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"The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul. " ~Walter Raleigh

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return." ~Leonardo Da Vinci

"The Wright Brothers created the single greatest cultural force since the invention of writing. The airplane became the first World Wide Web, bringing people, languages, ideas, and values together." ~Bill Gates

"If black boxes survive air crashes, why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?" ~George Carlin

"If God had really intended men to fly, he'd make it easier to get to the airport." ~George Winters

"The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who, in their grueling travels across trackless lands in prehistoric times, looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space, at full speed, above all obstacles, on the infinite highway of the air." ~Wilbur Wright

FlightAware - Live Flight Tracking
The first company to offer free flight tracking services for private and commercial air traffic in the U.S. Track any flight in real time arrivals, departures and delays.

AirToons - Parody Airline Safety Procedures
A humorous parody of those bizarre In-Flight Safety Cards. The following are important safety features of the Airtoons Airboat A740 web site. ;-)

Flying Laughs and Jokes
A unique page filled with some of the best aviation, aircraft, pilot and passenger humor and jokes, one liners and real-life funny aviation situations and statements.

AirDisaster.com - Solutions for Safer Skies
The Accident Database contains historical and updated airline crash details from various aviation disasters around the world, including detailed statistics.

World Airport Codes
World Airport Codes provides information for almost every airport in the world and is the place to find airport codes, abbreviations, runway lengths and other airport information.

The World's Strangest Airports
Exploring eighteen of the world's most remarkable airports and why they stand out. From dangerous and rugged landing strips to mega-size facilities that operate like small cities.

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