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Aviation History Websites

• Century of Flight  a complete history of aviation from early myths to space exploration

• 1370th Photomapping History  Preserving the history of USAF Aerial Survey & Photomapping from 1945-1973.  Many pictures of people, places, and aircraft from survey sites around the world.

• The Aerodrome  Aces and aircraft of World War I: aces, aircraft, books, forum, links, medals, T-shirts, related links.

• Aeronautical Systems Center History Office  Provides historical information and related services to the Commander and Staff of ASC: annual histories, monographs, and special studies.  Also, a research collection of historical materials which is available for official researchers (Air Force, Department of Defense, and their contractors).  The site contains information about the Wright Brothers, aviation, online Air Force history books, Wright-Patterson AFB, and aviation photos

• AIAA Wright Flyer Project  Honoring the Wright Brothers by researching, building, testing, and flying replicas of the 1903 Wright Flyer airplane.  The site has photos, essays, technical papers, projects, and future plans.

• Air-Britain International Association of Aviation Historians run by enthusiasts promoting education in aviation subjects, and publishing Air-Britain Digest for members, as well as Air-Britain News, a monthly magazine which records additions and changes in the civil registers of a large number of countries, coverage of military air arms world-wide, airliner changes and production, details of air displays, specialised coverage of business aircraft and details of production and deliveries of aircraft.

• Air Force Historical Research Agency  The repository of over 70,000,000 pages of Air Force historical documents since World War II providing research facilities for professional military education students, faculty, visiting scholars, and the general public.  Also at http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/afhra/

• Air Mail Pioneers  Dedicated to the men and women of the U.S. Air Mail Service, an organization that laid the foundation for commercial aviation.  History, profiles, newsletters, museums, links.

• Air Racing History  Compiled by the European Sport Pilot Association.

• Air War Vietnam.Com  This site attempts to give recognition to all of the flying units that flew in, on, or over South East Asia during the Vietnam War.  Flyers and their support personnel are covered.

• The Aircraft Engine Historical Society  A non-profit educational and historical society, open to the public, which fosters an appreciation of the people, art, and science associated with aircraft engine development, manufacture, and use.

• Airline History Archives  History of U.S. commercial airlines no longer in existance, and other airline information.

• American Aviation Historical Society  The AAHS was established to preserve and disseminate the hertiage of American aviation through a collection of books, documents and photographs, a quarterly Journal, and Newsletter.

• The Army Aviation Heritage Foundation  The AAHF seeks to educate the American public to their military heritage through the story of U.S. Army Aviation's soldiers and machines.

• Aviation in Hampshire UK 1900 to 2000  The aviation history of the county of Hampshire over the past 100 years.

• Aviation History - A Century of Flight  The history of aviation and air racing.

• The Aviation History On-Line Museum Historical information about aircraft, airmen, engines, early years, construction, theory, other sites, gift shop.

• Aviation Pioneers : An Anthology  An extensive source of information and links to pages about aviation pioneers, manufacturers, aviators, entertainers, and others.

• Belgian Aviation History Association  A group dedicated to aviation history in Belgium.  Newsletter, membership, other Belgian historical aviation associations, books, aircraft archaeology.

• Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation  A non-profit corporation dedicated to preserving the memory and alliance of the men and women of the United States, Great Britain, France, and Germany who conducted the humanitarian event from June 1948 to May 1949.

• Boeing: The Wonder of Flight  Explains how things fly (manmade and otherwise, powered and not).  The Century of Discovery page offers a timeline of flight with pictures and information.

• Braniff International Historical Web Site  Created to preserve the airline's history.  Operated as a not-for-profit educational resource for the general public, friends, and former employees of the original Braniff International with primary focus is on the people and events between 1965 and 1982.

• Canadian Aviation Historical Society Dedicated to the preservation of Canada’s flying heritage.  Membership, chapters, Journal, links.

• Catch Our Smile  This website details the history of PSA Pacific Southwest Airlines: photo gallery, memorabilia, history by year.

• Chandelle, A Journal of Aviation History  A forum for original essays, reviews, photographs, and artwork related, however loosely, to the less familiar aspects of the history of aviation.  Published on the Web by amateurs for amateurs 3 times a year, and made available for private study without charge.  Also, many links to sites with aviation history content.

• Chasing the Sun  PBS program about the history of commercial aviation.  Website offers an aviation timeline, planes through the years, innovators, companies, TV schedule.

• Check-Six  Tours to some of key sites in the history of aviation, as well as tours of many facilities in the area of Edwards Air Force Base, NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, and the Air Force's Test Pilot School.  The Aero Store offers posters, books, collectibles.

• The Czechoslovak Air Force in Britain, 1940-1945  A British Ph.D thesis now available as an e-book.

