Flight Resources
- Aviation History On-Line Museum
- Includes the theory of flight, airplanes, airmen, photos and more.
- Aviation Resource Center
- Amazing source of information. Don't miss the Aviation History section for a timeline of events, people and information. Includes sections on "Paper Airplanes" and "Aerodynamics."
- Boeing: History -- Events - The Beginning
- A timeline of events in Boeing history.
- History - Introduction - Intermediate
- A complete textbook of flight history written at an intermediate level. Includes a comprehensive list of people, and some pictures.
- Museum of Flight (Seattle)
- Click on "Collections" for photos and information about planes and flight.
- The Ninety-Nines: International Organization of Women Pilots
- Founded in 1929 by 99 licensed women pilots for the mutual support and advancement of aviation.
- Off To a Flying Start: Introduction to Flight
- Includes parts of a plane, how planes fly, timeline, aviation links and much more set at an elementary level. Projects and Teacher pages can also be found by clicking on the home page for this project. Excellent site from the NASA Langley Learning Technologies Project.
- Plane Math Activities
- Solve math problems related to planes and flight.
- San Diego Aerospace Museum - Historical Aviation Exhibits
- View the exhibits or take the virtual tour with panoramas.
- The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
- Go to the Aeronautics
Division for Smithsonian aircraft. Exhibits include:
- How
Things Fly
- the Resource Center includes science activities, book lists, and other aviation Web links.
- How
Things Fly
- Take Off!
- Activities, history, timeline, careers, a glossary and more from NASA.
- The Tale of the Airplane
- A history of the invention of the airplane with some pictures. Focuses on the Wright Brothers but also includes information on many other historic aviators.
- Women in Aviation Resource Center
- Choose "Women of Excellence" for some biographies of women aviators, then test your knowledge with the "History quiz."
- ThinkQuest (Student-Created) Web Sites:
- Learn the history and science of flight through these Web sites.
- AeroNet
- Aeronautic Nation
- Aviation: The Science of Flight
- Breaking the Barrier (Boeing Military Planes)
- The Continuing Evolution of Jet Planes
- Flight
- A Flight Through the Past: Aviation in the 20th Century
- Flying: A Universal Dream! - A Flight Through the History of Flying
- The Marvel of Flight
- Skyline Aviation
- Women in Aviation
Biographies:
- General
- National Aviation Hall of Fame: Enshrinees - list of people inducted into the hall of fame. Includes a biography on each person.
- Louis Bleriot (France)
- William Boeing (USA)
- Sir George Cayley (England)
- Leonardo DaVinci
- Leonardo@The Museum: Virtual Leonardo- overview of what Leonardo da Vinci did for the history of flight, including some pictures, audio and QuickTime Virtual Reality panoramas.
- Santos Dumont (France/Brazil)
- The Early Years: Santos Dumont - from the Aviation History Museum
- Amelia Earhart (USA)
- Amelia Earhart
- All Star Networks - Aeronautics - complete history of the life of Amelia Earhart, including the early years, the celebrity, the last flight, and several pictures
- Amelia Earhart Foundation- "The Official Site of Amelia Earhart"
- Spectrum Biography
- Amelia Earhart - an account of Amelia Earhart's flight from the U.S. Navy Historical Archives.
- Otto Lilienthal (Germany)
- The Early Years: Otto Lilienthal - from the Aviation History Museum
- Samuel Pierpont Langley (USA)
- The Early Years: Samuel Langley - from the Aviation History Museum
- Charles Lindbergh (USA)
- Igor Sikorsky (Russian-American)
- The Wright Brothers (USA)
- The American Experience: The Wright Stuff - from PBS, includes RealAudio interviews and QuickTime movies
- The Wright Brothers - comprehensive biography of the Wright Brothers including photos, books and links to other information.
- Wilbur and Orville Wright - short biography with pictures.
- Chuck Yeager (USA)
- Who 2: Chuck Yeager Profile - biography with photographs