- U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission
Celebrating a century of wings. Includes essays, event calendar, images, and more.
www.centennialofflight.gov
- Flight-History.com
Features photo archives, plane details, and more.
www.flight-history.com
- Helicopter's History Site
Traces the evolution of rotary wing aircraft back to Leonardo da Vinci, with many photographs.
www.helis.com
- Hindenburg Disaster (9)
Learn about the Hindenburg disaster of the German airship, zeppelin. Sites include history, disaster details, theories regarding the disaster, and picture gallery.
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Hindenburg_Disaster
- www.aviation.ru
Information about Russian aviation, from first flights to modern planes.
www.aviation.ru
- International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery
International membership of researchers find and preserve historic aircraft. Projects include Earhart, Midnight Ghost and Operation Sepulchre.
www.tighar.org
- FirstFlight: The Wrights and the History of the Aerofoil
Charts the Wright Brothers' achievement with interactive simulations of the first flight and their experiments and those of their predecessors.
firstflight.open.ac.uk
- First Flight Centennial@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Events/First_Flight_Centennial
- Aerofiles
Research and reference site about American aviation from 1903 to present.
www.aerofiles.com
- Women Airforce Service Pilots - WWII@
Find sites about WASP or Women Airforce Service Pilots, the pioneering women pilots of World War II. Sites include history, stories of courage, quotes, and articles.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Women/Women_Airforce_Service_Pilots___WWII
- Breitling Orbiter 3
In 1999, Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones became the first aviators to circle the globe nonstop in a hot air balloon.
www.orbiterballoon.com
- History of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)
With photos of its aircraft and airliners, fleet details, liveries, accidents, in-flight magazine, and more.
www.historyofpia.com
- Nurflugel Page
Devoted to documenting the history of the flying wing aircraft. Extensive sections cover Horten, Lippisch, Northrop, and other flying wing designs.
www.nurflugel.com/Nurflugel/nurflugel.html
- Logbook
Quarterly magazine covering the entire spectrum of aviation history.
www.logbookmag.com
- Air Mail Pioneers
www.airmailpioneers.org
- AirTimes
Features a compiliation of timetable schedules and publication dates for airline memorabilia collectors.
www.airtimes.com
- Century of Flight
Aviation history resources for aviation enthusiasts including world aviation timeline, myths and legends, ornithopters, world war scenarios, air records, aviation pathfinders, and more.
www.century-of-flight.freeola.com
- Air Racing History
Compiled by the European Sport Pilot Association (ESPA).
www.airracinghistory.freeola.com
- Save the Girls
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Dedicated to preserving and celebrating the world's largest collection of World War II aircraft nose art.
www.savethegirls.org
- China Clipper
Information about the Pan American Airways flights from California to the Philippines and Hong Kong in the 1930s and early 1940s.
www.zpub.com/sf/history/sfh-cc.html
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