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NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center

News from the Goddard Space Flight Centre, home to scientists, engineers and technologists that build spacecraft, instruments and new technology to study the Earth, the sun, our solar system, and the ...

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Hindenburg (LZ-119)

At 803.8 feet in length, the German passenger airship Hindenburg (LZ-119) was the largest aircraft ever to fly. The commercial flights of Hindenburg, along with Graf Zeppelin, pioneered the first ...

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http://www.nlhs.com/hindenburg.htm

What Is Supersonic Flight?

NASA's guide to supersonic flight

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http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/what-is-supersonic-flight-58.html

Dynamics of Flight

A good introduction site about how airplanes fly

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www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/UEET/StudentSite/dynamicsofflight.html

Fundamentals of flight

A great introductory guide to aeronautics, with info on how air flows over an object and how things fly.

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http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Fundamentals/intermediate/index.html

Science Fun with Airplanes

Covers basic flight ideas with simulations and questions. Some parts in pdf format.

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http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~flight/homepage.html

Allstar Network

History and principles of flight, and careers in aeronautics. Provided at three different levels approximately age 14 to undergraduate. Section for teachers is US-based.

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http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/princ1.htm

Aerodynamics in sport

How aerodynamics influence the flight of a boomerang, the shape of a racecar and more.

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http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Sports/instructor/index.html

The Wright Brothers

Looks at the pioneers of aviation and lots of information about the history of flight . Mainly historical but some useful information on aerofoils.

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http://firstflight.open.ac.uk/

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.

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http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/bgk.html
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