spotter-days'
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| Berlin Airshow | Berlin ILA Airshow | |
| Cosford Airshow | RAF/DCAE Cosford Airshow | |
| Culdrose Air Day | RNAS Culdrose Air Day | |
| Farnborough International | Farnborough International Airshow | |
| Flying Legends Airshow | Flying Legends Airshow Duxford | |
| Leuchars Air Show | RAF Leuchars Air Show | |
| Paris Airshow | Paris Airshow | |
| Royal International Air Tattoo | Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford | |
| Waddington Air Show | RAF Waddington Air Show | |
| Yeovilton Air Day | RNAS Yeovilton Air Day | |
| Flighline UK | UK Airshow Information and Photography | |
| Scramble Airshow Reports | Comprehensive airshow reports and logs | |
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| HFDL ICAO Aircraft ID | Convert and look-up HFDL ICAO Aircarft Identifications | |
| ICAO Airline Codes | ICAO - Airline Codes | |
| ICAO Type Designations | ICAO - Aircraft Type Designators | |
| Manchester TMA Over-flights Group | Manchester TMA over-flights group - everything you need to know about over-flights | |
| ManTMA - Waypoint Finder | Manchester TMA - Waypoint Finder | |
| NATS | Aerodrome information (including aircraft parking charts) | |
| Reporting Points (Air Traffic) | Nick Locke's Reporting Points | |
| NOTAM Info | Up to date NOTAMS plotted on a map | |
| NOTAM - DINS | Defence Internet NOTAM Service (DINS) | |
| Airfield Weather | Weather observations and forecasts, including METAR and TAF reports, for over 4000 airfields | |
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| Air Britain | Air Britain | |
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The Manchester Branch of Air Britain |
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The Air Yorkshire Aviation Society (meeting at Leeds/Bradford International Airport) |
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| The Assault Glider Trust | The web site of the RAF Shawbury - Assault Glider Trust | |
| Aviation Week | Aviation Week Magazine | |
| Avro Lancashire | The web-site of Avro Lancashire | |
| BMAL | British Military Aviation List | |
| British Aircraft Preservation Council | The web-site of the British Aircraft Preservation Council | |
| Farnborough Spotters | The unofficial Farnborough Airport website | |
| LAAS | LAAS International - aviation enthusiasts Society | |
| Lancs Aircraft Investigation Team | The Lancashire Aircraft Investigation Team | |
| Light Aircraft Association | Light Aircraft Association, Turweston Aerodrome | |
| Military Aviation Review | Military Aviation review (including MAP - military and civil aircraft photography) | |
| Manchester TMA Over-flights Group | Manchester TMA over-flights group - everything you need to know about over-flights | |
| North West Air News | North West Air News | |
| RAF Mildenhall News & Resource Centre | RAF Mildenhall (and RAF Lakenheath) News and Resource Centre (including searchable movement list) | |
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The most comprehensive European Military Aviation information database and news service |
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| Aero Pacific Flightlines | SoCal Aircraft Spotting, Douglas Aircraft Company and Gulfstream News | |
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The Aviation Society (Manchester) |
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| Valley Aviation Society | The web-site of Valley Aviation Society | |
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| AirForcesIntel | Air Forces Intelligence Twitter 'blog' | |
| Alert 5 | Military Aviation News | |
| The Aviation Herald | Incidents and news in aviation | |
| Aviation Week | Aviation Week Magazine | |
| AirForces Daily | Daily military news and updates | |
| European Airline Scene | European Airline Scene - weekly updates | |
| Key.Aero | Key.Aero Network | |
| Milavia.net | Milavia - Military Aviation | |
| MilAvia Press | Military Aviation Photography and Journalism | |
| Pacific Wings | Pacific Wings Magazine | |
| Puget Sound - Boeing Test Flights | Boeing test flight blog | |
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| Corporate Jets of the World | Current corporate jets of the world | |
| Corporate Turbos of the World | Current turbo props of the world | |
| French CAA | French CAA - Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile - searchable database | |
| Rotorspot | Rotorcraft registrations database | |
| Spain | Spanish civil aircraft register since 1920 | |
| United Kingdom - G-Info | Civil Aviation Authority - database search | |
| USA - FAA Registry | Federal Aviation Administration - N-number search | |
| Worldwide | Civil aircraft register of the world | |
| Worldwide | Civil aircraft registers of the world - blog site | |
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| Aeroplane Monthly | The monthly UK Aviation magazine | |
| Collectors Aircraft Models | The World's No.1 supplier of Aviation Models | |
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Scanners, Air Band Frequency lists etc. |
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| Flying-Art | Flying Art Digital Illustrations - by Andrew Hay | |
| Flying Tigers | Flying Tigers - The Aeroplane People (Die-Cast Model Specialist) | |
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The Aviation Voucher Specialist - Visit this site if you're interested in any type of aerial activities, from Ballooning to flying Fast Jets! |
