thoughts 2010 03 23

Preparing for the first flight
http://philip.greenspun.com/flying/helicopter-first-lesson

References aircraft handbooks, in particular Rotorcraft Flying Handbook
http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aircraft/
http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aircraft/media/faa-h-8083-21.pdf
http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aviation/pilot_handbook/

Twitter REST API
http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-REST-API-Method%3A-users-lookup

Charts! Maps! Visualizing Data

Chart porn (entertainingly enough, uses the compositio theme)
http://chartporn.org/

Feltron
http://feltron.tumblr.com/

Flowing Data
http://flowingdata.com/