Lone Star Junction
Lone Star Junction: First Flight in Texas
Describes the earliest efforts of Texans to fly airplanes.
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Airship and Blimp Resources: History of Hot Air Airships
Describes the invention of the hot air airship by Don Cameron in the 1970s, and the evolution of its design and production over the years.
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Arkansas Air Museum at Drake Field: Arkansas Air Museum
Visit this resource to browse the museum's collection of early and historic planes and engines. Includes special exhibits of people from Arkansas who have made aviation history.
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Charles Kingsford Smith: First Across the Pacific
A biographical profile of Charles Kingsford Smith, the aviator who made the first trans-Pacific flight in 1928.
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Charles Kingsford Smith: First Across the Pacific
This resource presents a biographical profile of Charles Kingsford Smith, the aviator who made the first trans-Pacific flight in 1928.
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Uscfc: Jack Northrop and the Northrop Corporation
A biographical site about the man responsible for designing the sleek Vega that carried pilots on record-setting flights and for designing planes with a stressed skin over an internal frame.
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Wright House: Wilbur and Orville Wright
This site is a biography of the Wright brothers and includes several pictures of airplanes.
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Kitty Hawk (1903)
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1998 to commemorate the Wright Brothers first flight near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Includes a detailed paragraph about the famous flight.
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Harriet Quimby
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1991 to commemorate Harriet Quimby, the first woman ever to earn a pilot's license in the U.S. With a short passage on her accomplishments in both aviation and journalism.
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John Glenn: Astronaut/senator
A concise biography which describes the highlights of the life of John Glenn. Two photos are included in this site.