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| Just Kits & Models | Southampton based model shop | |
| Nevada Radio | Award winning Radio and Audio Specialist | |
| Ringway Publications | Publisher of Ringway through the decades | |
| Top Gun flight simulator centre | The 'fighter pilot' experience | |
| UK-Airport-News.Info | UK Airport News | |
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Enthusiast Sites (miscellaneous)
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| Aircraft Spotting | Airfields/Airport in the U.K. and the rest of the world | |
| All Herks | Bob Daley's 'All Herks' C-130 production List | |
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The UK's most extensive aviation links site |
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| British Military Aircraft Designations | British military aircraft designation systems - Wikipedia | |
| Buccaneer | Andy Brook's Buccaneer pages | |
| Concorde SST | The definitive Concorde site | |
| Coronets, Crested Caps & Salty Bees | USAF fighter deployments to Europe - 1970 to 1997 | |
| Douglas A-4 Skyhawk | Production History | |
| F-16.net | The ultimate F-16 reference | |
| FRADU Hunters | The FRADU Hunters web-site | |
| International F-104 Society | International F-104 Society | |
| The Jet Provost File | Jet Provost web-site | |
| Materiel ALAT | French Army Aviation site (unofficial) | |
| Mildenhall and Lakenheath Blog | Mildenhall and Lakenheath movements blog | |
| Northrop F-5 | The Northrop F-5 enthusiasts page | |
| The Oakwood Shed | Home of Trains, Boats and Planes | |
| PhantomF4K.org | Website of Phantom F-4K Org | |
| Plane-mad.com | Website of Plane-mad.com | |
| SkyStefs Aviation Page | Contrail pictures of airliners | |
| Spyflight | The Spyflight website | |
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| Aviation Heroes | The Tuskegee Airman | |
| Flight History | This site is dedicated to capturing aviation history and feature a growing collection of photographs, stories, aircraft specifications and aviation artwork. | |
| Great American Adventures | The Wright Brothers and the Airplane | |
| Lindbergh Foundation | Aviation History Timeline | |
| RAF Burtonwood | Historic Aviation Military - RAF Burtonwood | |
| RAF Burtonwood | Control Towers.co.uk - Burtonwood | |
| RAF Burtonwood | RAF Burtonwood.org | |
| RAF Burtonwood | RAF Burtonwood Association | |
| Women in Aviation | Notable women in aviation history | |
| Royal Air Force Squadron Histories | Royal Air Force Squadron Histories - Official Mod/RAF Site | |
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| Air Force History Index.org | Search 550,000 historical (US) Air Force documents | |
| British Military Aircraft Designations | British military aircraft designation systems - Wikipedia | |
| French Air Force | Traditions des escadrilles de l'Armée de l'air | |
| French Military Crashes | Archives de l'armee de l'air | |
| Materiel ALAT | French Army Aviation site (unofficial) | |
| Royal Air Force Squadron Histories | Royal Air Force Squadron Histories - Official Mod/RAF Site | |
| U.K. Search and Rescue | Types, bases and radio call-sign | |
| Designation-Systems.net | U.S. Military Aviation Designation Systems | |
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| Lowdown | How to get information on the UK low flying areas, vantage viewing points, scanner frequencies, etc | |
| Lowfly.net | Home for the low flying photographer | |
| LowFlyMedia.net | Home of LowFlyMedia | |
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Military Serials and Aircraft Production lists
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| ADF-Serials | Australian and New Zealand military aircraft serial /history | |
| Aircraft Production List and Pics | Downloadable aircraft production list | |
| All Herks | Bob Daley's 'All Herks' C-130 production List | |
| Airlinerlist.com | Full production list and histories of most major airliners | |
| Air Transport Data Bank | Online aircraft production list | |
| Flight24.com | The largest online aviation database | |
| Jethro's | Jethro's - UK and Ireland Airline Fleet Listings | |
| P-3 Orion Research Group | Lockheed P-3 Orion Research Group | |
| Planespotters.net | Aviation Photos, Airline Fleets and more - Just Aviation | |
| Rotorspot | Rotorcraft Registrations Database | |
| Rzjets | Online aircraft production list | |
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The most comprehensive European Military Aviation information database and news service |
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| UK Military Serial Numbers | UK military aircraft serial numbers - WA - WZ, XA - XY and ZA - ZZ | |
| USAF/US Army Serial Numbers | Joseph Baugher excellent USAF/US Army serial listings - 1908 to date | |
| US Navy /US Marine Corps Serial Numbers | Joseph Baugher excellent US Navy / US Marine Corps bureau number listing - 1911 to date | |
| US Coast Guard Serial Numbers | Joseph Baugher excellent US Coast Guard bureau number listing - 1927 - to date | |
| US Navy | Class A mishap reports | |
| World Militair | World Militair - all about military aviation | |
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| Cold War Jet Collection | Cold War Jet Collection - Bruntingthorpe | |
| Fleet Air Arm Museum | Fleet Air Arm Museum - Yeovilton | |
| Habu.org | The online Blackbird Museum | |
