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1. Wright Brothers
* Page of links to Wright Brothers Related sites	Rate It! **
The AIAA Wright Flyer Project web-site provides an excellent page of links to Wright Brothers related sites - It is a careful selection of sites, all accompanied by an exhaustive comment.

* The Wright Experience	Rate It! *
Working with the Discovery of Flight Foundation, seeks to rediscover the Wright Brothers experimentation, discovery, and methodology; provide for the reconstruction of original Wright Brothers aircraft; and create a living classroom for people of all ages

* Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company and Museum of Pioneer Aviation	Rate It! ***
A forum for early aviation historians and enthusiasts, a living document that grows and evolves. We invite you to participate, ask questions, share information, and submit pages on early aviation topics. We especially need your help on those pages that are still under construction (and there are a lot of them -- it's a vast subject.)

* Wright Brothers Collection	Rate It! ***
The Wright Brothers collection at Wright State University Special Collections and Archives includes more than 4000 original photographs from the Wright brothers personal collection of aviation photographs. In addition there are hundreds of family and business documents, and the Wright Brothers technical library. Microfilm archives include copies of Library of Congress manuscripts. There are also a large number of related manuscript and photograph collections. Hundreds of the Wright's photograph

* Wright Flyer	Rate It! *
The Wright Flyer Project: building a powered 1903 Wright Flyer aircraft to clarify and commemorate what the Wright brothers did.

*_Wright Again (K8)	Rate It! **
To celebrate the 100 year anniversary of flight, "Wright Again" will lead elementary, middle and high school students through the technical development of one of the most unique aircraft in the world - the first powered airplane, the 1903 Wright Flyer. "Wright Again" will "virtually" recreate the development and construction of the Wright Flyer on the web.

1903-2003, 100 anni dal primo volo (infodomus) (in Italian only)	Rate It! ***
A particularly well designed website, unfortunately only in Italian, which provides information on the first flight of the Wright Brothers. The pages of the website include: "Where they really the first ones to fly?", where the explanation is given on the reason why their flight was considered the first one; information on early experiments and first flight; the flyer (principles and technical data); a page on other pioneers.

Aero.oxyd.net (in French only)	Rate It! *
A brief description, in French, of Wilbur Wright's visit to France in 1908 (interesting pictures).

The Wright Flight byTom Ivicevich	Rate It! ***
Tom Ivicevic is building a 1905 Wright Flyer replica in Redding, California, and plans to fly it (content of the website: only pictures of the replica and information on the project).

Wright Brothers Papers	Rate It! *
Commerical website, offering, for sale, "15,100 pages of Wright Brothers papers - documents ranging from 1881 to 1952". Has an interesting page with information and a few visible documents on the Wright brothers .

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2. United States
* Early Birds of Aviation, inc - by Ralph Cooper	Rate It! ****
An organization of pioneers who flew solo before December 17, 1916. In addition to entries for the 598 original members of the Early Birds, you will find 127 entries on "other pioneer aviators." The website is being continually enhanced and updated, with the help of relatives and friends. You are invited to participate in this project. (1-19-02)

* Early Birds.org - Dedicated to the Preservation of Pioneer Aviation History	Rate It! *****
This legendary group was founded in 1928, to preserve the history of aviation and, in particular, the history of aviation before the Great War. Membership was limited to those who could provide evidence that they had soloed in any aerial craft, lighter-than-air or heavier-than-air, prior to December 17, 1916 (30th anniversary of the first flight)

* Glenn Curtiss - Father of Naval Aviation	Rate It! ****
Web site created by the Glenn Curtiss Historical Society and is based primarily on the writings and photographs of John H. Whitney. Whitney worked as personal secretary and photographer to Curtiss during some of his most important aircraft development work, including the development of naval aviation. Contains an extensive page of links on Curtiss.

* Glenn H. Curtiss - Founder of The American Aviation Industry	Rate It! ***
Our mission is to tell the full and true story - "what actually happened" - of the life and achievements of Glenn Hammond Curtiss - and thus to restore him to the pinnacle in American history he so richly deserves (formerly "Glen H. Curtiss - The Henry Ford of Aviation").

* Lincoln Beachey	Rate It! *****
Between 1905 and 1915, the Pioneer Era of Aviation in the United States, hundreds of women and men learned to fly, in airships, gliders and aeroplanes. One of the very best aviators among these pioneers of the air was Lincoln Beachey, who flew balloons, one-person dirigible airships, biplanes and monoplanes during his ten-year aerial career. [The PIONEER AVIATION GROUP Web Sites]

* USAF Museum History Gallery (Pre-WWI)	Rate It! ****
USAF Museum Gallery of aviation's history from late 1800's to 1914. This virtual gallery presents some of the thousands of 'wall' displays present in the actual Museum in the various indoor galleries.

