Just for Fun!

Cool Things on the Web to Explore

• Virtual Tour of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum on the National Mall in Washington, DC

• Virtual Tour of the Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Center in Dulles, VA

• Virtual Tour of the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum in New York, NY

• Virtual Tour of the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, FL

• Virtual Tour of the Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas, TX

• Virtual Tour of the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, KS

• Virtual Tour of the Otto Lilienthal Museum in Anklam, Germany

• Virtual Tour of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa, Canada

• Cockpit view of the Gemini VII capsule from the Smithsonian

• Smithsonian Air and Space Multimedia Gallery (numerous videos, virtual object tours, etc.)

• NASA's Johnson Space Center History Portal and Oral History Project

• History of German Airship Aviation (online exhibit) from the Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen 

Interesting Videos of Unique Aircraft or Experiences

• YouTube channel for the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

• YouTube channel for the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum

• YouTube channel for the San Diego Air and Space Museum

• Aircraft videos from the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Ashland, NE

• Space Jump by Col. (Ret.) Joe Kittinger

• Smarter Every Day Goes Supersonic with the Air Force Thunderbirds Demo Team

Additional Recommended Readings

A selection of books related to topics covered in the course, if you would like to learn more about the people and events.

General Aviation History

• Crouch, Tom D. Wings: A History of Aviation from Kites to the Space Age (2003).

• Grant, R.G. Flight: The Complete History of Aviation (2017).

• Hardesty, Von. Black Wings: Courageous Stories of African Americans in Aviation and Space History (2008).

• Haynsworth, Leslie & David Toomey. Amelia Earhart's Daughters: The Wild and Glorious Story of American Women Aviators from World War II to the Dawn of the Space Age (1998).

• Lebow, Eileen F. Before Amelia: Women Pilots in the Early Days of Aviation (2002).

• Spenser, Jay. The Airplane: How Ideas Gave Us Wings (2008).

First-hand Accounts, Biographies, and Autobiographies

• Butler, Susan. East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart (1997).

• Cole, Jean H. Women Pilots of World War II (1992).

• Crouch, Tom. The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright (1989).

• Doolittle, James H. I Could Never Be So Lucky Again (1991).

• Hoppes, Jonna Doolittle. Calculated Risk: The Extraordinary Life of Jimmy Doolittle - Aviation Pioneer and World War II Hero (2005).

• Lawson, Ted. W. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1943).

• Morgan, Col. Robert. The Man Who Flew The Memphis Belle (2001).

• Rich, Ben R. & Leo Janos. Skunk Works (1994).