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The First Flight Centennial Foundation, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Wright
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The First Flight Centennial Foundation, formed in North Carolina to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight, located at RDU airport, Raleigh, North Carolina.
www.firstflightcentennial.org/ reviewsThe Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation
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Information about the Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation including our Mission, programs, awards events and history.
www.lindberghfoundation.org/ reviewsTIGHAR Home Page
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The TIGHAR Home Page is the gateway to all the foundation's projects and activities, including The Earhart Project.
www.tighar.org/ reviewsWings Over Kansas: Aviation News, History and Information
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Wings Over Kansas is the state's website resource for aeronautics and astronautics history, news, activities, education and information affecting the global aerospace community.
www.wingsoverkansas.com/ reviewsLawrence Hargrave: Australian Aviation Pioneer
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This site celebrates the history and future of Australian Aviation. Hargrave, Duigan and their contemporaries through to the 21st century UAV Aerosonde ...
www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/ reviewsPioneer Pilot, Walter E. Lees, 1887-1957
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Brookley, W.H. Brookley, Walter E. Lees, a pioneer pilot, soloed in 1912 and continued flying until 1945. He worked with Glenn Curtiss and Tom Benoist. He set an endurance record in a Packard diesel powered Bellanca in 1931.
home.earthlink.net/~ralphcooper/index.htm reviewsFlights of Inspiration
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Wilbur and Orville Wright were inspired thinkers who made the first sustained, powered flight. John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown were inspired to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight. Are you inspired to make your own flight Use the Forces of Flight and the Challenge of Flight to design your own model aircraft. Can artifacts from a century of aviation history inspire kids today
www.fi.edu/flights/ reviewsWarbird Alley
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A comprehensive online resource for owners, operators, restorers, maintainers and enthusiasts of classic, privately-owned, ex-military aircraft.
www.warbirdalley.com/ reviewsWWW.AVIATION.RU
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WWW.AVIATION.RU Index OKB-index (Design Bureaus) OKBs (Design Bureaus) Contributed Talks: Jobs, Commerce FAQ Calendar Music Facilities Missiles Gunnery Articles Press Air Defence Guest Book Links Projects Museums Tourism from RU.AVIATION RU.AVIATION echo KHARKOV.PILOT echo Newsgroups Mailing list 100 Stalin Falcons Leonid Mehanikov Co-namers Movies Miscellanea Commercials Own photos Mail Home ...
www.aviation.ru/ reviewsAir Mail Pioneers
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U.S. Air Mail Service Pioneers avation history articles. airmail milestones early pilots. Photographs of antique airplanes. Post Office ran mail 1919-1927. Commercial airlines worldwide origins ...
www.airmailpioneers.org/ reviewsFirst Flight
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Try a flight-sim of the 1903 Flyer, and carry out the experiments that put the Wright Brohters ahead ...
firstflight.open.ac.uk/ reviewsYou just found AeroFiles!
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AeroFiles: The Internet's most comprehensive, non-commercial, and free-access American aviation history reference and research site, with 100Mb of information at your fingertip.
www.aerofiles.com/ reviewsHolcomb's Aerodrome
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Kevin Holcomb's personal web page details selected Pioneer Era, Great War and Golden Age aircraft.
www.angelfire.com/va2/aerodrome/ reviewsWings For Freedom - The history & heritage of the Royal Canadian Air Force
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This site is designed to promote the history and heritage of the Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and Canadian Forces from early formative years in World War I to the formation of the RCAF on April 1, 1924, to the present day operations.
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AeroFiles: The Internet's most comprehensive, non-commercial, and free-access American aviation history reference and research site, with 100Mb of information at your fingertip.
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A companion website to CHASING THE SUN, a history of commercial aviation. Based on the book Turbulent Skies: The History of Commercial Aviation by T.A. Teppenheimer ...
www.pbs.org/kcet/chasingthesun/ reviewsAviation History of Southern California
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Aviation Safety--Profiles aviation accidents and early aviation history in the United States ...
www.av.qnet.com/~carcomm/wrecks.htm reviewsAvHistory Home Page
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Aviation history articles, development of and flying WWII planes.
