Jack Allison wrote:

Travis Marlatte wrote:

I wait for you to post about your trips...

Yeah...I wish Jay would do more flying out here on the Left Coast so he
could scout out some good spots! :-)

It occurred to me that a wiki might be good to collect information
about places to fly (similar to Wikipedia). I have been working on and
off on setting it up. You can try it out at

http://www.aviawiki.com

Jay was kind enough to give me permission to use the information he
collected about fly in museums, so most of them are now in there.

Using a wiki means that anybody can add and edit pages - so if
information is incorrect, incomplete etc. you can simply click "Edit"
and change it.

My general idea was to encourage people to get out and go flying by
providing ideas for interesting places to go. Entries are welcome
about:

- Airports
- Flying stories and photos
- Aviation museums
- Any kind of fly in destination

Entries can have latitude/longitude information, which means you can
search for other entries within a certain radius.

Businesses are welcome to set up a page about their business, as long
as they are pilot friendly e.g. Alexis Park Inn & Suites. They should
be located at or near an airport, and provide information about how to
get there from the airport when arriving by air i.e. no car.

A wiki has a few benefits compared to other websites:

- Anybody can add or edit information, so if you see something that is
incorrect or out of date you can simply click on the Edit tab and
change it. A history of each page is kept, so vandalism can be easily
removed.
- It is very easy to create links to new or existing pages. All you do
is surround text with [[ ]] to make it a link. There is a "What links
here" function, so from an airport entry you can find other articles
eg. trip stories that link to an airport.

The website is free. You don't need to register to access it, add or
edit content.

You do need to register to upload photos, but that is also free and
only requires choosing a userid and password. You only need to provide
an email address if you want to be able to retrieve your password.

Registered users have their own page where they can upload pictures of
themselves and their aircraft etc. if they wish.