Ace Pilots. Read about aces like
Pappy Boyington, Butch O'Hare, Chuck Yeager, Manfred von
Richthofen, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Erich Hartmann, as
well as about pioneering aviators like Charles Lindbergh,
Amelia Earhart, and Howard Hughes. This site also
includes pages about some of the great airplanes of World
War II, like the P-51 Mustang, P-38 Lightning, B-17
Flying Fortress, and the Sopwith Camel. www.acepilots.com
Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, Texas. www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com
First Flight Society. Preserves and
promotes the accomplishments of the Wright brothers, and
of aviation in all its forms. www.firstflight.org
National Museum of the United States Air Force. www.nationalmuseum.af.mil
The Ninety-Nines. An
international organization of women pilots founded in
1929. http://www.ninety-nines.org
The United States Centennial of Flight
Commission. Born of dreams, inspired by
freedom. This is the homepage for the celebration of the
centennial of flight. Features include daily essays by
and about aviators. www.centennialofflight.gov
Magic
School Bus: Soaring Into Flight. The Magic
School Bus and Ms. Frizzle take Young Scientists soaring
into flight with a dozen dynamic experiments. Youngsters
build a balloon-jet, experiment with parachutes, make a
spinner soar, create the ultimate paper airplane, make
paper magically rise, move floating ping pong balls,
collapse a juice box, fly a glider, lift off rockets, and
more. So strap on your seat belts, students, and get
ready to discover Soaring into Flight! www.kbtoys.com
Scientific American
Frontiers: Flying Free. Alan Alda speaks
with Paul MacCready, who stunned the world of
aeronautical engineering by designing the first
successful human-powered airplane. At 75, MacCready
continues to build flying machines inspired by nature.
Alda and MacCready fly a variety of planes, from a flying
wing as long as a football field to a tiny spy plane. The
program examines how nature first solved the problem of
flight, when insects evolved wings 300 million years ago.
www.shoppbs.org
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