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www.dvhaa.org/ reviewsThe LINCOLN BEACHEY Web Site
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The life and career of Lincoln Beachey, pioneer aeronaut and aviator.
lincolnbeachey.com/ reviewsLAAHS.com - Main
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Main | About LAAHS | Articles | Columns | Echoes | Discussion Board | Email Us | WebMail | Preserving the Latin American Aviation Heritage Featured Article Editorial - Eddie Delarm The photo, from about 1940, shows veteran pilot Edward Orville De Larm posing before a shiny new TACA Lockheed 14, that perhaps he had just delivered to the Honduras-based airline. De Larm was well known farther South.
www.laahs.com/ reviewsKODAK: KODAK e-Magazine: Sleeping Giants
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www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/sleepingGiants/ reviewsThe Flying Clippers @ flyingclippers.com
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www.flyingclippers.com/ reviewsPlane Writing: quotes from early pilots' biographies
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Vintage writing about flying from biographies of pilots - Beryl Markham, the Lindberghs, Roald Dahl, Nevil Shute, st. Exupery and many lesser known aviators.
www.xs4all.nl/~blago/planewriting/ reviewsIntroduction John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown were two British fliers
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John Alcock & Arthur Whitten Brown in their flying suits, 1919 Copyright Vickers PLC John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown were two British fliers. They were the first people to fly an aircraft non-stop across the Atlantic ocean. They made their flight in 1919. Captain John Alcock was the pilot. Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown was the navigator. Their aircraft was a Vickers Vimy, named after a ...
www.fi.edu/flights/long/index.html reviewsBiplane, Air Combat, Warbird Adventures in San Diego California
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San Diego's Biplane, Air Combat & Warbird Adventures offers gentle or thrilling sightseeing for 1 or 2 in open cockpit biplanes, extreme air combat, and loops and rolls in a WWII warbird. You-fly-it flights available - no experience necessary.
www.barnstorming.com/ reviewsLogbookmag.com - Aviation History Magazine - Military Flying - Subscription
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Logbook Magazine covers aviation hostory, military history, military vehicles and more with one magazine subscription.
www.logbookmag.com/ reviewsThe Aero Forum
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A memorial to the great pilots and aeroplanes of the past ...
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A site dedicated to the people and aircraft of Avro Canada and Orenda Engines Limited
www.avroland.ca/ reviewsAirTimes - A Source for Airline History
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www.airtimes.com/ reviewsTHE A.J. JACKSON COLLECTION
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THE A.J. JACKSON COLLECTION PRIVATE BRITISH AVIATION HISTORY ARCHIVE E-mail: archive@ajjcollection.co.uk |-introduction-|-Aviation books by A.J. Jackson and R.T. Jackson-| |-Negative list (registration and manufacturer order)-| |-How to obtain images from the collection-|-Aviation links-| |-The Rochford Hundred Flying Group-|-Spare magazines for sale-| The A.J. Jackson Collection consists of a ...
www.ajjcollection.co.uk/ reviewsChina Clipper
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China Clipper 1935 November 11, 1935...Pan American Airway's China Clipper piloted by Captain Edwin C. Musick, made the first transpacific airmail flight from San Francisco to Honolulu, Midway Island, Wake Island, Guam, and Manila, The Philippines. Photos: First Commercial Clipper Flight across the Pacific California State Historic Landmark 968 - Pan American World Airways fabled China Clipper ...
