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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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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