Fun Facts

AOPA

AOPA (Aircraft Owners Pilot Association) now has 412,000 members.

Alberto Santos-Dumont

Was the first to sustain manned powered flight in Europe, he was a Brazilian living in France. His flight took place November 12, 1906.

Air sickness bags

Some airsickness bags (not used) from aircraft have sold for over $200 on Ebay.

Aviation Photography

Many of us, thousands upon thousands of us worldwide enjoy photography, and for us here, we enjoy it with the aviation setting. One of the largest types of photo galleries online, with several millions, and sites that see over 200,000 people a day visit them exist. Aviation photography can be exciting for people of all ages, and is one that you can self teach for better shots and more. Most people use professional series cameras, such as the Canon 30D. Lenses people can spend a few thousand of dollars on, but if you don't have one of these high end camera's don't worry either! Many people are able to get their work published online with a fairly decent "Point and Shoot" camera. All you have to do is have a little knowledge of computer, photo editing, and camera skills and you can be on your way!

Camera's

As mentioned above, you can use just about any kind of camera. Most people, over 90% currently use digital cameras. A good portion of those use DSLR camera's, which are higher end, lens interchangable cameras. Below is a list to manufacturers that are quite popular among the community, Not sure of the camera to get, take a look at Popular Photography, where they often rate camera's and have a ton of information for you to make the best decision.

Retailers

Several retailers are available out on the online market. Once you find the camera that you want, we recommend using BizRate to find the best price and retailers to suit your needs.

Photgraphers Rights and Laws

Photography rights and laws vary by country, but since this is a U.S.A based website we will post a great website that goes over many of the rights and laws that we as photographers have. We found a great website called Photo Secrets which have a lot of information concerning this topic.

Websites to Publish, View, and Enjoy Aviation Photography!

This is a list of just some of the most popular websites from around the world.

Get You Work Published! Photo Editing Programs Used by Photographers

Many of the photographers that you see have their work on sites like Airliners.net or Jetphotos.net use Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Photoshop Elements. Of course if those are out of your price range often times you will find that you can use other programs that don't give you as much flexibility and fixing options such as Windows built in photo editor.