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Irish Aviation Links

                                    Av Weather                                    Av Museums
                           Airports/Aerodromes                    General Information
                     Flying Schools/Aero Clubs            Ballooning   Construction
              Helicopter Training & Corporate    Gliding/Hanggliding/Paragliding
           Pilot Supplies  Microlight Training/Clubs & Paramotoring   Parachuting
    Kitplanes Zodiac-Related  Insurance Cos. Airlines  Miscellaneous Av.  Military

Airlines

Aer Arann
Aer Lingus
Aer Lingus Cargo
Air Contractors - Those DHL planes and others you always see at Dublin Airport
Euroceltic - New Carrier Sligo-Dublin, Donegal-Dublin PSO routes and others
Ryanair

Airports/Aerodromes

Belfast City Airport
Belfast International(Aldergrove)
City of Derry(Eglinton) Airport"
Cork Airport
Donegal Airport
Dublin Airport
Enniskillen Airport
Galway Airport
Knock Airport
Shannon Airport
Sligo Airport
Waterford Airport - GA friendly site

Ballooning

Balloon and Airship Association of Ireland
Irish Balloon Flights

Construction

Aircraft Spruce and Speciality - Planebuilding Supplies
Society of Amateur Aircraft Constructors(SAAC Field) - Irish Authority for Experimental (i.e. Homebuilt, Kitplanes etc.) aircraft. These are the people you will talk to and have inspect your plane
Society of Amateur Rotorcraft Constructors(SAAC Field)
Wicks - Seem to be the best and biggest planebuilding supplies?

Flying Schools/Aero Clubs

Airport Flying Club(Dublin Airport) - Non-profit organisation, long waiting list if you want training
Belfast Flying Club(Belfast Aldergrove)
Connaught Aero Club(Knock Airport)
Kerry Aero Club(Farranfore)
Kilkenny Aero Club(Kilkenny Airfield)
Letterkenny Flying Club(Letterkenny Airfield)
Limerick Flying Club(Coonagh Airfield) - based at Coonagh Airfield, west of Limerick City but include training at Shannon as part of their PPL
Mayo Flying Club - Once based at Castlebar, now looking for new base
National Flight Centre(Weston)
Ormand Flying Club(Birr Airfield) - based outside Birr
Sligo Aero Club(Sligo Airport)
South Aer Flight Centre(Cork Airport)- Organised and professional in all areas. Useful too for pilot supplies, good site
Ulster Flying Club

General Information

AAIU - Air Accident Reports for Ireland
Aviation Society of Ireland
IALPA Homepage - Irish Airline Pilot's Association
Irish Aviation Authority - Information on AME’s(Medicals), Licensing, AICs, RTF(Registered Training Facilities), Exams and more
Irish Aviation Website- Useful General Site, currently being updated, home of the main bulletin board for Irish Pilots
Irish Aviators Network - New Site, useful info on airfields and home of another bulletin board
Steve's Irish Aviation Page
Ulster Aviation Society(Langford Lodge Aerodrome - NI)

Gliding/Hanggliding/Paragliding

Dublin Gliding Club(Gowran Grange Airfield)
Irish Glider Register
Irish Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association of Ireland
Ulster Gliding Club(Bellarena Airfield)

Helicopter Training and Corporate Flights

Celtic Helicopters(Dublin)
Eirecopter(RTF Weston)
First Flight Aviation(RTF Dublin)
Gaelic Helicopters
Helicopter Training & Hire(Newtownards)
Irish Helicopters(Dublin, Cork & Shannon)
Links Helicopters(Shannon) - New Corporate Flight Company
Westair

Insurance

Allianz - Seemingly the only aviation insurance company in Ireland, branches at Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Dundalk, Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick & Sligo

Kitplanes

Avid - Popular kit aircraft and affordable too, they’re wouldn’t win any awards for prettiness though
Europa - The kitplane shown on ‘A Plane is Born’, a UK design
Kitfox- Well, maybe this site is NEARLY as good as Zenair's!

Microlight Training/Clubs & Paramotoring

Irish Paramotoring/Powered Hanggliding Association
Microflight Ireland(Mullaghmore Airfield - NI)
Midland Microlight Aviation(Abbeyshrule)
National Microlight Association of Ireland

Military

Ballykelly Airfield History - Once home of Shackleton's now used by helicopters
Breakdown of Irish Air Corps, Garda Siochana and Irish Coast Guard Air Arms
Irish Air Corps Unofficial Site

Miscellaneous

Article on Farm Strips - Setting up, selecting and using, interesting article indeed
Brompton Folding Bikes - From UK longest running folding bike company in the UK
Dahon Folding bikes - From USA the biggest folding bike company
FAA Exam Test Page - although for FAA exams it still makes good exam practise for JAR-FCL once you skip those questions which do not apply
Great Circle Mapper - I found it useful for looking at the range of my plane and estimated times and distances to various locations
Irish Aviation Articles
Kildonan Aerodrome Finglas
Model Aeronautics Council of Ireland
PC Pilots of Ireland
Salthill Airshow - 6th July 2003 Galway (Free!)
Taildraggers Article

Museums

Foynes Flying Boat Museum - Glin Co. Limerick
Ulster Aviation Museum(Langford Lodge Aerodrome - NI) - see also Ulster Aviation Society
Also Grob G102 Astir C577 (Astir Std) Glider on display at Northside Shopping Centre, Rathfarnham

Parachuting

Irish Parachute Centre(Clonbullogue Aerodrome)
Naas Falcons Parachute Club(Hacketstown)
Parachute Association of Ireland
Wild Geese Skydiving Club(Movenis Airfield)

Pilot Supplies

South Aer Flight Centre- Only Irish Pilot Supplies Shop I could find on the web
Transair- UK based Pilot Supplies

Weather

Clouds- Site about clouds
Irish Weather Links
Met Eireann - Go to Weather Charts where you will find a prediction of cloud cover for the next day if you trust weather forecasts!
Weatherdial - 1570-131-838 Aviation Product List - 0400 - Provides TAFs, METARs and other aviation data and charts.

Zodiac-Related

Zenair - The makers of the Zodiac and a wide range of other kit aircraft, excellent website, in fact I dare you to find one better for kitplane manufacturers!
GEZUB - Website for Zenith builders in the UK, Ireland and Europe
Zenith Webring - Other builder’s websites
Matronics - Home of the Zenair List, very important to keep up to date with the latest developments in the kits, and also pick up tips, tricks and useful tool ideas. This link is direct to the Zenair List but there are other kit lists on this site at www.matronics.com

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