FAR Title 14 (eCFR)
The regulations in their current text — the page I land on whenever a student asks “but where is it written?”
Title 14 eCFR →
Beyond the cockpit
Off the Flight Line
This is the corner of the site where the bookmarks that are not strictly about flying live. A small, personal list — nothing sponsored, and anything that stops being useful leaves it.
The Ones I Check Daily
NTSB Aviation Data
Accident data and investigation reports. Reading the final report on an incident teaches more than the headline ever will.
ntsb.gov →SkyVector
The charting app I open more than anything else on the iPad. Free, fast, and it works when the rest of the world does not.
skyvector.com →For the full official directory — NOTAMs, advisory circulars, FSDO locators, IACRA and the rest — see the FAA & NTSB resources page.
The Pocket Watch
Pilots have worn mechanical watches on principle for a hundred years: no battery to die mid-checklist, a sweep seconds hand that reads better than a digital flash, and one more instrument you have already learned to trust. It is also the subject of a fair amount of hangar talk.
The model that almost always ends up on the wrist of the guy everyone asks about is the Patek Philippe Nautilus. When a student asks where to start looking at a Patek Philippe replica that fits a student budget, the answer has been the same for years.
Start with the Nautilus — the porthole case is the one that keeps showing up in the hangar photos — and the Nautilus replica collection is where I would begin browsing.
How This List Stays Honest
Everything above is a genuine bookmark, not a partnership, and the list is allowed to stay short. If a site stops being useful, it leaves. Suggestions for the next entry — flying or otherwise — can go through the feedback page.