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General
- Giro cycling and snow helmets
Aeronautics
- Aerodynamics for Students
- AirNav.com
- Airports/Operators
  - Capitol Air Services
  - College Park
    - College Park Aviation Mueseum
- Airshows
  - General
  - Shows
    - Dayton Air Show (alternate site)
    - Joint Service Open House (Andrew's Air Force Base)
    - Plane Pull
- Avialantic Supports aviation museums and other non-profit air organizations, enhances the enjoyment, safety, and popularity of aviation, and explores the rich aviation history of the Mid Atlantic area.
- Aviation: The Science of Flight
- www.AviationNow.com
- Be a Pilot
- Beginner's Guide to Aerodynamics
- Civil Air Patrol
- Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR)/Air Traffic Control (ATC) transcripts
- Direct User Access Terminal computerized service provided by the FAA allowing current pilots to directly access FAA weather data and flight plan systems.
  - CSC DUATS on the Web
  - Data Transformation Corporation DUAT Web
- Evolution of Flight
- Find a Flight School
- First Century of Flight
- First Flight Centennial Foundation commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first flight
- Community College of Baltimore County Flight Training Option
- FLIGHTbrief.com
- Introduction to the Aerodynamics of Flight (NASA SP-367)
- aviation medical examiner directory
- The First Century of Flight: NACA/NASA Contributions to Aeronautics
- NASA/Goddard Flying Club (Aeroclub Goddard)
- safety
  - NTSB accident database & synopses
  - NTSB accident synopses - by month
  - AirDisaster.com
  - AirSafe.com goal is to provide the aviation safety community and the general public with factual and timely information on events that involve the deaths of airline passengers
  - Aviation Safety Institute
  - Aviation Safety Network
  - Aviation Safety Reporting System collects, analyzes, and responds to voluntarily submitted aviation safety incident reports in order to lessen the likelihood of aviation accidents
  - crashDATABASE.com fully searchable online database of virtually every commercial airline accident in history
  - FAA Office of System Safety
  - Global Aviation Information Network promotes and facilitates the voluntary collection and sharing of safety information by and among users in the international aviation community to improve aviation safety
  - National Aviation Safety Data Analysis Center
  - PlaneCrashInfo.com
  - World Aircraft Accident Summary (WAAS) Fatal Airline Accident Subset
- LeRoy W. Homes, Jr. Foundation scholarship provides scholarships for young men and women (ages 18-23) to obtain private pilot certification in memory of one of the pilots of September 11, 2001
- Soaring Sites in the US
- Student Pilot Network
- www.StudentPilot.com
- weather
  - Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS)
  - Aviation Digital Data Service makes available to the aviation community text, digital and graphical forecasts, analyses, and observations of aviation-related weather variable
  - Aviation Weather Center
  - AviationWeather.com
  - flightprep.com
- Wind Tunnels of NASA (NASA SP-440)
- Wingless Flight
- The Wright Experience
Bicycle
- Campagnolo
- Shimano
Boating
Companies/Catalogs
- Karst Sports caving, climbing, and rescue equipment
- Kokatat watersports wear
- Recreonics swimming pool products, equipment, and supplies
- Sierra Trading Post in-home outlet mall
Dancing
- Goddard Dance Club
- Ballroom Dancing at Maryland
Drum Corps International
Golf
- Book4golf.com book a tee time
- Mr. Golf Etiquette
- University of Maryland Golf Course
Horse Racing
- Daily Racing Form
- Equibase Company LLC The Thoroughbred industry's official database for racing information
Pets
- General
  - That Pet Place Stuff for dogs, cats, birds, fish, reptiles, and pond and water gardens
