HTF Resource Center Hotlinks

Aviation Hub Sites

Aircraft & Atmospheric Flight

AB Ground-based Facilities

Pictures and text on wind tunnel facilities in the United States. Models of different aircraft being tested are placed in the tunnels and tested under different conditions. http://ab00.larc.nasa.gov/facilities.html

AirPage: The Interactive Aircraft Handbook

History and technical data for many aircraft. Cast your vote for your favorite. http://stega.smoky.org/~dlevin/air.html

Boeing 727

http://www.net-works.net/community/msd/727.htm

Boeing 777 Visits Melbourne Page

http://bofh.its.rmit.edu.au/richard/b777mel.html

Helicopter Aviation

Aerodynamics, mechanical components, maneuvers, and the history of helicopters. http://www.copters.com/helicopter.html

NASA Dryden WWW Home Page

This site also offers easy access to photos of many aircraft.

Scientific Balloons Program at NASA Wallops Flight Facility

http://www.wff.nasa.gov/~web/balloons.html

TetrUSS: NASA

Tetrahedral Unstructured Software System (tetrUSS). Site has information about its components and its technological applications. http://ad-www.larc.nasa.gov/tsab/tetruss/

The Ornithopter Home Page

Ornithopters are machines that fly by flapping wings. Info on joining the Ornithopter Modelers' Society, link to high speed photos of flying birds, access UC to learn more about vertebrate flight. http://www.bucknell.edu/~chronstr/learn.html

To Fly is Everything: Virtual Museum

Virtual Museum of the Invention of the Airplane. Database, library, photo and movie gallery, inventors.http://hawaii.cogsci.uiuc.edu/invent/airplanes.html

Spacecraft & Space Flight

EnviroNET : The Space Environment Information Service

http://envnet.gsfc.nasa.gov/

gstory.html

This site clearly explains scientists' present understanding of the force of gravity. Last visited 8/8/96.

Live from the Hubble Space Telescope (NASA K-12 Internet)

Inclues video, project news, featured events, kids corner, teacher's lounge and image gallery .http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/hst/index.html

NASA Spacelink - An Electronic Information System for Educators

http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov/

Space Shuttle Clickable Map

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/ssa/space.shuttle/docs/homepage.html

Space Shuttle Launch Schedule

http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/schedule/schedule.htm

Space Shuttle STS (Space Transportation System)

Details on shuttle design, requirements, launch sites, statistics, etc. http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/technology/sts-newsref/sts_overview.html

Space Shuttles and Sonic Booms Fact Sheet

Clear explanation of sonic booms. http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/EAO/FactSheets/SonicBoomsFACTS.html

Educator Resources

"How we made the first flight." by the Wright Brothers

First-hand account of the events leading to the Wright brothers famous flight. Published in the 1908 edition of Century Magazine. http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/rec/air/history/wright/wright.html

Air Travelers

For teachers interested in the technology of hot air ballooning. Included are activities, background information, and the history of ballooning. http://www.omsi.edu/sln/air/

Challenger Center for Space Science Education

http://www.challenger.org/

Educational Services at National Air and Space Museum

Descriptions of teacher workshops, school tours, public programs, and publications offered by the National Air and Space Museum. http://www.nasm.si.edu/education/printmaterials.cfm

NASA Ames Educational Resources

Activities for kids and teachers; faq, link to the teacher resource center, program listings as well as links to other educational sites at NASA.http://www.arc.nasa.gov/education/edu-index.html

NASA Dryden Educational Resources

Resource listings, access to their Teacher Resource Center, and information about their many other programs. http://www.dfrf.nasa.gov/Education/index.html

NASA K-12 Internet: Live from the Hubble Space Telescope

Explore the happenings of the Hubble Space Telescope including the HST team, internet activities, and an image gallery. http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/hst/index.html

NASA Lewis TRC Activities Catalog

Teaching activities covering both air and space flight. Includes a glossary with many earth science terms. http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/TRC/TRC_activities.html

NASA Spacelink - An Electronic Information System for Educators

http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov/

FoilSim

Free flow simulator software developed at the NASA Lewis Research Center, is interactive simulation software that determines the airflow around various shapes of airfoils and baseball pitches. http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/aerosim/

EASY Aero

NASA Lewis site providing background information for secondary math and science teachers on the basic aerodynamics of airplanes. http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/IFMD/airplane/index.html

Institutions, Corporations, & Organizations

Air Affair's List of Aircraft Type Clubs

http://www.airaffair.com/Library/type_clubs.html

Boeing Company

Info and pics on the company's commercial airplanes, space systems, helicopters, military airplanes, missile systems, and software products.http://www.boeing.com/

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

http://macwww.db.erau.edu/

Experimental Aircraft Association Homepage

http://www.eaa.org/

FAA Airframe Powerplant Exam A&P Maintenance School

http://www.nemac.com/american/airman.htm

International List of Aviation Museums

Links to aviation museums throughout the world. http://www.airaffair.com/Library/museums.html

International Society of Allied Weight Engineers (SAWE)

http://gumbus.jsc.nasa.gov/sawe/default.html

K.I.T.E.S. Home Page

Designer and distributor of kites, on-line catalog as well as links to other kite-related sites.http://top.monad.net/~hanss/

NASA Homepage

Links to all other NASA sites. http://www.nasa.gov/index.html

National Air and Space Museum Homepage

Program info, extensive photo collection of Museum's holdings including planetary images. Clickable map, videos, and links to related on-line resources.http://www.nasm.si.edu/

National Science Foundation World Wide Web Server

http://www.nsf.gov/start.htm

Tuskegee Airman

http://www.eng.fiu.edu/aero/Tuskege.htm

United States Air Force Museum

Virtual tours, discovery hangar, aircraft index, info, faq, links to related sites.http://www.am.wpafb.af.mil/museum/usaf_museum.html

Miscellaneous

Academic Paper on "How Things Fly" Computer Interactive

Describes Computational Fluid Dynamic analysis involved in developing graphics program on fundamental aerodynamic principles associated with flight for the HTF gallery, Smithsonianhttp://www.erc.msstate.edu/~hudd/HowWingsWork/html/ERC_hudd_template.html

Air Affair Events Calendar

http://www.airaffair.com/Events/

Aviation Motion Pictures

http://www.airaffair.com/Library/films.html

Popular Mechanics Movie Archive

Large variety of downloadable movies of planes, helicopters, rockets and more.http://popularmechanics.com/popmech/movie/AIRARCH.html

Space Calendar (JPL)

http://newproducts.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/calendar.html

World Flight 1997

http://worldflight.org

(Rev. 07/31/98)