Katherine Stinson: The Flying Schoolgirl	Rate It! ****
Website promoting a biography of Katherine Stinson, the fourth woman in the US to obtain her pilot's license, in 1912. The author, Debra Winegarten, is available for speeches on Katherine's life and accomplishments on the website.

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3. France
* Bleriot.com	Rate It! ***
Contains extensive information on Louis Bleriot, the Bleriot XI airplane and the Channel crossing.

* Bleriot.org	Rate It! ***
About the Bleriot XI Monoplane-1909 and its replica. Contains an extensive collection of links on Bleriot(under "contact")

* Charles Graaf de Lambert	Rate It!
Charles de Lambert devoted himself to 'hydroplanes', precursor of the 'hovercraft'. He is interested in air navigation and the mechanical flight as well. In fact his belief in the future of aviation can only be confirmed by his first flying instruction in Le Mans on October 28 1908... A very interesting one-page website, worth a visit!

* L'Aviation Française - des hommes et des ailes (in French only)	Rate It!
Site dedicated to men and women who gave wings to France. Contains biografies of most French pioneers and several pages on history of French aviation(in French only)

* Memoire de l'Air (in French only)	Rate It! ****
Contains pages dedicated to pioneer aviators: Bleriot & Latham, Santos Dumont (in French only).

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4. Europe
* Anthony Fokker	Rate It! *****
A page about Holland's most famous aviation pioneer with pictures, information (technical information - metric only) and more. A good starting point (links) if you want to find out more about this dutch selfmade aviation pioneer who buit and flew his own airplane in 1910 for the first time (updated link)

* Assen Jordanoff - the man who started the aircraft building in Bulgaria and contributed to America's airpower	Rate It! ****
A website dedicated to the fascinating life of Assen Jordanoff, an outstanding Bulgarian pilot, aircraft constructor and aviation writer. He is considered to be the founder of the aircraft building in Bulgaria. He started flying in Bulgaria at the age of 15 with a glider that he had built on his own (1912), and built the first Bulgarian airplane in 1915. He later moved the the US where he contributed to the development of aviation (working for and in association with companies like Curtiss-Wright, Boeing, Lockheed, North American, Consolidated, Chance-Vought, Douglas and Piper) .

* Edvard Rusjan (in Italian, Slovenian and French)	Rate It! *****
A beautiful site in Italian, Slovenian, and French on the Pioneer of Aviation Edvard (Edi) Rusjan who, together with his brother Joze (Pepi) flew November 1909 in Gorizia (for the first time in the Austrian-Hungarian Empire). Contains numerous photographs.

* Koolhoven Aeroplanes Foundation	Rate It! ****
The Dutch airplane constructor Frederick Koolhoven (1886-1946) obtained his pilot's licence in November 1910 at the flying school of the brothers Hanriot in France. Before Koolhoven started his own company in The Netherlands, he worked for (British) Deperdussin, Armstrong Whitworth and the British Airial Transport Ltd. Koolhoven was the designer of the Armstrong Whitworth F.K.3 and F.K.8, the B.A.T. F.K.26 (the world's first aircraft specificly designed for commercial airlines) and more...

* Mario Calderara, Aviator and Inventor	Rate It! *****
Pioneer of aviation, Italian pilot license n.1 and first military pilot in the world, trained by the Wright brothers. Inventor of the tractor propelled biplane, designer and constructor of one of the first seaplanes in the world (the largest airplane existing in 1912). Considered one of the fathers of naval aviation.

* Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines	Rate It! ****
Starting from Santos-Dumont's achievements, covers European Aviation History from 1900 to 1913 focusing on the contributions of Henry Farman, Georges Chavez, Grahame-White and Paulhan, John Moore-Brabazon, Roland Garros and others... (Updated link)

Oakington Monoplane	Rate It! *****
The Oakington Monoplane was built in 1909 in an attempt to win the Daily Mail prize for the first all British aircraft to fly a circular mile

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5. World
* Pioneer Aviators of the World (www.100aviators.com)	Rate It! **
Pioneer Aviators of the World is a biographical dictionary of first fliers that will be published in book form in 2003. The website contains a fliers by country page, where you can browse the names of some 120 first aviators, a timeline of first flights, a brief history of early flight (with "first flight claims") and new biographies posted each week (some never published before in English) .

* Alberto Santos-Dumont - History of the Brazilian Air Force	Rate It! ****
The history of Brazilian Aviation: go under "personalities" and you will find a brief page on Santos-Dumont from a Brazilian perspective.

* Aviation history in Australia and New Zealand	Rate It!
Contributions from Australians/New Zealanders to World Aviation. Among the other pages, some interesting facts about Pioneers of Aviation (updated link).