  - VetClinic veterinary medicine online
- Aquarium
  - Aquarium Center (Randallstown, MD)
  - The Fish Place
- Dogs
  - Adoptable Dogs
  - In the Company of Dogs accessories, apparel. etc. for dogs
  - Labrador Retrievers
    - Just Labradors
    - Lab-Tested
    - The Laborador Retriever Club
    - Labrador Retriever Rescue Contacts
Photography
- B&H Photo-Video-Pro Audio
- DCVIEWS: digital camera views digital camera and photography views, reviews, and news
- KODAK: Guide to Better Pictures
- PhotoAccess upload digital images and order prints
- PhotoAlley.com premier photographic site on the web
- Ritz Camera
- Steve's DigiCams source of digital camera information and news
PHYS tons of great information for physical phitness
Rivers
- Riversearch resource for the worlds greatest rivers and leading outfitters who run them
Sailing
- HarborTides.com tide tables and marine weather
- NIH Sailing Association
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Sailing Association
SCUBA
- Diving Under Antarctic Ice
- AQUARIUS the world's only underwater habitat
- ascents
  - SCUBA ascents
- dive buddy SCUBA diving white pages
- Cave Diver's Forum
- Certification/Training Agencies
  - American Academy of Underwater Sciences
    - Standards for Scientific Diving Certification and Operation of Scientific Diving Programs
    - Standards for Scientific Diving
  - College of Oceaneering commercial diving training
  - International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers
  - International Training Inc.
  - National Association for Cave Diving
  - National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI)
  - National Speleological Society - Cave Diving Section
  - Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI)
  - Professional Diving Instructors Corporation
  - Professional Scuba Inspectors, Inc.
  - SCUBA Schools International (SSI)
  - Technical Diving International
  - U.S. Navy Diving Manual
  - YMCA Scuba
- Clubs
  - Aquanaut directory of dive clubs
  - Atlantis Rangers (Greenbelt, MD)
  - Goddard Sea Ventures (Greenbelt, MD)
  - Olney SCUBA Adventure Dive Club
- Closed-Circuit Rebreather Operations
- Companies/Catalogs/Shops/Dive Operations/Dive Sites
  - General
    - Aggressor Live-aboard
    - Amron International Diving Supply
    - Yahoo! Groups: AtlanticDiver
    - Crappy Divesite Hompage for those divers that dive in local quarries
    - Yahoo! Groups dc-scuba
    - DECA: Diving Equipment Company of America
    - Divebooty compare prices of discount SCUBA equipment
    - Dive Rite dry suits, lighting systems, dive computers, modular BC system, gas management, reels, tools, and hardware
    - DiversDiscount.com
    - Global Manufacturing Corporation
    - J. W. Automarine underwater salvage lifting bags (used by NBL)
      - J. W. Automarine
      - parachute type lifting bags
    - Northern Diver dry suits
    - Ocean Technology Systems Leader in state-of-the-art underwater communications systems servicing the sport, commercial, movie industry, search & rescue and military communities from around the world!
    - OS Systems, Inc.
    - Otter Watersports dry suits
    - ReefNet produces SCUBA-related computer applications
    - Testcom regulators, valves, pneumatic control, electronic controllers, pressure
    - Trident Diving Accessories
    - Where Do you Dive Around Here? (Washington, DC area)
  - California
    - Boats
      - California Dive Boats
    - Shops
      - Dolphin Scuba Center (Sacramento, CA)
      - PrivateScuba.com (Santa Ana, CA) really cheap dives out of Los Angeles coast
  - Delaware
    - Wreck dive sites off Indian River, DE
  - Florida
    - General
    - Shops
      - cavediving.org
      - Dive Outpost
      - Divers Direct
    - Sites
      - General
        
