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"Our school was treated to a visit by Barrington Irving, the first African-American pilot to fly solo around the world, who spoke to our students during a school-wide assembly in the fall of 2008. He provided the inspiration that spurred our Principal, Jeanne Fischer, to comment to Angie Slingluff, FAA Education Coordinator, that she would love to bring a project like that to our middle school. Dan Carey, our Applied Technology Teacher (and a pilot) was also very interested in capturing this project for Begich, after hearing Barrington Irving's comments about a group of students in Hooper Bay who are building a plane."

"Shop classes have all but disappeared from many American schools, and at first glance that might seem like a logical step. Why would today's wired kids need to know how to work with their hands? The answer is that they still need the inspiration and understanding that results from turning something digital into something real."

"Lindbergh Does It! To Paris in 33 1/2 Hours; Flies 1,000 Miles Through Snow and Sleet; Cheering French Carry Him Off Field Crowd Roars Thunderous Welcome Breaks Through Lines of Soldiers and Police and Surging to Plane Lifts Weary Flier from His Cockpit Aviators Save Him From Frenzied Mob of 100,000 Paris Boulevards Ring With Celebration After Day and Night Watch -- American Flag Is Called for and Wildly Acclaimed "

Official website of the Centennial of Licensed Women Pilots. Great international network to share your enthusiasm and outreach efforts to promote more women in aviation. Interesting history of women in aviation. 2011 is the 100th anniversary of the first American female licensed pilot, Harriet Quimby, on August 1, 1911.

More Scientific American - educational resources section

Duxford Spitfire and P-51 Taken at Duxford RAF and USAAC Museum in England. Two of the greatest WWII fighter planes of their era....the American P51 Mustang and the British Supermarine Spitfire. Both planes were powered by the powerful Rolls Royce Merlin engine......which emitted that wonderful sound that became known to many as 'The Sound of Freedom' during the 1940s. Such memories for those of us who were around at the time. P-51 pilot does a great job staying in his position as he has more power and is faster than the spitfire. they must have done a bit of practicing.

On July 14, 1965, the American space probe Mariner 4 flew by Mars, sending back photographs of the planet.

"2007 - Renowned WWII fighter pilot "Tex" Hill dies (b. 1915). Hill joined the Flying Tigers, an American volunteer group based in China during World War II. He shot down 18 1/4 enemy aircraft during the war. 2000 - The 100th Space Shuttle mission (STS-92) is flown."

"Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman was always being told what she could and couldn't do. In an era when Jim Crow laws and segregation were a way of life, it was not easy to survive. Bessie didn't let that stop her. Although she was only 11 when the Wright Brothers took their historic flight, she vowed to become the first African-American female pilot. Her sturdy faith and determination helped her overcome obstacles of poverty, racism, and gender discrimination."

"Promotes engineering thinking and practice in formal and informal educational settings for pre-K through high school aged students, their teachers, group leaders, and caregivers. We also engage in shared scholarship to determine better ways to accomplish our goals, assess our impacts, and evaluate our progress. We seek to open the doors to engineering to all young people as a future career or as a way of finding solutions to everyday challenges."

"Neurons-the electrically excitable cells that make up the brain and nervous system-first fascinated me in high school. In college, like so many other students studying the brain, I dutifully memorized the structure of the archetypal neuron. I also remember learning about a few different types of neurons with different shapes and functions: motor neurons that make muscles twitch, for example, and unique sensory neurons in the eyes and nose."

"Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration launches visitors into the exciting future of space exploration as it boldly speculates on humanity's next steps "out there" in our solar system and beyond. The exhibition features a full-size recreation of a lunar habitat, a model of an elevator reaching up into space, a walk-through diorama of the Martian surface, and challenging computer interactive exhibits. See authentic equipment and models of historic spacecraft from select voyages in the past. "

"When the Korean War started, the military was still deeply segregated. Blacks signed up anyway, seeing a better chance of getting ahead in uniform than in civilian life. "

how today's aerospace world evolved - from the earliest dreams of flying … to the 12-second airplane flight that gave humanity its wings … to a planet driven by aerospace and now venturing ever deeper into space.

These interviews share what the community thought of the Wright Brothers. Includes a QuickTime movie clip from a silent movie reproduction of the first flight.

The following curricula are some of the most requested by teachers over many years. These were not created by AIAA, but we felt that they would have value to teachers and so have made them available in pdf format. Some of this curriculum has come from educational partners or has been passed along as a favorite. We hope that these materials will help you excite your students about math and science in a new way!

"Discover the inventors, politicians, performers, activists and other everyday people who made this country what it is today."