* Hargrave - saluting 150 years of Australian Aviation History	Rate It! *****
Lawrence Hargrave, Australian aviation pioneer (1850-1915): a gifted explorer, astronomer, amateur historian, and practical inventor, who devoted most of his life to constructing a machine that would fly. He believed passionately in open communication within the scientific community and would not patent his inventions. Instead, he scrupulously published the results of his experiments. The site also contains information on other Australian pioneers.

-> NB: aviation pioneers worldwide, country by country	Rate It! ***
Please note that the following websites, listed under diferent categories, also contain excellent pages aimed at providing a "world-wide coverage" (such as the one of www.100aviators.com): [1] Early Birds of Aviation, Inc.- by Ralph Cooper (listed under "United States") has information on over "180 foreign early flyers" [2] History of flight on flight100.org (listed under "Early Aviation History in general") has country-by-country informations and pioneer profiles.

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6. Early Aviation History in general
* To Fly is everything - by Gary Bradshaw	Rate It! ****
One of the most comprehensive sites on the web covering aviation history.Contains a digital library that includes numerous books and articles;a photo gallery with video clips of early craft in flight and numerous photographs of early planes;a plane database of early craft;an inventor's gallery (personalities who worked in the field). "Tale of the Airplane" provides a critical examination of the history of flight, not limited just to a "tale"...contains short biographies of some aviators

*_History of flight on flight100.org	Rate It! ***
Website from AIAA, celebrating the evolution of flight. Contains pages on history of flight around the world (country by country, prepared with the partecipation of representative of those countries) as well as Pioneer profiles.

* ALLSTAR (NASA)	Rate It!
Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for Science, Tecnology and Research's site covers history of aviation from the beginning to datewith biografies of several pioneers. http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/wings1.htm contains additional info on history.

* Aviation Special Collections - Harvey Mudd College	Rate It!
Designed to show what the contents of Sprague Library has to offer in Carruthers Special Collection on aviation history. Specifically, the site deals with the portion of the collection devoted to photographs, posters, artists drawings and media publications.

* Histoire de l'aviation (chez.com/avion) (in French only)	Rate It!
Contains quite a complete summary of Aviation before 1914, listing several aeroplanes (with pictures) and pioneers of aviation (short biografies - in french). Also contains several prints of "flying machines".

* L'histoire de l'aviation (in French only)	Rate It! ***
Timetables and biografies on pre-1903 pioneers (in french only).

* The Aviation History On-Line Museum	Rate It!
The "Early Years" section contains biografies of Lilienthal, Langley and Santos-Dumont.

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7.Before 1903
* Aerostories: Aviation before the advent of the airplane: the precursors	Rate It! ***
L'aviation d'avant l'avion: les pr�curseurs.Samuel Langley, Otto Lilienthal, Alphonse P�naud (In French and English)

* Aviation: the science of flight - Past	Rate It!
Early visionaries: Leonardo, lighter than the air, early designs.

* Flyingmachines.org	Rate It! *****
Before the Wright Brothers achieved the first successful heavier-than-air controlled flight on December 17, 1903, hundreds of women and men attempted to fly, in airships, gliders and aeroplanes, and many did go aloft in gas and hot-air balloons. This site documents a number of those pre-Wright attempts at heavier-than-air flight, as well as significant events and thoughts which contributed to the ultimate success of powered, heavier-than-air human flight. [The PIONEER AVIATION GROUP Web Sites]

* Gustav Weisskopf - Gustave Whitehead	Rate It! ****
by the "Historical Flight Research Committee G.Weisskopf"(HFRC-GW)-contains material supporting its claim that Wei߫opf achieved the first motorized flight on August 14, 1901.

* Hans Andreas Navrestad, Airborn in 1825	Rate It! *****
In 1825, an airborn event took place at Navrestad in Lund kommune, Norway. The local watchmaker Hans Andreas Navrestad performed a glided flight using a homemade flying device. According to stories told, he took off from a mountain top nearby the Navrestad Farm and continued across the Navrestad Lake, covering a total distance of about 400 meters.

* K8AIT Principles of Aeronautics	Rate It!
The "history" section covers history of early aviation from Jumpers to final ingredient of power (powered flight)

* Otto Lilienthal Museum	Rate It! *****
In 1891, the civil engineer Otto Lilienthal (born in Anklam, Germany) succeeded with the reproducible gliding flights, the first in history, with his own design. His methodical strategy "from jump to flight" was adopted by the Wright Brothers (USA) in their quest to develop a practical powered machine.

