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The compilation of events in California aerospace
history. Coming soon...I'm working on it
Aviation
History Links:
The AIAA national site. Check out the
history of aeronautics in other countries.
For almost twenty years, members of the AIAA
Los Angeles Section have worked to build a flying replica
of the 1903 Wright Flyer. In 1999, they tested a
full-scale wind tunnel model at the NASA Ames 40- by
80-Foot Wind Tunnel.
The premier site for all that's
Wright.
An ongoing project to document the history
of NASA's second oldest laboratory.
Lots of pictures: USS Macon and "pre-bridge"
San Francisco.
An excellent search engine for any space,
aircraft or NASA related photo.
More history stuff. (What can I say? I work
at NASA.)
A very unique air museum. The
"pre-Wright" displays emphasize aviation milestones
achieved right here in the Bay Area. They also have the
forward fuselage of a supersonic air liner and a 50's-era
personal helicopter that you pack up in a suitcase ala
George Jetson (I kid you not.)
Ride along with the round-the-world
flight of four US Army Douglas World Cruisers. It was one
of the biggest stories of the year...in 1924.
Chilling, deadly, colorful. This site
chronicles the above ground nuclear test from Trinity
through the arms race of the 1960. The incredible
photographs include dramatic "ocean-lifting"
thermonuclear blasts in the South Pacific and the mid-air
explosion of a Genie air-to-air missile. Don't miss the
photo of thousands of soldiers sitting in the desert
passively watching as an air-dropped atomic bomb
detonates in front of them.
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