Activities for Students

http://www.easybuiltmodels.com/
Model kits of the Wright Flyer that can be purchased and built

http://www.firstflight.com
Website for FirstFlight, a virtual flight school that provides online flying lessons and information about private pilot training

http://www.units.muohio.edu/dragonfly/flight/design.htmlx
Website that allows you to design a person-powered aircraft

http://www.units.muohio.edu/dragonfly/flight/airooplane.htmlx
Website that allows you build and test your own paper airplane

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/Wright/
NASA’s Centennial of Flight site

http://www.planemath.com
Website for Plane Math which stimulates and motivates students pursue aeronautics-related careers

Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Flight

http://www.inventingflight.com/
Website for Inventing Flight: Dayton 2003 the Centennial of Flight Celebration in Dayton, Ohio

http://www.centennialofflight.gov/
The Centennial of Flight Commission was 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 on the sands at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903.

http://www.firstflightnc.com/
North Carolina's First Flight Centennial Commission celebration site

http://www.wrightexperience.com/
http://www.countdowntokittyhawk.com/
These two sites present The Wright Experience, an organization the plans to reconstruct a flying reproduction of the original Wright Brothers aircraft; and fly it from the dunes at Kitty Hawk on December 17, 2003

http://www.birthplaceofaviation.com/
Building on the Centennial of Flight celebration, the Dayton Aviation Heritage Commission is coordinating a plan for enhancing, preserving and developing the most significant of these sites by making them part of a National Aviation Heritage Area.

Flying Enthusiasts

http://www.modelaircraft.org/
Website for the Academy of Model Aeronautics

http://www.eaa.org/
Website for the Experimental Aircraft Association

http://www.nationalaviation.org/
Website for the National Aviation Hall of Fame

http://www.ssa.org/
Website for the Soaring Society of America

http://www.wolf-aviation.org/
Website for the Wolf Aviation Fund that promotes and supports general aviation and the public's understanding of it.

History of Flight Websites and Organizations

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/
Website for the U. S. Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio

http://www.nps.gov/daav/
Website for the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park

http://www.carillonpark.org/
Website for Carillon Historical Park that has one of the premier collections relating to Wilbur and Orville Wright
Website with information about Calbraith Perry Rodgers, pilot of the first transcontinental flight aboard the Vin Fiz

http://www.fi.edu/flights/first/intro.html
Website for Franklin Institute's guide to Wilbur and Orville Wright's first flight

http://www.nps.gov/wrbr/
Website for the National Park Service – Wright Brothers National Memorial in North Carolina

http://www.nasm.edu/
Website for the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum (NASM)

http://www.aerospacemuseum.org/2002newWEB/MusInfo/MusInfo.html
Website for the San Diego Aerospace Museum

http://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/wright_brothers/
Website for the Wright Brothers Collection, housed in Special Collections and Archives in the Paul Laurence Dunbar Library at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio

http://www.outerbanks-nc.com/wrightbrothers/wrightlc.htm
Website with actual photos of the brothers at Kitty Hawk, 1900–1911

http://prioris.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/ncsites/wright1.htm
Website with historical information about Orville and Wilbur Wright’s successful flights in North Carolina

http://www.aero-web.org/history/wright/first.htm
Website for How We Made the First Flight, Orville Wright; narrative account of the Wright brothers’ efforts to invent and prove powered flight

http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/wright/
Website for Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village that includes information regarding the Wright brothers’ childhood, cycle shop, airplane, etc.

http://www.first-to-fly.com/
Website for the Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company and Museum of Pioneer Aviation online. This site contains all kinds of Wright Brothers’ history and documentation on how several replicas of their gliders have been constructed

http://www.aerofiles.com/vinfiz.html
Website with information about the flight of the Vin Fiz Flyer

http://www.wrightstories.com
Website with information about the first transcontinental flight

http://www.nationalaviation.org/enshrinee/rodgers.html
Website with information about Calbraith Perry Rodgers, pilot of the first transcontinental flight aboard the Vin Fiz

Science of Flight Websites and Organizations

http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/
Website for the Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for Science, Technology and Research that is partially funded by NASA

http://www.arc.nasa.gov/badweb/
Website for Basic Aircraft Design Web which is an informational and educational service provided by the Systems Analysis Branch at NASA Ames Research Center

http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/
Website for NASA’s Glenn Research Center

http://www.nasm.edu/galleries/gal109/NEWHTF/RESROOM/RESOURCE.HTM
Website for How Things Fly, an exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum

http://www.nasa.gov/
Website for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Teachers' Resources

http://www.buildandfly.com/
Website connects teachers to the Academy of Model Aeronautics’ experts who can answer questions regarding model building in the Inventing Flight for Schools program. They also have listings of aviation modeling enthusiasts nationwide who volunteer as classroom mentors.

http://www.nsta.org
Website for the National Science Teachers Association

http://www.ncte.org/standards
Website for the National Council of Teachers of English that includes national standards for English and Language Arts

http://ltp.larc.nasa.gov/flyingstart/
Website for Off To A Flying Start, an online project to provide learning opportunities to young students in math and science

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