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The Bicycle and the Engineer
The site is an exploration of some of the engineering concepts needed to design and understand the functioning of a bike, including materials, aerodynamics and propulsion.
How Airplanes Work
A brief description of how Airplanes fly, providing an introduction to aerodynamics. From HowStuffWorks.com.
Sports
Experiments on the physics of many popular sports, including cycling and automobile aerodynamics, frisbees and sailing.
Tennis Sport Science
A good introduction to the mechanics of tennis, with lots of content about the aerodynamics and forces at play.
A beginner's guide to kites
This NASA site focuses on the aerodynamics of kite flight, including the kite modeler applet which allows you to test out different designs.
The Science of Cycling
An interactive site covering virtually all the science associated with cycling: history, gears, materials, braking, steering and aerodynamics.
Insect Flight
An article describing how a computer simulation of rapidly oscillating wings and the complex motions of fluids has proved that insect flight conforms to the physical principles of aerodynamics.