Aviation Research Guide

Articles from the Aviation History magazine

This site has aircraft, airmen, engines, early years, construction, theory, models, aviation prints, aviation art, and links to other sites.

This is from the Smithsonian and has information about their exhibits and some good links.

Naval Aviation History topic covered by the Naval History and Heritage Command.

This site has lots of information about old airplanes and flying them. There are aircraft pictures and some original operating manuals. It is also the unofficial Dispatch archive. Dispatch is a quarterly publication of the Confederate Air Force, Inc. and the American Airpower Heritage Museum, Inc. It's a magazine devoted to World War II aviation and air power with an emphasis on the aircraft of the CAF's Ghost Squadron.

The online presentation of The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers at the Library of Congress, comprising about 10,121 library items or approximately 49,084 digital images, documents the lives of Wilbur and Orville Wright and highlights their pioneering work.

From the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, this site looks at the women who were pioneers in aviation and space. Biographical information and photos of the women pilots.

This site has links to information about many of the women who have made aviation history.

This site has information about the early history of aircraft. (Go to Library)