• Days Of Glory And Early Aviation  Aviation history and one mans travel through the early days of aviation.

• Dutch Historic Aviation Sites  An initiative to connect and list all the Dutch aviation history sites, including Dutch sites about foreign historic aviation and private sites.  Many of the sites listed are in English.

• The Early Birds of Aviation, Inc.  An organization of pioneers who flew solo before December 17, 1916: photos, biographies and history.  Also, a collection of early U.S. flyers who were pioneers, but not members of the Early Bird organization.

• First Flight Centennial Foundation  This site includes information about improvements to Wright Brothers National Memorial, event planning and updates for the centennial in NC, official First Flight Centennial merchandise, the monthly Wright Brothers Trivia Challenge, and more.

• Flight-History.com  Dedicated to capturing aviation history.  Archives feature a collection of photographs, stories, and aircraft specifications.  The site includes the aviation artwork of several artists.

• Golden Age of Aviation eZine  Historical short stories with photos and 3-view scale drawings.

• The Helicopter's History Site Historical evolution of helicopters.

• Hikoki: 1946  History and information about the Japanese air arm, including experimental, jet, and rocket aircraft.

• Historic Wings  An online aviation magazine featuring stories from the past and present, free Web page and e-mail accounts, forums.

• History of Aviation Special Collections and Archives Wright State University Libraries special collections.

• The History Channel  Try aviation keywords in the search box.

• Holcomb's Aerodrome  This page details selected pioneer era, great war, and golden age aircraft.  The links section presents an outstanding selection of aviation history links.

• The A.J. Jackson Collection  A private British aviation history archive and photographic collection containing almost 30,000 negatives and several tens of thousands of prints.  The focus is on British civil aviation during the years 1919 to 1960 but there are also details and photographs of many foreign, commonwealth and military aircraft.

• Koolhoven Aeroplanes Foundation  Preserving the work of the Dutch airplane constructor Frederick Koolhoven (1886-1946) who designed the Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8, the B.A.T. F.K.26 (the world's first airliner) and others.

• Lady Be Good  The story of the 1959-60 search for the B-24 Bomber Lady Be Good, discovered in the Libyan Desert 16 years after it lost its way back from a World War II mission to bomb Naples, Italy on 4 April 1943.

• Latin American Aviation Historical Society  Dedicated to the preservation of Latin American aviation heritage.  Historical feature articles, preservation projects, discussion board, columns.

• The Legendary Howard R.Hughes Jr.  It is a site dedicated to billionaire Howard Hughes jr.who had an ardent passion for flying.The site includes highlights in his aviation career as well as his many contributions to the field of Aviation (among other things).
   

• Marshall Stelzriede's Wartime Story  A Website about the experiences of a navigator in the WW2 European Theater with the Eighth Air Force, 96th Heavy Bomb Group, 338th Squadron, and later with the 27th Air Transport Group, 87th Squadron.  Personal journals provide an interesting insight into life in wartime Europe.

• Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines Dedicated to the pioneers of the early days of heavier than air flight in the years before World War One.

• Jay Miller Aviation History Collection  Aerospace Branch Library, Aerospace Education Center Complex, Central Arkansas Library System.  Aviation and aerospace reference library with 6000 books, 50,000 journals and magazines, manuscripts, photogtaphs.

• Naval Historical Center Naval aviation history and news.

• Parachute History  History of parachutes and skydiving.

• Pioneer Pilot, Walter E. Lees 1887-1957 Collection of photos, clippings and journals mostly from the book "Pioneer Pilot" edited by his daughter.

• Plane Writing A site built around writings and biographies of vintage pilots.

• The P&W Story  A timeline history.

• The PSA History Page  Good description of the history of Pacific Southwest Airlines.

• Small Air Forces Clearing House  The SAFCH encourages international cooperation in researching aviation history, both military and civil, from all periods of time, and for all the smaller countries.

• The Spitfire Archives  An online source of stories, history, facts and other information about the aircraft of World War Two and those who made and flew them, with a special emphasis on Canadian achievements.

• Stichting Fokker Four  De stichting Fokker Four geeft met een formatie van vier historische Fokker S-11 Instructor vliegtuigen demonstraties op luchtvaartevenementen in binnen- en buitenland. Ook kunt U met ons meevliegen of ons inhuren voor clinics in formatievliegen en aerobatics.

• The Warbird's Forum  Over 500 pages with history, facts, and information about America's war on terrorism, the AVG Flying Tigers, the Brewster Buffalo, Imperial Japan, the Vietnam War, and the Piper Cub.

• WASP-WWII A Tribute to the Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII.  Convention, chat, tributes, pictures, stories, links, posters, songs.

• Gustave A. Whitehead  Resume, history, research, museum, books and films.

• [The Pioneers : An Anthology :] Gustave Albin Whitehead  This site celebrates the life and history of Gustave Albin Whitehead (1874 - 1927).

• Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame review stories of aviators from Wisconsin that made aviation history, learn more about the organization and its projects

• Wilexa.com  Unofficial Photo diary of the demolition and renewal of much of the historic Douglas Aircraft (now Boeing) factory in Long Beach, California.  Also includes historic photos and documents from the Douglas Aircraft Company and its contemporaries.

• World War II through the Eyes of a Radio Man  Companion site for novel based on wartime experiences of Eli Ellison, who served in the 327th Fighter Control Squadron of the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1945.

• World War 2 in the Pacific  A comprehensive look at the Pacific War of World War 2

Charles A. Lindbergh

• The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation  Honoring the Lindberghs' legacy and furthering their shared vision of a technology/nature balance.

• Charles A. Lindbergh Historic Site  Tour the home with original furnishings and possessions, see the visitor center, step inside a full-scale replica of the Spirit of St. Louis cockpit and envision flying across the Atlantic.  Hundreds of photographs and artifacts.

The Wright Brothers Centennial of Flight

• Century of Flight  a complete history of aviation from early myths to space exploration

• Altitude is Everything (AiE)  The Canadian Celebration of the Centenary.

• Centennial of Flight: Rediscovering the Challenges of Flight  A NASA Quest educational site.

• The Centennial of Flight: Rediscovering the Challenges of Flight  Educator resources concerning the history of aviation technology and the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers first flight.

• Countdown to Kitty Hawk  EAA's Countdown to Kitty Hawk series of celebrations will mark the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' achievement.  The centerpiece of this celebration will be the flight of a new 2003 Wright Flyer at Kill Devil Hills, N.C. on Dec. 17, 2003.

• Curtiss-Wright Corporation - Centennial Celebration of Flight  Information on upcoming events.

• First Flight Centennial Foundation  This site includes information about improvements to Wright Brothers National Memorial, event planning and updates for the centennial in NC, official First Flight Centennial merchandise, the monthly Wright Brothers Trivia Challenge, and more.

• The First Flight Society  Formed in 1926 by a group of North Carolina Outer Bankers, group dedicated themselves to preserving the original site of the Wright Brothers' first flights of December 17, 1903.

• The Flight Centennial Collection  Commissions and sale of fine art.

• The Flight Experience  Use this web site to to find out more about the centennial of flight and the many events organised to celebrate it.

• Microsoft Flight Simulator Century of Flight  Fly the Wright Flyer and 8 other historic airplanes.

• National Air Tour  The Aviation Foundation of America is sponsoring the re-creation of the 1925-1931 National Air Tours in 2003 in celebration of the centennial of powered flight.  The 4,000-mile tour the path of the uncompleted tour with 25 vintage aircraft landing in more than two-dozen cities.

• Re-Living the Wright Way  This NASA site offers lesson plans, simulations, activities, CD-ROMs, history, information, photo gallery, calendar, and other resources.

• To Fly is Everything...  A virtual museum covering the invention of the airplane.

• U.S. Centennial of Flight Home Page  Created by the U.S. Congress in 1999 to serve as a national and international source of information about activities to commemorate the centennial of the Wright Brothers' first powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903.  Events calendar, images, essays, links, Kids' Fly Zone where students of all ages can examine how our world has changed as a result of the Wright Brothers' first powered flight on December 17, 1903.

• Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company and Museum of Pioneer Aviation Home Page  An online museum of the Wright brothers, including a biography of Wilbur and Orville Wright, the history of the invention of the airplane and early aviation, descriptions of aviation museums and monuments to aviation history, educational activities that teach aeronautics and history, and information on antique aircraft replicas and reproductions such as the 1902 Wright Glider, the 1903 Wright Flyer 1, and the 1905 Wright Flyer 3.

• Wright Brothers Memorial  Wright Brothers photographs and links to other information.

• Wright Brothers National Memorial and Visitors Center

• Wright Brothers Papers  15,100 pages of Wright Brothers papers.  Documents include: correspondence, diaries, notebooks, drawings, printed matter, legal documents, and other documents ranging from 1881 to 1952.

• Wright Brothers Photography  302 photographs, mostly taken by Wilbur or Orville Wright between 1896 and 1911.  The photos document their successes and failures, and provide a pictorial record of the Wright Brothers' laboratory, engines, models, experimental planes, runways, flights, and even their accidents.

• The Wright Experience  Seeking to preserve the legacy of the Wright Brothers and other early aviators and aircraft inventors: their experimentation, discovery, and methodology.  Also to create a living classroom that provides inspirational examples of innovation and discovery for school children and people of all ages, and to provide for the remanufacture of original Wright Brothers aircraft.

• WrightFlight.us  Quality 12x16" restored archival Wright Brothers photographs for sale.