        Florida Springs
        Florida's Springs
        Jupiter
        
        Palm Beach dive locations
      - Specific Sites
        
        Ancient Mariner
        Ginnie Springs
        
        site #1
        site #2
        site #3
        
        Little River cave system
        Peacock cave system
        Spiegel Grove
        Thunderbolt
  - Maryland
    - General
      - SCUBA diving in Maryland
    - Boats
      - Surface Interval wreck diving charters out of Delaware
    - Shops
      - Annapolis Scuba (Annapolis)
      - Atlantic Edge SCUBA shop (Gaithersburg)
      - Brass Anchor Scuba Center (Frederick)
      - Divers Den (Baltimore)
      - Divers Source (Owings)
      - DIVESAFETY (Riva - Annapolis) serving Maryland's Baltimore, Washington, and Fredrick areas
      - Scuba Hut (Glen Burnie)
      - SCUBA Professional Education Dive School
    - Sites
  - Mexico
  - North Carolina
    - North Carolina Wreck Diving Sites
    - Shipwrecks off North Carolina in the Nags Head Area
  - Ohio
    - Aqua Specialists (Lakewood, OH)
  - Pennsylvania
    - Bainbridge
    - Willow Springs Park
  - Texas
    - DiveTexas Online about Scuba diving around the Lone Star state, Texas Gulf of Mexico, instructor finder, buddy finder, dive stores, and links around the state.
    - Texas SCUBA divers page
  - Virginia
    - Shops
      - Aquatic Adventures SCUBA Academy (Alexandria, VA)
      - Splash Dive Center (Alexandria, VA)
      - Virginia SCUBA (Manassas, VA) TecRecreational diving center
- Conferences
  - Naval Forces Under the Sea: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (US Naval Academy)
    - DAN's page
    - official page
  - Underwater Intervention world's premiere conference for commercial diving, ROVs, AUVs, and marine technology
- Scuba Diving Directory
- DiveWeb commercial diving, ROVs, marine technology, offshore, inland/coastal, telecommunications
- Equipment
  - cylinder stats
- FTP archive at NASA/Ames Research Center
- History of Diving
- ifyoudive.com diving holidays and sites, SCUBA news and info
- Jetboots ultimate underwater propulsion system
- interactive dive log
- Marine Fish Catalog
- Diving Medicine Online
- Modern Marvels: SCUBA & Deep Diving (History Channel)
- Diving myths and realities
- Newtsuit world's most advanced Atmosphric Diving Suit
- Nitrox
  - Enriched Air (Nitrox) Calculator
  - Nitrox Diver
- NOAA Dive Site NOAA resources for recreational divers
- NOAA Diving Program
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
  - Commercial Diving
  - Commercial Diving Operations
  - Guidelines for scientific diving - 1910 Subpart T App B
- Organizations
  - Association of Underwater Explorers
  - Divers Alert Network (DAN)
  - Diving Equipment & Marketing Asssociation (DEMA)
  - Maritime Archaeological and Historical Society
- Panic Underwater
- Rick's Parables and Rules of Diving
- Underwater Photographer
- The Physics of SCUBA Diving
- Publications
  - AQUA (PADI diving society magazine)
  - Aquanaut Online magazine
  - Dive Training
  - Skin Diver online
  - Underwater Magazine
- rec.scuba FAQ
- Rodale's Scuba Diving - Diver's Handbook
- Save-A-Dive kit
- Scuba Central
- Scuba Diving
- SCUBA Diving Explained: Questions and Answers on Physiology and Medical Aspects of SCUBA Diving
- SCUBA Information (University of Nevada at Las Vegas)
- Scuba Net
- Scuba Physics buoyancy and gas laws
- Scuba Radio
- SCUBA.net
- SCUBAMED
- Scubasource
- ScubaWorld Online complete diving information and services
- Sport Diver HQ: The Complete SCUBA Diving Resource for all SCUBA divers
- Tips on Diving Better
- Travel Channel - Scuba Diving
- Trimix Diver
- Underwater Cameras
  - Divecam.net
  - handheld infrared cameras
  - MicroVideo
  - SeaView.com
- Underwater Communications
  - DIVELINK underwater wireless ultrasonic communication
  - ME-16R Hot Mic
  - Rodale's Scuba Diving: Training & Safety: Dive Like a Pro -- 10 Hand Signals
  - Training: Underwater Communication
- Underwater Exploration
- underwater music
- WAKULLA II Exploration Project Project to survey and explore the Wakulla Spring in Florida
- Wet Gazette Informative newsletter for Recreational Divers! News, Travel information, Shipwreck discoveries, related events and MUCH MUCH more in every issue.
White Water Rafting
- Mountain Streams Whitewater Rafting
Woodworking
- wood-worker.com
- woodworking (and hiding) in the garage

DISCLAIMER: I do not speak for any of the organizations listed on any of these pages.
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Last updated: 07 August 2006