A riveting eyewitness account of an RAF pilot describing his participation in a dogfight over Britain when the Germans were attempting to bomb Great Britain into surrender at the beginning of World War II. Included is an audio of Winston...

A brief biography of Canadian female astronaut, Julie Payette. The biography profiles Payette's career as an electrical and computer engineer and pilot as well as her main claim to fame: being the first Canadian to work onboard the...

It's fun to fly, but it's also fun to race while flying! Here is some information on planes built to race and on Jimmy Doolittle, the famous air racing pilot. Be sure to click on Design an Air Racer so that you can design and race your...

A rudder. Before the invention of the rudder, which Pliny ascribes to Tiphys, the pilot of the ship Argo, vessels were both propelled and guided by oars alone. This circumstance may account for the form of the ancient rudder, as well as...

Tuskegee airmen.

Black Wings: Tuskegee Airmen, World War 2

A few maps and some good text on the topography and its importance during both the American Revolution and the French and Indian War.

A few maps and some good text on the topography and its importance during both the American Revolution and the French and Indian War.

A few maps and some good text on the topography and its importance during both the American Revolution and the French and Indian War.

A few maps and some good text on the topography and its importance during both the American Revolution and the French and Indian War.

A few maps and some good text on the topography and its importance during both the American Revolution and the French and Indian War.

Explore the important part that African Americans played in the history of flight in the U.S. After introductory notes on Bessie Coleman and William J. Powell, be sure to click on Black Wings Epilogue for histories of WWII pioneers. Also...

Explore the important part that African Americans played in the history of flight in the U.S. After introductory notes on Bessie Coleman and William J. Powell, be sure to click on Black Wings Epilogue for histories of WWII pioneers. Also...

This page from the University of Washington has an excellent diagram of the water cycle. There are 8 water cycle hands on activities on the bottom of the page. Also there is a link to a teacher reference page.

This site from Live from Earth & Mars [NASA] is a lesson plan using both interactive and written materials. Can be used as a unit or individually.

It is an interactive game to learn counting and graph a number on the number line

This page from the University of Washington has an excellent diagram of the water cycle. There are 8 water cycle hands on activities on the bottom of the page. Also there is a link to a teacher reference page.

An image of Chuck Yeager.

An image of Jim Clark.