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The Aerodrome: Aces and Aircraft of World War I

http://www.theaerodrome.com/

Indepth information on World War I aces and aircrafts. Includes biographical information on all the major aces of the war, organized by nationality. This includes rank, squadrons, victories, medals awarded, a photo, and a short account of their war service. In addition, the site has a listing of aircraft used in the war, organized by country of origin. Also provides related links, a discussion forum and an internal search engine.

Author: Aerodrome (webmaster@theaerodrome.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Europe--World War I

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Wars--World War I

Science & Technology--Transportation--Air

Keywords: airplanes; aircraft

Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC)

http://www.fly.faa.gov/

Real time flight delay information for major U.S. airports. Includes a Glossary of Air Traffic Management Terms.

Author: United States. Federal Aviation Administration (WebMasterATCSCC@faa.gov)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Travel & Tourism

Science & Technology--Transportation--Air

Airlines of the Web

http://www.itn.net/cgi/get?itn/cb/aow/index

Directory of airline web pages. Lists for passenger carriers, frequent flyer programs, cargo airlines, aviation organizations, airline USENET groups, 800 numbers, reservations, etc.

Author: Marc-David Seidel (seidel@uts.cc.utexas.edu)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Travel & Tourism

Science & Technology--Transportation--Air

Keywords: Airlines

The Aviation Zone

http://www.theaviationzone.com/

"The Aviation Zone is the most comprehensive online resource for military transports, aerial tankers, and fixed-wing gunships, from 1940 to present day. Over 75 different aircraft are represented within, most having distinguished service records and a significant presence in the annals of military airlift history....This site currently contains over 1900 High-Quality images, detailed factsheets with aircraft diagrams, and numerous media files."

Author: Mike Neely (webmaster@theaviationzone.com)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government--Military

Science & Technology--Transportation--Air

crashDATABASE.com

http://www.crashdatabase.com/

"This web site is the Internet's first fully searchable online database of virtually every commercial airline accident in history. Included in the database herein are more than 1,500 commercial airline accident records, large and small, covering the years of 1970 through 2001, and more accident records are being added every day."

Author: Air Safety Online (webmaster@airsafetyonline.com)

Subjects:

Science & Technology--Transportation--Air

Encyclopedia of American Military Aircraft

http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~pettypi/elevon/baugher_us/

Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft is organized by type of airplane, such as attack or cargo. Select the type, then scroll down the list to find your airplane. There is also a section for Aircraft of the World.

Author: Joe Baugher (jbaugher@worldnet.att.com)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government--Military

Science & Technology--Transportation--Air

Keywords: airplane; bomber; cargo; fighters

Federal Aviation Regulations

http://www.landings.com/_landings/pages/fars.html

Searchable, full text of FAA and relevant NTSB regulations in HTML format. Arranged by subchapter and part.

Author: Günther Eichhorn (landings@drive.net)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government--Executive--Agencies

Science & Technology--Transportation--Air

Keywords: Aviation; FAA; NTSB; Regulations

Flight-History.com

http://www.flight-history.com/

"Flight-History is dedicated to capturing aviation history. The archives feature a growing collection of photographs, stories and aircraft specifications. The site includes the aviation artwork of several artists."

Author: Ghosts of Aviation Inc. (info@flight-history.com)

Subjects:

Science & Technology--Transportation--Air

Landings

http://www.landings.com/

"Landings' directory will connect you to virtually every lift-generating web site on the net, from airports to flying clubs, organizations and publications to aviation events, home-building to airlines and many more. Among Landings various databases you'll find sophisticated searches of FAA Regulations, Canadian Regulations, AIM, the Pilot Controller Glossary, Service Difficulty Reports, Airworthiness Alerts, NTSB Briefs, N Numbers and the FAA Airmen Database, Airmen knowledge test information and more."

Author: Yonatan Yoshpe (landings@drive.net)

Subjects:

Science & Technology--Transportation--Air

Learn to Fly

http://www.aopa.org/learntofly/

"Here you'll learn the basics of getting a pilot certificate and read personal accounts of people who have done it. We think you'll find it interesting and enjoyable reading, and we hope it will help convince you to take a drive to your local airport and sign up for a first flight." Includes a searchable database for finding a flight instructor.

Author: Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (aopahq@aopa.org)

Subjects:

Science & Technology--Transportation--Air

Keywords: Pilot; Flight Training; Flight Instructor

Milestones of Flight

http://www.nasm.edu/galleries/gal100/gal100.html

"The National Air and Space Museum 'Milestones of Flight' gallery exhibits some of the major 'firsts' in aviation and space history. These are the machines that made the dream of flight possible. From the Wright Brother's Wright 1903 Flyer, to the Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis, to the Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia that carried the first men to walk on the Moon."