| Imperial War Museum Duxford | The Imperial War museum Airfield at Duxford, Cambridgeshire | |
| Imperial War Museum London | The Imperial War Museum - South Lambeth | |
| Imperial War Museum North | The Imperial War Museum North | |
| Luftwaffe Museum | Luftwaffe Museum - Berlin Gatow, Germany | |
| Midland Air Museum | Midland Air Museum - Coventry Airport | |
| Newark Air Museum | Newark Air Museum | |
| North East Aircraft Museum | North East Aircraft Museum - Sunderland | |
| RAF Museums | The RAF Museum home page provides links to the RAF Museums at Hendon and Cosford | |
| Pembroke Dock Sunderland Trust | Website of Pembroke Dock Sunderland Trust | |
| Sri Lanka Air Force Museum | Sri Lanka Air Force Museum - where the past lives on | |
| Vulcan to the sky | Website of Vulcan to the sky | |
| Yorkshire Air Museum | The Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington, York | |
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| Aircraftprofiles.dk | A spook approved resource for US Naval Aviation | |
| Fleet Air Arm | Web-site of the Fleet Air Arm | |
| NavSource Naval History | Photographic history of the U.S. Navy | |
| HMS Nelson (Portsmouth) | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historical Trust | |
| Royal Navy | Web-site of the Royal Navy | |
| U.S. Navy | Web-site of the U.S. Navy | |
| U.S. Navy Carrier Air Wings | U.S. Navy Carrier Air Wings | |
| World Navies Today | Details of all the worlds navies | |
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Photography (aviation and other)
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| Airlineroute.net | Airline route updates | |
| Flighline UK | UK Airshow Information and Photography | |
| Fly-by.nl | Military aviation photography | |
| JakeMelampy.Net | Aviation photography and online magazine | |
| JetPhotos.Net | Online aircraft photo database | |
| On Dutch Wings.nl | Aviation photography and journalism (including online MASR database) | |
| Plane-mad.com | Website of Plane-mad.com | |
| Planespotters.net | Aviation Photos, Airline Fleets and more - Just Aviation | |
| SkyStefs Aviation Page | Contrail pictures of airliners | |
| Warplane.co.uk | The original and best low-level photography site in the UK | |
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Virtual Radar (SBS and Plane Plotter - including resources)
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| Air Radio UK | The web-site of Air Radio UK | |
| Flight Radar 24 | Flightradar24.com | |
| HFDL ICAO Aircraft ID | Convert and look-up HFDL ICAO Aircarft Identifications | |
| ICAO Airline Codes | ICAO - Airline Codes | |
| ICAO Type Designations | ICAO - Aircraft Type Designators | |
| Kinetic Avionic Products | SBS stockist | |
| Libhomeradar | Easy collect aircraft information | |
| Live (military) Mode-s | Live military mode-s - 'Albert's Site' | |
| ManTMA - Waypoint Finder | Manchester TMA - Waypoint Finder | |
| NATS | Aerodrome information (including aircraft parking charts) | |
| UK Military Mode-S | List of UK military Mode-S allocations | |
| Milscan - Alphen aan den Rijn | Online frequency listings for UK/Europe | |
| Milscanners | Online home of Milscanners (including frequency listings) | |
| OpenNav | Search for required airports, navigational points and waypoints | |
| Plane Plotter | Plane Plotter- from COAA | |
| Radarvirtuel.com | European virtual radar (five minute delay) | |
| Radscan | Radio and Scanning Resource | |
| Waypoints | Directory of 'waypoints' in the United Kingdom | |
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| Airport Hotels | A 'blog' about airports and airport accommodation | |
| Book Protectors & Company | Book protection specialist | |
| dpreview.com | Digital Photography Review | |
| East Lancashire Railway | Web site of our local railway preservation group | |
| Helmshore Online | Helmshore Online Website | |
| Imperial War Museum North | The official web-site of the Imperial War Museum North | |
| Irish Sea Shipping | Irish Sea Shipping - to keep you updated on Irish Sea shipping activities | |
| MarineTraffic.com | Live 'world' shipping info | |
| Museum of Science and Industry | Web site of the fabulous Museum of Science and Industry - Manchester | |
| Museum of Transport - Manchester | Web site of our local transport museum | |
| Open Stret Map - OSM | The free Wiki world map | |
| National Collection of Aerial Photography | Aerial images from around the world | |
| National Weather Service | Internet Weather Source | |
| Port Arrivals | Worldwide Port Arrivals | |
| Railway Herald | Railway Herald Organisation | |
| RNLI | Royal National Lifeboat Institute | |
| Rossendale online | Rossendale Online Website | |
| Route Planner | Door-to-door journey planner (includes car, bus, coach and train journeys) | |
| Ship Finder | Ship Finder web-site - worldwide vessel tracking | |
| Shipfoto | Quality maritime photography | |
| Ships AIS | Watching the ships go by | |
| Shipspotting.com | The worlds largest ship photo community | |
| Ships of the Mersey | Ships of the Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal | |
| Time and Date.com | Everything you need to know about date and time | |
| UK Elite Forces | UK Elite Forces Web-site | |
| Vessel Tracker | Vesseltracker.com | |
| Warehouseexpress | Online photography store | |
| WNXX | End of the line, withdrawn and stored locomotives UK | |
| World Navies Today | Details of all the worlds navies | |
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