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Compiled by: Stephen D. Chalker U. S. Naval Air Station (LTA) Weeksville Airdock #2 Current & Past Blimps and Aerostats @ WNAS Hangar Stats Ships Timeline About the Nan-Ship Contact Airdock #1 ADDITIONAL PHOTOS: The Base Airdock #2 #1 Right, #2 Left #1 Right, #2 Left...color Escort Through Torpedo Junction ADDITIONAL PHOTOS: The Base Along the Outer Banks Over Kill Devil Hill Wright Memorial: ...
www.elizcity.com/weeksnas/ reviewsJesse Davidson Aviation Archives
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Welcome to the Jesse Davidson Aviation Archives About The Collection The Jesse Davidson Aviation Archives is a collection of thousands of historic and vintage aviation photographs, books and documents. Photographic subjects feature historic aircraft, pilots and personalities, air mail history, airlines and airfields. Many of these historic images were originally taken as news photos. The book ...
www.aviationhistoryphotos.com/ reviewsLockheed L-1649A Starliner For Sale
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The Lockheed 1649A Super Constellation Starliners will fly again! Reserve Your Seat Now! Of the 856 Lockheed Constellations produced in the 1940s and 1950s, very few still exist today. These survivors are revered as classics in the aviation would. They have become very popular at airshows and are featured in many books and magazines worldwide. Aviation enthusiasts from all over the world, come ...
www.starliner.net/ reviewsWelcome to Bi-Plane Adventures, Inc.
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We specialize in vintage biplane aircraft rides at Cobb County airport in North Atlanta.
www.biplaneride.com/ reviewsSoesterberg Wolfhounds
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Dedicated to the men and women who served at Soesterberg Air Base from 1954-1994.
home.wanadoo.nl/schuurs/ reviewsAir_Racing_History
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The_History_of_Air_Racing_famous_pilots_and_famous_aircraft ...
www.airracinghistory.freeola.com/ reviewsVintage Aircraft Company - Sonoma, California
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Vintage Aircraft Company offers a variety of rides in our fleet of authentic 1940 Boeing built Stearman biplanes and a North American built Navy SNJ-4 Warbird . These airplanes were originally built to train pilot candidates for our Air Force and Navy during World War II. Vintage Aircraft Company is located in the beautiful Sonoma, California Wine Country at Sonoma Valley Airport, known to ...
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WWII Bomber Rides Click the image for preflight briefing COME FLY WITH US! Some of Our Favorite Places: Aviation News Air Show Announcing Fly Lunken! Extreme Flight Adventures Lunken Airport Advisory Board Pilot Supplies Southern Ohio Aerobatic Club Primary Flight Instruction: Franklin College Cincinnati Warbirds is based at Lunken airport in Cincinnati, Ohio. We are affiliated with the EAA ...
www.cincinnatiwarbirds.org/ reviewsThe Unofficial JFK Airport 50th Anniversary Page
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Tell me when this page is updated CONDOLENCES TO ALL THOSE WHO PERISHED IN THE BASTARDLY ATTACK ON THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, AND TO ALL PORT AUTHORITY EMPLOYEES. NEW YORK WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. On July 1, 1998, New York s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) celebrated 50 years of serving as the New York City region s primary international airport. The airport opened in 1948 as New York ...
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Digital collection of the stories of Canadair and de Havilland Canda.
collections.ic.gc.ca/canadair/ reviewsWorld Flight 2000
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World Flight 2000 is a completely student run project which began in 1996 with the dream of two high school students. The project now incorporates over 23 million students worldwide, major corporations, and educators worldwide. Welcome aboard and come see the world!
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A reference for vintage aircraft photos and information. Quick Links: Biplane Across the Country Bellanca Engine Overhaul Warner Engine Manual Ryan SC-W Welcome to my virtual museum of vintage aircraft. Vintage Photo Album Stearman PT-17 An indexed and searchable collection of several hundred photographs of vintage aircraft. Click for details of your randomly selected photo. The Williams Vintage ...
