Links
Past:
- The History Net
(http://www.thehistorynet.com)
- One of the best history site's on the Internet, includes an
extensive history section on aviation.
- Helicopter History Site
(http://www.helis.com)
- Contains lots of great information on the history of
helicopters.
- Early visionaries:
Leonardo:
- The Leonardo
Musuem (http://www.leonet.it/comuni/vinci/)
- Contains information on a museum devoted to the life of
Leonardo da Vinci. The museum is located in Vinci Italy, Leonardo's
home town
- Mark
Harden's Artchive
(http://www.artchive.com/artchive/ftptoc/leonardo_ext.html)
- Contains an archive of Leonardo's famous paintings.
- The Drawings of
Leonardo da Vinci (http://banzai.msi.umn.edu/leonardo/)
- An archive of many of Leonardo's drawings.
- Lighter than air:
-
Hot Air Balloon
(http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/Other_Groups/K-12/TRC/Aeronautics/Hot_Air_Balloon.html)
- An experiment that explains how hot air balloons work.
-
First in America's Skies
(http://www.thehistorynet.com/AviationHistory/articles/0996_cover.htm)
- The story of the first flight in U.S. Skies.
- Early designs:
- To Fly is
Everything
(http://hawaii.cogsci.uiuc.edu/invent/airplanes.html)
- A virtual museum covering the invention of the airplane,
1799-1909, with many excellent multimedia features.
- On
Aerial Navigation
(http://hawaii.cogsci.uiuc.edu/invent/i/Cayley/CayleyP1.html)
- An example of Sir George Cayley's notes.
- Cayley's
Ornithopter (http://boiler.open.ac.uk/ornithopter.html)
- Pictures and movies of how Sir George Cayley's ornithopter
would work.
-
- Rocketry:
History:
-
Spacelink: Rockets
(http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Instructional.Materials/Curriculum.Support/Technology/Educator.Guides.and.Activities/Rockets/.index.html)
- A NASA site which has information about the history of
rocketry.
- Space flight:
- NASA
Spacelink
(http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Spacelink.Cool.Picks/.index.html)
- Has lots of cool pictures, including animated satellite
pictures of the Earth.
-
- The beginning of modern
flight:
The race for heavier than air flight:
-
Aviation Pioneer Glen Curtiss
(http://www.thehistorynet.com/AviationHistory/articles/05962_cover.htm)
- An article about Glenn Curtiss, one of the Wright Brothers'
chief competitors.
- African
Americans in Aviation in Arizona
(http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/images/afamer/avintro.htm)
- Early African American Aviators including interviews with Fred
Archer, Janet Bragg, Roy Comeaux, and Vernon Haywood. There is also
an image archive of these aviators.
- The Wright Brothers:
- First
Flight: The Wind Tunnel Experiments
(http://firstflight.open.ac.uk/experiments.html)
- A page that includes shockwave interactive simulations on the
Wright Brother's experiments that allowed the brothers to determine
the best shape of a wing.
- Orville
Wright - How we made the first flight
(http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/wright/wriframe.html)
- The FAA publication on how the Wright Brothers made the first
flight.
-
- Aviation finds a purpose:
Entertainment:
- Airshow.com
(http://www.airshow.com)
- Shows a list of the most popular airshow performers. An example
on how aviation still entertains thousands of people every
year.
- EAA AirVenture
(http://www.fly-in.org)
- See the official EAA Oshkosh Website, see pictures of the
largest air show in the United States.
- Lincoln
Beachey
(http://www.e-media.com/fillmore/museum/beachey.html)
- A page about the life and death of Lincoln Beachey, part of the
Fillmore Aviation Museum Website.
- The Exhibition
Era of Flight
(http://www.web-pac.com/mall/articles/artfeb97.html)
- This site is about the exhibition era of flight.
- 1910 Air Meet
(http://archives.csudh.edu/airmeet)
- A webpage about the 1910 Airmeet at Los Angeles, where Lincoln
Beachey was a participant.
- Mail flight:
-
Airmail's First Day
(http://www.thehistorynet.com/AviationHistory/articles/0594_cover.htm)
- A detailed depiction of the first mail flight.
- Airmail
Pioneers (http://www.airmailpioneers.org/archive.html)
- Learn about the first airmail pioneers.
- The UPS Story
(http://www.ups.com/about/story.html)
- The history of UPS, an example of today's mail flight
- Military:
-
Pioneering Air-Sea Engagement
(http://www.thehistorynet.com/AviationHistory/articles/1998/0998_cover.htm)
- Didier Masson's 1913 attack on a Federalist gunboat at the
behest of Mexican rebels was one of the earliest air strikes
carried out against a naval vessel.
- Official Web Site of the U.S. Air
Force (http://www.af.mil)
- The United States Air Force Web Site.
- The
Aircraft Gallery
(http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8585)
- A well made website with images of U.S. and foreign military
warbirds.
