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Your Aviation Education Stop

Are you an educator looking for supplemental activities on aviation for your classroom? Are you an aviation novice looking for additional information and resources to learn more about aviation? No matter if you're an education professional or a curious novice seeking to learn more, this page has what you need to begin your aviation education adventure. Scroll down to discover helpful links, fun and engaging activities and interesting and educational stories.

Quicklinks

Aviation-Related National Parks

A Beginner's Guide to NPS Aviation

Helpful and Fun Links on all-things Aviation

Educational Stories about Aviation

Aviation-Related National Parks

Of the 400+ National Park Service sites in the U.S., some of them are related to aviation in one way or another. Here are the links to some of the aviation-related NPS sites througout the country.

• Wright Brothers National Memorial
  Where Orville and Wilbur Wright launched humans into flight
• Flight 93 National Memorial
  A field of honor dedicated to the lost souls of Flight 93
• Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic
  The birthplace of aviation
• Gateway National Recreation Area
  Floyd Bennet Field, rich in civil and military aviation
• Golden Gate National Recreation Area
  All about Crissy Field and its namesake
• Fort Vancouver National Historic
  Pearson Field & Pearson Air Museum
• Grand Canyon National Park
  Helicopter Training Academy
• Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
  Nuclear missiles hidden in plain sight during the Cold War
• Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Park
  The inspiring story of the nations first African American military pilots

Helpful Links to all-things Aviation:

• Virtual Aircraft Museum
  An alphabetized list of many of the world's aircraft.
• Aviation Trivia and Quizzes
  Mind-teasing quizzes and trivia to enhance your aviation knowledge
• Aviation Firsts Quiz
  A challenging quiz for all levels of aviation knowledge
• How Helicopters Work (by HowStuffWorks, Inc.)
  How does a helicopter fly? What does that stick do? What are those pedals for? Get the answers in this step-by-step guide on how helicopters work.
• Women in Aviation
  A nonprofit organization dedicated to the encouragement and advancement of women in all aviation career fields and interests.
• Thirty-Thousand Feet Aviation Directory
  A directory of web pages, blogs, podcasts, forums, and other on-line resources with aviation content.