* The Langley Aerodrome	Rate It!
Prof.Langley was a respected astronomer, head of the Smithsonian Institute at the end of the 19th century. He started to experiment with model airplanes. These experiments culminated in a couple of Steam Models that earned him a permanent place in pre Wright Brothers aviation

* The Octave Chanute Pages	Rate It!
Focusing on Chanute's contributions to the invention of the airplane and his glider experiments in the Indiana Dunes in 1896 (updated link).

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8. Pioneer's aircrafts
* Aerobscure - en hommage aux pionniers de l'aviation	Rate It!
Contains a list of pioneer aeroplane constructors with photos of the machines, distance, speed and height records and videos! (in French, partially translated in English).

* Aerofiles	Rate It! ****
Aviation history reference site which, although not focused on aviation pioneers, contains a number of US aircraft types (some with pictures).

* Aeroplanes!	Rate It!
Aviation web site with vintage and contemporary photos of airplanes: in particular photos of the 1911 Brighton on Beach Air Meet, Early aeroplanes postcards ("ancient aeroplanes") and an early seaplanes section!

* DeChenne, Holbrook, Call Aircraft -- Missouri & Kansas	Rate It!
Site focuses on the DeChenne aeroplane built in Joplin & Monett, Missouri by the Holbrook Helicopter Aeroplane Company. Includes incidental information on Henry Laurens Call of Girard, Kansas.

* Early Birds Pioneer aviation	Rate It! ***
A Chronological and Geographical History of powered pioneer aircrafts which flew covering the years 1903 - 1913 monthly updated, by February 2006 it covered 879 planes from 27 countries and still more to come.

* Military Aviation in Sweden	Rate It!
Contains description and illustrations of Swedish military aircrafts (and balloons); in particular, a modified Bl�riot XI of 1909 years model (which was the first Swedish aeroplane to fly, built in 1910 by Ask & Nyrop in Landskrona).

* The Aviation Buffs number two	Rate It!
Contains two pages of aircrafts- 1. The Pioneers: Powered flight started in 1903 and rapidly developed during the prewar years- 2.lesser known and unsuccesful aircraft ("exotic aircraft"). The same can be viewed singularly through the aviation buff number one website (link on the home page)

* The Wright n. 4 engine	Rate It! ***
A website regarding the restoration of the Wright n. 4 engine that was used in Italy in 1909, by Wilbur Wright and the first Italian pilots.

early aviation	Rate It! *
(commercial website) contains an interesting collection of vintage photographs, prints, posters,signatures, books and catalogues related to the early days of aviation

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9. Aviation History (other)
* flight-history.com	Rate It!
dedicated to developing an extensive on-line archive of aviation history. The archives are not exclusive to any one country or type of aircraft. We are committed to providing tools for aviation enthusiasts to contribute to the site. The archives focus on the pre-jet era for now. Contains some archives on early aviation (e.g. Simmer plane)

* Holcomb's Aerodrome	Rate It!
Profiles selected Pioneer Era, Great War and Golden Age aircraft. Contains pictures and information on four pioneer aircarfts (Benoist Model 14, Bleriot XI, Curtiss Model D-III and Martin T.T.), as well as a few vintage photographs from pioneer aviation.

European airlines companies prior to 1945	Rate It!
A website dedicated to the history of European airlines companies and the history of Norwegian aviation until 1945. On the website you will find items like: "Airlines and their airliners", "Fleet of the Day" and a small forum.

Flugzeugmuseum (in german)	Rate It!
Flugzeugmuseum.de's scope is to collect documents from all vehicules (including flying machines). There are specific sections on balooning prior to 1900 (the website is all in German only)

mexicanaviationhistory.com	Rate It!
Page dedicated to Mexican Aviation in general, includes several articles about Pioneer years, Aviation in Mexican Revolution, Pancho Villa and the “Punitive Expedition, 1916” . Mostly in Spanish but hopefully soon in English too. Welcome.

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About Aviation Pioneers Links
Last link added on: 08 Jul 2006	Rate It!
By clicking on the link above, you will access the register where you can find, ordered by dates, the last links added. Thus, if you visited Aviation Pioneers Links recently, you will be able to find out which are the new links which were not there on your last visit...

Last verification of all links on: 28 Jun 2004	Rate It!
5 broken links unfortunately had to be removed (you may find them in the register of amendments); 4 websites which had moved (formerly "broken links") were tracked down and updated.

more information	Rate It!
(*) indicates that the site has been reviewed by A.P.L.webmaster. This is, however, an open directory and therefore all links are welcome (provided they contain significant information on aviation before WWI), even those containing slight inexactitudes: as mentioned by some of the sites themselves, some historical facts are still controversial, and there is more than one side to the story... Please note the categories above are just for your convenience and may be,sometimes,slightly inaccurate

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