-
Against All Odds
(http://www.thehistorynet.com/AmericanHistory/articles/1997/08972_cover.htm)
- An article about the first U.S. air attack on Japan by Jimmy
Doolitt.
- Transportation:
- Your Aviation
Future (http://www.spartanaero.com/future.htm)
- Become familiar with the 727 cockpit.
-
"Lady Lindy": The Remarkable Life of Amelia Earhart
(http://www.thehistorynet.com/AviationHistory/articles/1997/0797_cover.htm)
- The story of Amelia Earhart and her quest to fly around the
world.
- Douglas
C-47D "Sky Train"
(http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/modern_flight/mf3.htm)
- This is a page about the C-47, the military version of the
DC-3.
Present:
- The Federal Aviation
Administration (http://www.faa.gov)
- The Federal Aviation Administration reports on airplane
safety.
- Aviation
Resource Center
(http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/4294)
- An excellent web page with information on aircraft,
aerodynamics, aerospace, and more.
- NASA
Observatorium Aeronautics Planes
(http://observe.ivv.nasa.gov/nasa/exhibits/planes/planes_0.html)
- NASA's how do planes fly for K-12 Grades.
- Modern principles of flight:
Airfoils:
- Aviation
Resources - Aerodynamics
(http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/4294/aerodynamics)
- Excellent web page with lots of information on aircraft,
aerodynamics, aerospace, and more.
- Types of lift:
- Science
through Engineering
(http://ldaps.ivv.nasa.gov/Curriculum/Curriculum/List.html)
- A series of easy-to-do experiments that explain how lift
works.
-
Foilsim
(http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/Other_Groups/K-12/aerosim/LessonHS97/HomePage.html)
- Several high school level experiments that explain lift.
- Aviation
Resources - Aerodynamics
(http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/4294/aerodynamics)
- Excellent web page with lots of information on aircraft,
aerodynamics, aerospace, and more.
- NASA
Observatorium Aeronautics Planes
(http://observe.ivv.nasa.gov/nasa/exhibits/planes/planes_0.html)
- NASA's how do planes fly for K-12 Grades.
- Forces of flight:
- Forces on
an Airplane
(http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/IFMD/airplane/forces.html)
- A further explanation on the forces of an airplane.
- Axes of rotation:
-
How do Pilots Control Airplanes
(http://ldaps.ivv.nasa.gov/Curriculum/Curriculum/How-pilots-fly.html)
- Experiments on how airplanes can control their movement.
-
- Virtual
tour:
- Parts of
an Airplane
(http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/IFMD/airplane/airplane.html)
- Another site that shows the parts of an airplane and explains
what they do.
- Engine:
- Four-Stroke
Engine (http://www.simtools.com/EngineF1.html)
- Java Applet which explains how a four-stroke engine works.
- Propeller:
Wings:
- NASA
Observatorium Aeronautics Planes
(http://observe.ivv.nasa.gov/nasa/exhibits/planes/planes_0.html)
- NASA's how do planes fly for K-12 Grades.
- Aviation
Resources - Aerodynamics
(http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/4294/aerodynamics)
- Excellent web page with lots of information on aircraft,
aerodynamics, aerospace, and more.
- Flaps:
- Aviation
Resources - Aerodynamics
(http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/4294/aerodynamics)
- Excellent web page with lots of information on aircraft,
aerodynamics, aerospace, and more.
- Ailerons:
Cabin:
-
Aircraft Control
(http://ldaps.ivv.nasa.gov/Curriculum/Curriculum/Aircraft-control.html)
- Explains how the airplane is controlled by the pilot in the
cockpit, Contains an image of a cockpit and descriptions on how the
flight controls work.
- Empennage:
Landing gear:
Fuselage:
Uses of the airplane:
Flight for fun:
Flight for profit:
Flight for war:
Types of aircraft:
Future:
- Aircraft:
Commercial:
General:
Military:
- Boeing
(http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/jsf/jsf.htm)
-
Boeing's description of the joint strike
fighter.
- Avionics:
- Advanced Personal Air Transportation
System (http://apats.org)
- This is a great site with lots of information on the personal
aircraft of the future.
- Computers:
PFD:
Weather:
- NASA
Spacelink
(http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Spacelink.Cool.Picks/.index.html)
- Has lots of cool pictures, including animated satellite
pictures of the Earth.
- AviationWeather.com
(http://www.aviationweather.com)
- Site with information, pictures, and live forecasts.
Navigation:
HUD:
- How to become a pilot:
Civilian:
- The Student Pilot Network
(http://www.ufly.com)
- Has information on things like scholarships for future
pilots.
- Military:
Commercial:
- Your Aviation
Future (http://www.spartanaero.com/future.htm)
- Contains a virtual tour of the 727 aircraft cockpit.
- Joe Pries
Commercial Aviation Photography
(http://www.geocities.com/~joepries)
- Contains varied assortment of commercial airline pictures.
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