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ADF Serials - Australian, New Zealand and New Guinea Military Aircraft Serials, Aircraft Airframe History and Military Aircraft Photograph's.
www.adf-serials.com/ reviewsWelcome to the Great Lakes Biplane Lovers Website
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Welcome to the GREAT LAKES SPORT TRAINER BIPLANE WEBSITE! THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL GREAT LAKES AIRCRAFT WEBSITE. GO TO NEXT PAGE ...
greatlakesbiplane.freeservers.com/ reviewsAVIATION in HAMPSHIRE ,UK,1900 to 2000
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Tell me when this page is updated AVIATION in HAMPSHIRE , UK, 1900 to 2000 OVERVIEW AVIATION SITES in HAMPSHIRE(Master List .A - B) AVIATION SITES in HAMPSHIRE (Master list C to G) AVIATION SITES in HAMPSHIRE (Master List, H to M) AVIATION SITES in HAMPSHIRE (Master List N to R) AVIATION SITES in HAMPSHIRE (Master list S to Z) AVIATION SITES in HAMPSHIRE (Master List SOUTHAMPTON) AIRCRAFT ...
daveg4otu.tripod.com/ reviewsClassic Aviation Literature
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Classic Aviation Literature Contents | Return to Chapter 2 Aviation in the nineteen-thirties and forties inspired much great writing. Here are samples from several of the best accounts from the period... Around the World in Eight Days Wiley Post and Harold Gatty 1931 The clock on the instrument board showed that it lacked 5 minutes, maybe a fraction less, of being 5 A.M. when I pulled the Winnie ...
www.gruner.com/flight/appendix/aviators/literature.htm reviewsFokker at Plane Writing
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About the man that gave Boelcke his best Christmas present ever and became controversial because of it - early aviator, aeroplane constructor and general mad inventor Anthony Fokker ...
www.xs4all.nl/~blago/planewriting/fokker.html reviewsFlight of Excelsior Home Page
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www.flightofexcelsior.net/ reviewsSwedish Aviation Historical Society
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Welcome to the Swedish Aviation Historical Society (SFF) The Society, founded 1961, supports serious research and documentation of Swedish Aviation History. SFF is the biggest association of aviation history in Sweden with more than 5000 members. The members are aviation historians and people interested in aviation in general. The activity is run privately or in groups. In a dozen places ...
www.sff.n.se/engelska.htm reviewsThe Archive & Visitor Centre - Shoreham Airport
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Shoreham Airport Archive Visitor Centre ...
www.thearchiveshoreham.co.uk/ reviewsAeroplane DH Sea Venom F.A.W. Mk.22 E.C.M.
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Below is a picture of XG629 being moved from long Marston airfield to a new home in Staffordshire to start its static restoration. Once dismantled into Major components striping of a nonstandard fibre glass skin was started and repair of damage to the underside of the pod. The right hand picture shows how much of the center section had to be removed before replacement could start.The picture ...
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The home of fine virtual aircraft. View high quality models of historic aircraft in 3D. Download free models for use in gmax.
www.airexotica.com/ reviewsAquila - Lincolnshire aviation history contents
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Lincolnshire's aeronautical past and present ...
www.btinternet.com/~aquila/aviation/lincs.htm reviewsVintage Aviation
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A memorial to the great pilots and aeroplanes of the past ...
www.vintage-aviation.8m.com/ reviewsNationair Canada on the Web - The Lockout and the Bankruptcy
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Nationair Canada on the Web - The Lockout and the Bankruptcy Nationair Canada, Nationair, Nolisair, Robert Obadia, Nationair Flight Attendants, Pursers, Nationair Lockout, Lockout Enter Here | Free Domain Name Registration and Free Domain Name Forwarding by MyDomain.com - Register your domain name. ...
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X-15 To the edge of space... Introduction to the X-15 research program X-15: A pilot report X-15 Adventure stories Science and Engineering Achievements Best resources for more information ... on the web ... videos and other audio/visual media ... books ... magazine articles From 1959 through 1968 a decade-long research program employed the North American Aviation X-15 to explore hypersonic ...
www.sierrafoot.org/x-15/x-15.html reviewsYak-52,Yak Aircraft,Yak Parts,Yak Manuals
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Yak-52 aircraft airshow sales aircraft for sale ...
www.yakusaaircraft.com/ reviewsFLIEGER
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Svensk flyghistoria i bilder, massor med foton fr n flygambulansen i Boden p 1940 talet, och andra samtida flygplan i Svenska flygvapnet. Historic photos from the Swedish airforce ...
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