DUATs: (Direct User Access Terminal) DynCorp's on-line access for current and future pilots to U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved information including:
Current, continuously updated weather information
Easy-to-understand plain language weather
Flight plan filing and closing
Automated flight planning
Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR) Information
from the Bureau of Land Management Aviation Office Airspace Information System, which graphically maps all TFR'S (twice daily during fire season and once through out the rest of the year) on to easy-to-print current WAC, sectional and GNC charts.
Current US Weather Maps:
DISCLAIMER:
The information provided here should not be relied on in lieu of officially disseminated weather forecasts, statements, watches, and warnings.
ABS Log - a free online pilot logbook that works for both FAA and JAA pilots. Access is secured and
encrypted. You can also use your PDA or WAP phones to log your hours.
AeroPlanner.com offers every VFR sectional chart for the US, weather reports, and lots of other free stuff such as flight planners and logbooks for free. Although these items are intended for use in real world flight planning, the accuracy of later versions of Flight Simulator is so close to the real thing that you'll have no trouble using these real-world sources of information and utilities.
Clearance Unlimited offers all U.S. STARs and SIDs for Flight Simulation fans (Free)
FS Repaints by KL 204- a great repository of the repaints created by Cees Melieste for MS Flight Simulator 2002/2004. Files, message boards, news, and reviews for all flight simulators
SimFlight.com- files, message boards, news, and reviews for all flight simulators
BenChiu.com- Popular author of Flight Simulator Guides, Ben Chiu's home page.
Rod Machado (in addition to being one of the finest people you'll ever meet) produces some of the best aviation related educational material in the world.
Patty Wagstaff the First Lady of aerobatics, a friend of Microsoft Flight Simulator for many years, and a FlightAdventures spokesperson.