Aviation & Planespotting Website Links

An alternative flight tracker from the Netherlands

Find out all the latest movements from the BHX Movements Blog

Spectacular photos taken at BHX. There's regular updates on goings on plus some stuff on EMA.

Birmingham Airport Video Blog skybrex.blogspot.co.uk

Spotting information, news and media.

The UK CAA Database where you can Search for an aircraft's details by entering your search criteria.

Complete Fleet Listings for all Current UK and Ireland Scheduled and Charter Airlines

Virtual Radar, a good site covering most of Europe and Beyond.

RegoSearch.com makes it easy for you to search aircraft registration database information from Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada and now Ireland. We are continually working to add more countries to our database and more functionality. Looking for aircraft registration numbers and their details on regulatory websites can be cumbersome and confusing, at RegoSearch.com we have worked hard to make your search easier, faster and more comprehensive than any other registration search on the internet. If you know your aircraft registration number use the basic search, for a more detailed investigation, go for the advanced search, you will be suprised at how fast and easy it is to find what your looking for.

NATS The official UK National Air Traffic Control Services website.

sat24.com is a weather satellite for those interested in weather.

A handy little conversion tool. This converter requires the use of Javascript enabled and capable browsers. This script creates a wind speed converter that can convert six different speed units at one time. Type the wind velocity you want to convert into the know speed value box. Give it a try!

Detailed information about civil licensed aerodromes published in the UK

Transponders explained, a transponder is short for transmitter-responder. An electronic device that produces a response when it receives a radio-frequency interrogation. Aircraft have transponders to assist in identifying them on radar and on other aircraft's collision avoidance systems Click here to read more about transponders.

Instrument Landing System (ILS). A ground-based instrument approach system that provides precision guidance to an aircraft approaching and landing on a runway, using a combination of radio signals and, in many cases, high-intensity lighting during low visibility. Click on the link to read more.

Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. The word "Aviation" was coined by French writer and former naval officer Gabriel La Landelle in 1863, from the verb "avier" (synonymous flying), itself derived from the Latin word "avis" ("bird") and the suffix "-ation".[1] click here to read the Wikipedia page about Aviation.