Great Reading: Bookmark It!

Volume 31, Number 2, December 2003

Kate Houston Mitchoff

World of Flight
Grades 7-12

First Flight
This site explores the history of aerodynamics and flight and presents biographies for key aviators and inventors beyond the Wright brothers. Includes a simulator of the 1903 Flyer.

US Centennial of Flight
This site celebrates the century of flight and its impact on the world. Visit the Kids’ Fly Zone to watch the 1900 Wright flyer movie, to make model and paper airplanes, to read about the history of flight, and to complete airplane puzzles. For details on the history of flight throughout the world, visit their web site. Educators may request free brochures.

To Fly is Everything…
Read the Wright brothers’ official patents, test out the 1903 Wright Flyer simulator, search or browse the plane database to learn about airplane advances, and read brief biographies about several aviation inventors.

Celebrating the Evolution of Flight…
Learn about the history of flight not only from the US perspective, but from around the world. The site includes biographies of aviation pioneers, a history of the helicopter, learning activities and more.

Chasing the Sun
This PBS companion site to its television series on flight captures the history of commercial aviation. Learn the history of commercial airplane companies and the innovative planes developed through the 20th century. Discover biographies of those who extended flight beyond the Wright brothers, including Charles Lindbergh. Includes a fairly extensive aviation history timeline.

Kate Houston Mitchoff: School Corps Librarian, Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR.
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