Author: Smithsonian Institution (webmaster@si.edu)

Subjects:

Science & Technology--Astronomy--Spaceflight & Exploration

Science & Technology--Transportation--Air

NASA Observatorium Aeronautics Planes

http://observe.ivv.nasa.gov/nasa/exhibits/planes/planes_0.html

This contains links to educational projects (sponsored by NASA) to get children interested in flying in order to learn about technology, physics, chemistry and math. There is an easy experiment to demonstrate how planes fly. There is also a link to NASA's Internet in the classroom page.

Author: NASA Observatorium

Subjects:

Education--K-12

Science & Technology--Transportation--Air

Keywords: Aeronautics

The Observatorium

http://observe.ivv.nasa.gov/

"Introduces the basic concepts and applications of remote sensing using simple examples and jargon-free text. The site is geared toward the general public and assumes no previous knowledge of remote sensing. The site has some material appropriate for K-12 educational uses. The Observatorium also maintains a searchable database providing abstracts and analysis of other remote sensing Internet resources."

Author: NASA's Learning Technologies Program (sjcarter@mail.arc.nasa.gov)

Subjects:

Science & Technology--Astronomy

Science & Technology--Earth Sciences

Science & Technology--Transportation--Air

Keywords: Remote Sensing; Astronomy; Environment

Plane Writing

http://www.xs4all.nl/~blago/planewriting/

"Flying used to fire the imagination in a major way and heroes were made of this. Those early pilots were unmistakebly remarkable people, did not one but several remarkable things, and best of all, they wrote about it. Then, in the age of rockets, they became suddenly out-dated, archaic,forgotten. Their dusty biographies, leftovers from another era's enthusiasm, paint a wonderful picture of pre-fifties flying and living! The quotes and scraps of stories here are a personal selection from these texts."

Author:

Subjects:

Reference--Biographies

Science & Technology--Transportation--Air

Keywords: pilots; flying

The Principles of Flight

http://www.pilotsweb.com/principle.htm

An excelent overview of the physics behind flight, including concepts such as Newton's Laws of Motion, Bernoulli's Principle of Pressure, Lift and Drag, Airfoils, and Angle of Attack.

Author: Pilot's Web (editor@pilotsweb.com)

Subjects:

Science & Technology--Transportation--Air

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM)

http://www.nasm.edu/

This exciting website has online versions of NASM exhibits and information about the museum itself.

Author: Smithsonian Institution (webmaster@si.edu)

Subjects:

Science & Technology--Astronomy--Spaceflight & Exploration

Science & Technology--Transportation--Air

To Fly is Everything

http://invention.psychology.msstate.edu/

Web site about the invention and early history of the airplane. "It features several online books and numerous magazine articles drawn from the period 1799-1909, including a considerable amount of rare material, in the Digital Library. The photography section features movies of early craft in flight, and a collection of more than 300 Wright brothers photographs. There is considerable support for text-based browsers. The Chanute-Wright correspondence features numerous hyperlinks to supporting material, allowing for a rich exploration of the Wright brothers efforts to master the air."

Author: Gary Bradshaw (glb2@ra.msstate.edu)

Subjects:

Science & Technology--Transportation--Air

Keywords: History; Invention

TheTrip.Com: Flight Tracking

http://www.thetrip.com/usertools/flighttracking/0,1325,1-1,00.html

"You can find out about current flights between major cities within the United States. Remember that this is real time flight data so it only shows flights that are flying, have recently flown, or are about to take off." You can find a flight by airline an flight number, or by city and time.

Author: TheTrip.Com (feedback@thetrip.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Travel & Tourism

Science & Technology--Transportation--Air

Keywords: Airplanes; Airlines

The Tuskegee Airmen

http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/tuskegee/airoverview.htm

A history of the Tuskegee Airmen maintained by the National Park Service.

Author: National Park Service (nps_webmaster@nps.gov)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Science & Technology--Transportation--Air

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--African/African-American

Keywords: African; Americans; History; Black; Pilots; Aviation; Flight; Airplane; War; Armed; Forces; Tuskegee

Yahoo! News Full Coverage: Aviation and Aerospace

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/Business/Aviation_and_Aerospace/

Features current news stories related to aviation and the aerospace industry. Also links to news sources, opinions & editorials, magazine articles, video sources, and related Web sites.

Author: Yahoo! News (full_coverage@yahoo-inc.com)

Subjects:

Science & Technology--Transportation--Air

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